Coming up on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Were you there, listening on a black and white TV?
No, then you might be interested in reading the below Popular Mechanics article.
There are a number of audio and video snips and a number of URL links to more info.
Enjoy.
- LRK -
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Landing on the Moon: Apollo 11, The Untold Story
http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4318170.html
On July 20, 1969, a pair of lunar orbit insertion burns put Apollo 11 into orbit around the moon after a four day coast from Earth. On the 11th revolution, the White Team assumed the consoles in preparation for descent. Here, the ascent and descent team are present as the Eagle prepares to undock, lets the moon’s gravity draw them to the surface and runs into its first major hurdle—overshooting the moon landing with little fuel in reserve—before the astronauts take their first steps on the moon.
By PM Staff
Published in the June 2009 issue.
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - The Apollo Program - links
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/Apollo/AS11/a11.htm
Audio of the Apollo 11 Mission – as recorded at Honeysuckle Creek
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_11_mission/apollo11_audio.html
Will you be in Australia this July 2009?
Maybe you would like to take part in a tribute to the mission and those that helped make it possible.
- LRK -
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A Tribute to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
Canberra, Australia and all who worked there
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/index.html
Apollo 11 40th Anniversary celebrations in Canberra
July 2009 – at Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla – and also at Parkes, Carnarvon, Madrid and elsewhere.
See the latest details here. (Booking and payment forms are now online.)
Honeysuckle Creek News
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/news/index.html
Read the latest plans on John Saxon’s website.
http://jsaxon.org/space/hsk/Reunions/40th2009/
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And if that is not enough to quench your thirst, please see the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
http://twitter.com/lrkellogg
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Online Community Project Aims for the Moon - Team FREDNET
Space.com has a nice article about Team FREDNET and their quest for the Google Lunar X Prize.
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Online Community Project Aims for the Moon
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090520-tw-glxp-frednet.html
By Jeremy Hsu - Staff Writer
posted: 20 May 2009 - 09:47 am ET
Nearly 40 years after Americans first set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969 with NASA's historic Apollo 11 flight, a host of private rocketeers are hoping to follow to win a $30 million prize. Here, SPACE.com looks at Team FREDNET, one of 17 teams competing in the Google Lunar X Prize:
Open source usually applies to virtual space rather than outer space, but Team FREDNET hopes to apply the concept toward winning the Google Lunar X Prize.
The growing group of netizens hopes to reach the moon
"It was only natural to fully use the Internet to pull together the team," said Rich Core, Team FREDNET's software lead and a longtime friend of Bourgeois.
Bourgeois grew up in the space business around Huntsville, Alabama and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. There he made friends with people such as Core, who spent a long career working for aerospace giants such as Lockheed-Martin and as a software consultant in Silicon Valley.
That informal network of friends became the basis for Team FREDNET's talent when Bourgeois saw the Google Lunar X Prize
Bourgeois e-mailed Core and others with a straightforward proposition — did they want to go to the moon
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Check out Team FREDNET's web site. Maybe you will want to join them.
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Team FREDNET
http://www.frednet.com/
*/Team FREDNET/* is a group of scientists, technologists, and engineers who are using their combined talents to create a timely and elegant solution to win the *Google Lunar X Prize
*/Team FREDNET/* is going to the Moon, the Engineering Project of a Lifetime!
*/ Team FREDNET/*: the First and Only 100% Open Source Competitor for the Google Lunar X Prize.
Team FREDNET Leaders
Fred J. Bourgeois, III
Richard D. Core
Ryan Weed
Joseph M. Stevenson
Team FREDNET - Three Teams, Many Goals, One Primary Mission
Written by Fred J. Bourgeois, III
Three Teams, Many Goals, One Primary Mission
Team FREDNET attempts to do several things that no organization has successfully done before, and that requires some innovation. Innovation often starts in chaos. The chaos makes us aware of needs, which in turn spark ideas of how to meet those needs with various solutions. Those solutions in turn generate
Read more... *http://tinyurl.com/ptl8ra*
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One rock moved at a time, and the mountain moves too.
One small launch to the Moon, and the way for all to go to the Moon is open.
Team FREDNET has a plan, take a look.
http://www.frednet.com/
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Team FREDNET Promo Video
http://photos.imageevent.com/frednet/tfx/animations/Teaser.mov
This short promotional video gives an overview of early conceptual designs for our Open Source Space Systems.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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Online Community Project Aims for the Moon
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090520-tw-glxp-frednet.html
By Jeremy Hsu - Staff Writer
posted: 20 May 2009 - 09:47 am ET
Nearly 40 years after Americans first set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969 with NASA's historic Apollo 11 flight, a host of private rocketeers are hoping to follow to win a $30 million prize. Here, SPACE.com looks at Team FREDNET, one of 17 teams competing in the Google Lunar X Prize:
Open source usually applies to virtual space rather than outer space, but Team FREDNET hopes to apply the concept toward winning the Google Lunar X Prize.
The growing group of netizens hopes to reach the moon
"It was only natural to fully use the Internet to pull together the team," said Rich Core, Team FREDNET's software lead and a longtime friend of Bourgeois.
Bourgeois grew up in the space business around Huntsville, Alabama and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. There he made friends with people such as Core, who spent a long career working for aerospace giants such as Lockheed-Martin and as a software consultant in Silicon Valley.
That informal network of friends became the basis for Team FREDNET's talent when Bourgeois saw the Google Lunar X Prize
Bourgeois e-mailed Core and others with a straightforward proposition — did they want to go to the moon
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Check out Team FREDNET's web site. Maybe you will want to join them.
- LRK -
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Team FREDNET
http://www.frednet.com/
*/Team FREDNET/* is a group of scientists, technologists, and engineers who are using their combined talents to create a timely and elegant solution to win the *Google Lunar X Prize
*/Team FREDNET/* is going to the Moon, the Engineering Project of a Lifetime!
*/ Team FREDNET/*: the First and Only 100% Open Source Competitor for the Google Lunar X Prize.
Team FREDNET Leaders
Fred J. Bourgeois, III
Richard D. Core
Ryan Weed
Joseph M. Stevenson
Team FREDNET - Three Teams, Many Goals, One Primary Mission
Written by Fred J. Bourgeois, III
Three Teams, Many Goals, One Primary Mission
Team FREDNET attempts to do several things that no organization has successfully done before, and that requires some innovation. Innovation often starts in chaos. The chaos makes us aware of needs, which in turn spark ideas of how to meet those needs with various solutions. Those solutions in turn generate
Read more... *http://tinyurl.com/ptl8ra*
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One rock moved at a time, and the mountain moves too.
One small launch to the Moon, and the way for all to go to the Moon is open.
Team FREDNET has a plan, take a look.
http://www.frednet.com/
- LRK -
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Team FREDNET Promo Video
http://photos.imageevent.com/frednet/tfx/animations/Teaser.mov
This short promotional video gives an overview of early conceptual designs for our Open Source Space Systems.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Philosophy of Space & Snoopy went to the Moon
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The Philosophy of Space
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1325
Dennis Wingo
Sunday, May 10, 2009
With the advent of the Augustine Commission II an opportunity has arisen for a discussion on the philosophy of space. Therefore the purpose of this missive is to look at where many in society see our future going, and to show where space either supports the positive aspects or negates the negative ones. Without this connection, we have no future in space for human spaceflight and the drums of doom will continue to sound over our world.
Why Space?
The reason for human spaceflight beyond the pure adventure is as old as mankind, moving outward to build a better life and make money. Obtaining riches for God and country as well. To put it in the modern vernacular it would be to "save the planet", which really means save the humans on the planet. I have the February 29, 2009 copy of the magazine, New Scientist on my desk. The front cover has the words "Earth 2099" and following it the words
Population Crashes
Mass Migration
Vast New Deserts
Cities Abandoned
Sounds like fun huh. The entire issue is about how climate change, resource depletion, and over population leads to a secular Malthusian apocalypse of civilization and that the only solution is to radically scale back the scope of our current civilization in order to insure the survival of much reduced humanity. This mindset goes back in the modern era to the book 'Limits to Growth' by Meadows (who was just honored by the Japanese Emperor for his work in this area), that itself was a result of a study carried out by a group of European banking and corporate executives called the Club of Rome.
It turns out that a well known space advocate, Dr. David Webb, mentor to people like Peter Diamadis, myself, and an entire new generation of space advocates, was on the committee that funded this study. Dr. Webb asked them after the study, "why they did not consider the resources of space as a possible solution to the problems that the study illustrated" (there was a single dismissive paragraph in the book about space resources)? The answer was that these bankers and executives (in 1968) did not believe that there were any resources and that they could be accessed if there were. Dr. Webb at that time (as related to me in the late 1980's) dedicated his life to the education of our new generation of space advocates in order to counter this mindset.
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You may enjoy reading the rest of the article and how the whole picture could change if space was developed. The year 2100 might be a much more prosperous future than the 2099 one painted above.
- LRK -
If you read the article you might also enjoy the comments at NASA Watch.
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/05/dennis_wingo_wh.html
- LRK -
When we go back to the Moon I was wondering if we could boil some of the Lunar Ice, yet to be found at the lunar poles. Well just boiling water you made might preset a problem.
Here is one solution that is being considered and some of you may find this close to what you are working on as well.
- LRK -
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Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!
05.15.2009
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15may_stirling.htm?list965414
*May 15, 2009:* Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning cup of java if you lived on another planet, or perhaps the moon? That steaming beverage would be a must on a cold lunar morning.
But with rare sunlight, no coal or wood to burn, and no flowing water for hydro-electrical power, how would you make that cup of coffee, much less cook breakfast, heat your abode, and power the life support equipment and tools you needed to live and work up there?
NASA, planning for a future lunar outpost, has been asking those same questions lately.
There's more than one way to generate power on the moon. Fission Surface Power is one of the options NASA is considering. If this method is chosen, an engine invented in the early 1800s by Scottish brothers Robert and James Stirling could help make it work.
[*Editor's note:* If you have questions about this technology, please contact Marshall Space Flight Center Public Affairs at 256 544 0034.]
The Stirlings were so proud of their creation that they made it their namesake – and with good reason. Over the years the Stirling engine -- the reliable, efficient "little engine that could" -- has earned a sterling reputation here on Earth, and it may one day prove its worth on the moon.
"Inhabitants of a lunar outpost will need a safe and effective way to generate light and heat and electricity," says Mike Houts of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "The tried and true Stirling engine fits the bill. It's not only reliable and efficient, but also versatile and clean."
NASA is partnering with the Department of Energy to develop Fission Surface Power technology to produce heat and feed it into a Stirling engine, which, in turn, would convert heat energy into electricity for use by moon explorers.
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And while I was away visiting friends in Las Vegas, NV and seeing the Grand Canyon south rim in Arizona, Snoopy celebrated his 40th anniversary of going to the Moon.
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http://www.space.com/entertainment/090515-apollo-snoopy.html
Snoopy Celebrates 40th Anniversary of His Moon Flight
By Jeremy Hsu Staff Writer
posted: 15 May 2009
10:27 am ET
Snoopy, the irreverent dog from the "Peanuts" comic strip, took time from his World War I dogfights as world-famous flying ace to become a world-famous astronaut for NASA's Apollo 10 mission.
The beagle now has a 5-foot-tall statue at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the flight, which launched 40 years ago this month and arrived at the moon on May 21, 1969. That's when the /Snoopy/ lunar module and the 'Charlie Brown' command module entered lunar orbit. Apollo 10 paved the way for Apollo 11 to land men on the moon .
"It went down in his life as one of the all-time highlights of his career," said Craig Schulz, son of Charles Schulz, the famed American comic strip writer who died in 2000.
The elder Schulz was reportedly thrilled when NASA contacted him prior to the 1969 mission, and approved the request despite "what-if" remarks from friends who worried about a possible mission disaster.
"His comment was that if the astronauts could risk their lives, he could risk his characters," the younger Schulz told 'SPACE.com'.
The Snoopy lunar module did not land on the moon. It was taken on the mission as a near-complete dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 moon landing that would take place a few weeks later.
Snoopy's first foray with NASA dates back to the Apollo 1 fire which killed three astronauts in 1967. That event — which Snoopy was not involved in — eventually led NASA to approach Charles Schulz and ask for permission to use his character as the basis for a new safety award.
"NASA decided that they needed to come up with a safety program and wanted a mascot similar to Smokey the Bear," Craig Schulz said.
Charles Schulz then drew up a template for what has become the Silver Snoopy award pin. Each pin is flown in space on shuttle missions and presented by an astronaut to awardees who contribute to the success and safety of spaceflight operations.
Less than 1 percent of the NASA-related workforce have received the honor, which represents one of the highest and prestigious awards within the space agency and the broader industry.
Craig Schulz and the rest of the Schulz family recently donated the Snoopy statue to NASA to commemorate the Apollo anniversary. The Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif., also has an exhibit detailing the Apollo 10 mission and Snoopy's space agency involvement on display through July.
As for the 'Snoopy' lunar module, it's still flying in space — the only Apollo module to ever get launched into a sun orbit.
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Lest we not forget, humans went to the Moon as well and tested the Lunar Module.on the Apollo 10 mission.
So close, but not to touch down, that would come next with Apollo 11.
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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo10info.html
Apollo 10
Launched: 18 May 1969 UT 16:49:00 (12:49:00 p.m. EDT)
Lunar Orbit: 21 May 1969
Returned to Earth: 26 May 1969 UT 16:52:23 (12:52:23 p.m. EDT)
Thomas P. Stafford, commander
John W. Young, command module pilot
Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot
Apollo 10 Command Module "Charlie Brown"
Apollo 10 Lunar Module "Snoopy"
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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The Philosophy of Space
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1325
Dennis Wingo
Sunday, May 10, 2009
With the advent of the Augustine Commission II an opportunity has arisen for a discussion on the philosophy of space. Therefore the purpose of this missive is to look at where many in society see our future going, and to show where space either supports the positive aspects or negates the negative ones. Without this connection, we have no future in space for human spaceflight and the drums of doom will continue to sound over our world.
Why Space?
The reason for human spaceflight beyond the pure adventure is as old as mankind, moving outward to build a better life and make money. Obtaining riches for God and country as well. To put it in the modern vernacular it would be to "save the planet", which really means save the humans on the planet. I have the February 29, 2009 copy of the magazine, New Scientist on my desk. The front cover has the words "Earth 2099" and following it the words
Population Crashes
Mass Migration
Vast New Deserts
Cities Abandoned
Sounds like fun huh. The entire issue is about how climate change, resource depletion, and over population leads to a secular Malthusian apocalypse of civilization and that the only solution is to radically scale back the scope of our current civilization in order to insure the survival of much reduced humanity. This mindset goes back in the modern era to the book 'Limits to Growth' by Meadows (who was just honored by the Japanese Emperor for his work in this area), that itself was a result of a study carried out by a group of European banking and corporate executives called the Club of Rome.
It turns out that a well known space advocate, Dr. David Webb, mentor to people like Peter Diamadis, myself, and an entire new generation of space advocates, was on the committee that funded this study. Dr. Webb asked them after the study, "why they did not consider the resources of space as a possible solution to the problems that the study illustrated" (there was a single dismissive paragraph in the book about space resources)? The answer was that these bankers and executives (in 1968) did not believe that there were any resources and that they could be accessed if there were. Dr. Webb at that time (as related to me in the late 1980's) dedicated his life to the education of our new generation of space advocates in order to counter this mindset.
snip
---------------------------------------------
You may enjoy reading the rest of the article and how the whole picture could change if space was developed. The year 2100 might be a much more prosperous future than the 2099 one painted above.
- LRK -
If you read the article you might also enjoy the comments at NASA Watch.
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/05/dennis_wingo_wh.html
- LRK -
When we go back to the Moon I was wondering if we could boil some of the Lunar Ice, yet to be found at the lunar poles. Well just boiling water you made might preset a problem.
Here is one solution that is being considered and some of you may find this close to what you are working on as well.
- LRK -
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!
05.15.2009
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15may_stirling.htm?list965414
*May 15, 2009:* Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning cup of java if you lived on another planet, or perhaps the moon? That steaming beverage would be a must on a cold lunar morning.
But with rare sunlight, no coal or wood to burn, and no flowing water for hydro-electrical power, how would you make that cup of coffee, much less cook breakfast, heat your abode, and power the life support equipment and tools you needed to live and work up there?
NASA, planning for a future lunar outpost, has been asking those same questions lately.
There's more than one way to generate power on the moon. Fission Surface Power is one of the options NASA is considering. If this method is chosen, an engine invented in the early 1800s by Scottish brothers Robert and James Stirling could help make it work.
[*Editor's note:* If you have questions about this technology, please contact Marshall Space Flight Center Public Affairs at 256 544 0034.]
The Stirlings were so proud of their creation that they made it their namesake – and with good reason. Over the years the Stirling engine -- the reliable, efficient "little engine that could" -- has earned a sterling reputation here on Earth, and it may one day prove its worth on the moon.
"Inhabitants of a lunar outpost will need a safe and effective way to generate light and heat and electricity," says Mike Houts of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "The tried and true Stirling engine fits the bill. It's not only reliable and efficient, but also versatile and clean."
NASA is partnering with the Department of Energy to develop Fission Surface Power technology to produce heat and feed it into a Stirling engine, which, in turn, would convert heat energy into electricity for use by moon explorers.
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And while I was away visiting friends in Las Vegas, NV and seeing the Grand Canyon south rim in Arizona, Snoopy celebrated his 40th anniversary of going to the Moon.
- LRK -
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http://www.space.com/entertainment/090515-apollo-snoopy.html
Snoopy Celebrates 40th Anniversary of His Moon Flight
By Jeremy Hsu Staff Writer
posted: 15 May 2009
10:27 am ET
Snoopy, the irreverent dog from the "Peanuts" comic strip, took time from his World War I dogfights as world-famous flying ace to become a world-famous astronaut for NASA's Apollo 10 mission.
The beagle now has a 5-foot-tall statue at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the flight, which launched 40 years ago this month and arrived at the moon on May 21, 1969. That's when the /Snoopy/ lunar module and the 'Charlie Brown' command module entered lunar orbit. Apollo 10 paved the way for Apollo 11 to land men on the moon .
"It went down in his life as one of the all-time highlights of his career," said Craig Schulz, son of Charles Schulz, the famed American comic strip writer who died in 2000.
The elder Schulz was reportedly thrilled when NASA contacted him prior to the 1969 mission, and approved the request despite "what-if" remarks from friends who worried about a possible mission disaster.
"His comment was that if the astronauts could risk their lives, he could risk his characters," the younger Schulz told 'SPACE.com'.
The Snoopy lunar module did not land on the moon. It was taken on the mission as a near-complete dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 moon landing that would take place a few weeks later.
Snoopy's first foray with NASA dates back to the Apollo 1 fire which killed three astronauts in 1967. That event — which Snoopy was not involved in — eventually led NASA to approach Charles Schulz and ask for permission to use his character as the basis for a new safety award.
"NASA decided that they needed to come up with a safety program and wanted a mascot similar to Smokey the Bear," Craig Schulz said.
Charles Schulz then drew up a template for what has become the Silver Snoopy award pin. Each pin is flown in space on shuttle missions and presented by an astronaut to awardees who contribute to the success and safety of spaceflight operations.
Less than 1 percent of the NASA-related workforce have received the honor, which represents one of the highest and prestigious awards within the space agency and the broader industry.
Craig Schulz and the rest of the Schulz family recently donated the Snoopy statue to NASA to commemorate the Apollo anniversary. The Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif., also has an exhibit detailing the Apollo 10 mission and Snoopy's space agency involvement on display through July.
As for the 'Snoopy' lunar module, it's still flying in space — the only Apollo module to ever get launched into a sun orbit.
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Lest we not forget, humans went to the Moon as well and tested the Lunar Module.on the Apollo 10 mission.
So close, but not to touch down, that would come next with Apollo 11.
- LRK -
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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo10info.html
Apollo 10
Launched: 18 May 1969 UT 16:49:00 (12:49:00 p.m. EDT)
Lunar Orbit: 21 May 1969
Returned to Earth: 26 May 1969 UT 16:52:23 (12:52:23 p.m. EDT)
Thomas P. Stafford, commander
John W. Young, command module pilot
Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot
Apollo 10 Command Module "Charlie Brown"
Apollo 10 Lunar Module "Snoopy"
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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Monday, May 11, 2009
A Lunar Base - "Augustine Report" - Should you worry?
Just received this week's issue of The Space Review, by Jeff Foust.
http://www.thespacereview.com/index.html
I think you should read.
Doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.
More like, "Here we go again, don't talk about putting humans on the Moon."
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Bob Park gets his wish: "It's time for another Augustine Report"
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Last week the White House announced plans for a new review of NASA's human spaceflight program led by Norm Augustine, who chaired another space policy review nearly 20 years ago. Michael Huang expresses concern that the choice of Augustine as panel chair may lead to conclusions that could put the overall program in jeopardy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1370/1
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During my time at NASA Ames Research Center there were several changes in NASA Administrators and several reorganizations.
For a long time, no talking about going to the Moon with humans, then it became acceptable, and probable.
I feel for those still working at the various NASA Centers and Field Facilities, wondering what is coming next.
http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/OrganizationIndex.html
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://www.thespacereview.com/index.html
I think you should read.
Doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.
More like, "Here we go again, don't talk about putting humans on the Moon."
- LRK -
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Bob Park gets his wish: "It's time for another Augustine Report"
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Last week the White House announced plans for a new review of NASA's human spaceflight program led by Norm Augustine, who chaired another space policy review nearly 20 years ago. Michael Huang expresses concern that the choice of Augustine as panel chair may lead to conclusions that could put the overall program in jeopardy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1370/1
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During my time at NASA Ames Research Center there were several changes in NASA Administrators and several reorganizations.
For a long time, no talking about going to the Moon with humans, then it became acceptable, and probable.
I feel for those still working at the various NASA Centers and Field Facilities, wondering what is coming next.
http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/OrganizationIndex.html
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
NASA Announces Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/may/HQ_09-102_FY2010Budget.html
RELEASE : 09-102
NASA Announces Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Thursday an $18.69 billion budget for fiscal year 2010 to advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system and conduct aeronautics research. The budget request represents an increase of $903.6 million, or 5 percent, above funding provided in the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. All totaled, an additional $2 billion has been added to NASA's 2009 and 2010 budgets under the Obama administration.
NASA's fiscal year 2010 request funds a robust program to continue the agency's missions of exploration and research. It supports the administration's commitment to deploy a global climate change research and monitoring system. It funds a strong program of space exploration involving humans and robots with the goal of returning Americans to the moon and exploring other destinations. And it supports the safe flight of the space shuttle to complete assembly of the International Space Station by the shuttle's planned retirement.
Funds freed by the shuttle's retirement will support development of systems to deliver people and cargo to the station, the moon and other destinations. As part of the effort, NASA will invest in private-sector development and the demonstration of vehicles to support the agency's human crew and cargo spaceflight requirements.
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In conjunction with the budget release, the White House also announced the launch of an independent review of NASA's human spaceflight activities. The Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans will examine NASA development programs and possible alternatives. The goal is to provide options that will ensure the nation's human spaceflight program remains safe, innovative and affordable in the years following the space shuttle's retirement.
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You know, back in 2007 there was a panel of folks that met to evaluate the potential for going to the Moon and setting up a base at the south pole.
Lots of inputs, slides, presentations, and the like.
I hope this administration has looked at it.
I think I need to get up on a soap box and use a megaphone to shout over the crowd.
Here are some links so you won't be surprised if I bend your ear some in coming posts.
If you like what you see, I would hope you pass it on.
I would hate to just pick on you in the front row. :-)
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http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nac/home/lunar-exploration-science-workshop.html
Lunar Exploration Science Workshop
Final Report
› View PDF
Workshop Presentations
› View site
Recommendations
› View PDF
Or here as well if above links don't give you the URL.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LEA/
Workshop on Science Associated with the Lunar Exploration Architecture
February 27 - March 2 2007
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I signed back up with Twitter and maybe will add a few comments as I shout at the walls.
http://twitter.com/lrkellogg
The Moon Society Blog has some comments as well.
http://www.moonsociety.org/blog/index.php
The Lunar Networks blogspot has some links for making a case for a lunar base.
http://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-case-for-lunar-base.html
Look, I am 71 and waiting until 2020 to see humans go back to the Moon is bad enough.
I would really like to see a plan to put us there to develop the Moon as a resource for expanding our ventures into space.
I don't want to see just a pup tent.
If you feel the same way, feel free to drop me a line at my gmail address.
If you don't feel the same way, well feel free to throw some tomatoes at me.
I need a good salad. :-)
I have been studying Thai for 30+ years, I guess I could add Chinese.
I have some Japanese dictionaries.
Some of you will have to help me with the languages of India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India
My one college course in reading about some Russian novels isn't going to cut it.
Look at the NASA budget if you dare.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/may/HQ_09-102_FY2010Budget.html
RELEASE : 09-102
NASA Announces Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Thursday an $18.69 billion budget for fiscal year 2010 to advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system and conduct aeronautics research. The budget request represents an increase of $903.6 million, or 5 percent, above funding provided in the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. All totaled, an additional $2 billion has been added to NASA's 2009 and 2010 budgets under the Obama administration.
NASA's fiscal year 2010 request funds a robust program to continue the agency's missions of exploration and research. It supports the administration's commitment to deploy a global climate change research and monitoring system. It funds a strong program of space exploration involving humans and robots with the goal of returning Americans to the moon and exploring other destinations. And it supports the safe flight of the space shuttle to complete assembly of the International Space Station by the shuttle's planned retirement.
Funds freed by the shuttle's retirement will support development of systems to deliver people and cargo to the station, the moon and other destinations. As part of the effort, NASA will invest in private-sector development and the demonstration of vehicles to support the agency's human crew and cargo spaceflight requirements.
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In conjunction with the budget release, the White House also announced the launch of an independent review of NASA's human spaceflight activities. The Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans will examine NASA development programs and possible alternatives. The goal is to provide options that will ensure the nation's human spaceflight program remains safe, innovative and affordable in the years following the space shuttle's retirement.
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You know, back in 2007 there was a panel of folks that met to evaluate the potential for going to the Moon and setting up a base at the south pole.
Lots of inputs, slides, presentations, and the like.
I hope this administration has looked at it.
I think I need to get up on a soap box and use a megaphone to shout over the crowd.
Here are some links so you won't be surprised if I bend your ear some in coming posts.
If you like what you see, I would hope you pass it on.
I would hate to just pick on you in the front row. :-)
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http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nac/home/lunar-exploration-science-workshop.html
Lunar Exploration Science Workshop
Final Report
› View PDF
Workshop Presentations
› View site
Recommendations
› View PDF
Or here as well if above links don't give you the URL.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LEA/
Workshop on Science Associated with the Lunar Exploration Architecture
February 27 - March 2 2007
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I signed back up with Twitter and maybe will add a few comments as I shout at the walls.
http://twitter.com/lrkellogg
The Moon Society Blog has some comments as well.
http://www.moonsociety.org/blog/index.php
The Lunar Networks blogspot has some links for making a case for a lunar base.
http://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-case-for-lunar-base.html
Look, I am 71 and waiting until 2020 to see humans go back to the Moon is bad enough.
I would really like to see a plan to put us there to develop the Moon as a resource for expanding our ventures into space.
I don't want to see just a pup tent.
If you feel the same way, feel free to drop me a line at my gmail address.
If you don't feel the same way, well feel free to throw some tomatoes at me.
I need a good salad. :-)
I have been studying Thai for 30+ years, I guess I could add Chinese.
I have some Japanese dictionaries.
Some of you will have to help me with the languages of India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India
My one college course in reading about some Russian novels isn't going to cut it.
Look at the NASA budget if you dare.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Galloway, Noted Space Law Expert, Dies At 102
Have you ever wondered just how organizations begin and who are instrumental in making it happen?
We often forget that one person can have a big impact.
When you have a dream or see a need, and have the courage of your convictions, things change.
Then again, you might just be asked to serve, and you do it well.
Take a look at the Aviation Week article mentioned below.
Maybe you can make a difference.
Don't have the time, well see what you can do with 102 years. :-)
- LRK -
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As noted in Today's Top Stories (May 5, 2009) posted by "Harrington, J D. (HQ-NB070)"
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*2. Galloway, Noted Space Law Expert, Dies At 102.* _Aviation Week_ (5/4, Morring) reported, "Eilene Marie Galloway, who helped draft the legislation that created NASA and went on to become an internationally recognized expert in space law and policy, died May 2 of cancer. She was 102." Galloway also helped "establish the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), where she frequently represented the US." Furthermore, she was the "first woman elected Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2006), the organization's highest honor. ... She was the first recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Aerospace, and received the NASA Public Service Award and Gold Medal in 1984."
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The Aviation Week article link (5/4, Morring)
TinyURL for link above - http://tinyurl.com/cep4ae
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If you have an e-mail address that is inside the NASA domain, you can subscribe to J. D. Harrington's news clips.
If not, well I guess you need to rely on friends to poke you with interesting tid bits.
Thanks to you who are looking up.
Appreciate the nudge, nudge.
- LRK -
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*J.D. HARRINGTON
*Public Affairs Officer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science Mission Directorate
300 E Street, S.W.
Suite 3C33
Washington, D.C. 20546-0001
Email: j.d.harrington@nasa.gov
Voice: (202) 358-5241
Cell: (202) 262-7048
Fax: (202) 358-2769
/Creativity is all in your mind!
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/*Today's Stories*: (Compiled from a variety of media sources. The NASA news clips are attached. You can also subscribe to a daily RSS Feed or Email of the NASA News Bulletin by visiting _ http://www.bulletinnews.com/NASA/subscribe.aspx_
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Hmmm, wish I was still inside the fence and had a NASA computer.
Feel free to keep me up to date. :-)
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
We often forget that one person can have a big impact.
When you have a dream or see a need, and have the courage of your convictions, things change.
Then again, you might just be asked to serve, and you do it well.
Take a look at the Aviation Week article mentioned below.
Maybe you can make a difference.
Don't have the time, well see what you can do with 102 years. :-)
- LRK -
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As noted in Today's Top Stories (May 5, 2009) posted by "Harrington, J D. (HQ-NB070)"
snip
*2. Galloway, Noted Space Law Expert, Dies At 102.* _Aviation Week_ (5/4, Morring) reported, "Eilene Marie Galloway, who helped draft the legislation that created NASA and went on to become an internationally recognized expert in space law and policy, died May 2 of cancer. She was 102." Galloway also helped "establish the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), where she frequently represented the US." Furthermore, she was the "first woman elected Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2006), the organization's highest honor. ... She was the first recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Aerospace, and received the NASA Public Service Award and Gold Medal in 1984."
snip
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The Aviation Week article link (5/4, Morring)
TinyURL for link above - http://tinyurl.com/cep4ae
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If you have an e-mail address that is inside the NASA domain, you can subscribe to J. D. Harrington's news clips.
If not, well I guess you need to rely on friends to poke you with interesting tid bits.
Thanks to you who are looking up.
Appreciate the nudge, nudge.
- LRK -
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*J.D. HARRINGTON
*Public Affairs Officer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science Mission Directorate
300 E Street, S.W.
Suite 3C33
Washington, D.C. 20546-0001
Email: j.d.harrington@nasa.gov
Voice: (202) 358-5241
Cell: (202) 262-7048
Fax: (202) 358-2769
/Creativity is all in your mind!
----------------------------------------
/*Today's Stories*: (Compiled from a variety of media sources. The NASA news clips are attached. You can also subscribe to a daily RSS Feed or Email of the NASA News Bulletin by visiting _ http://www.bulletinnews.com/NASA/subscribe.aspx_
snip
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Hmmm, wish I was still inside the fence and had a NASA computer.
Feel free to keep me up to date. :-)
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Who owns the Moon? At the moment - NO ONE -
I received an e-mail from Steve Durst, which was probably prompted by my two comments below that may have implied you could own a piece of the Moon.
That isn't what the current treaties say. If you want to lay claim to the Moon or an asteroid you might want check what you can do with them.
Your venture capitalist had better check what is being said about Space Law as well.
- LRK -
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I hope someone will go to the Moon, dig into some regolith, and open up a Real Estate Office.
[Or go up and see if they can claim the lunar plot they already bought.]
[ http://www.lunarlandowner.com/lunar_city_project.htm ]
- LRK -
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If any of you have already purchased your lunar lot with a view, demand access rights.
When does the next shuttle flight leave for the Moon?
- LRK -
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Steve supplied this link to the April Astronautical News.
http://www.iafastro.com/newsletter/200904newsletter.pdf
On page 2 of the news letter is this paragraph and link.
- LRK -
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http://www.iislweb.org/html/20090322_news.html
IISL issues statement about lunar real estate The Board of International Institute of Space Law said that it is important to preserve outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, for the exploration and use of all humanity, not only for those States and private enterprises that are capable of doing so at any particular time.
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Here is the statement and some more links in it.
- LRK -
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Statement of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
22 March 2009
In 2004, the Board of Directors of the IISL, an international non-governmental organisation, issued a statement relating to the issue of 'property rights' in outer space. The statement can be found on the website of the IISL, at http://www.iislweb.org/publications.html.
In view of recent misleading views and discussions on this subject in the press, the Board considers that it is appropriate to further clarify a number of salient points as follows:
International Law establishes a number of unambiguous principles, according to which the exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is permitted for the benefit of mankind, but any purported attempt to claim ownership of any part of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, or authorisation of such claims by national legislation, is forbidden as following from the explicit prohibition of appropriation, and consequently is prohibited and unlawful. Since there is no territorial jurisdiction in outer space or on celestial bodies, there can be no private ownership of parts thereof, as this would presuppose the existence of a territorial sovereign competent to confer such titles of ownership.
The current international legal regime is binding both on States and, through the precise wording of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which has been ratified by 100 countries, including all the space-faring countries, also on non-governmental entities, i.e. individuals, legal persons and private companies. The clear goal of such a regime is to preserve outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, for the exploration and use of all mankind, not only for those States and private enterprises that are capable of doing so at any particular time.
At present, international space legislation does not include detailed provisions with regard to the exploitation of natural resources of outer space, the Moon and other celestial bodies, although it does set down a general framework for the conduct of all space activities, including those of private persons and companies, with respect to such natural resources.
The IISL is of the opinion that a specific legal regime for the exploitation of such resources should be elaborated through the United Nations, on the basis of present international space law, for the purposes of clarity and legal certainty in the near future. The IISL will continue to play an active role in any such discussions as they develop.
PDF version
http://www.iislweb.org/docs/Statement%20BoD.pdf
The Board of Directors of the IISL comprises specialists in space law from all continents and various backgrounds, including past and present chairmen of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and its Legal Subcommittee. This Statement is based on a proposal from the members of the IISL Directorate of Studies. The views expressed in this Statement represent a consensus among the Members of the IISL Board of Directors acting in their personal capacity, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any entities with which they may be affiliated.
Copyright 2009 © IISL. All rights reserved.
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What is IISL?
- LRK -
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http://www.iislweb.org/
Defining the principles governing outer space activities
Space law is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space.
The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) was founded in 1960. The purposes and objectives of the Institute include the cooperation with appropriate international organisations and national institutions in the field of space law and the carrying out of tasks for fostering the development of space law.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
I received an e-mail from Steve Durst, which was probably prompted by my two comments below that may have implied you could own a piece of the Moon.
That isn't what the current treaties say. If you want to lay claim to the Moon or an asteroid you might want check what you can do with them.
Your venture capitalist had better check what is being said about Space Law as well.
- LRK -
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I hope someone will go to the Moon, dig into some regolith, and open up a Real Estate Office.
[Or go up and see if they can claim the lunar plot they already bought.]
[ http://www.lunarlandowner.com/lunar_city_project.htm ]
- LRK -
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
and
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If any of you have already purchased your lunar lot with a view, demand access rights.
When does the next shuttle flight leave for the Moon?
- LRK -
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steve supplied this link to the April Astronautical News.
http://www.iafastro.com/newsletter/200904newsletter.pdf
On page 2 of the news letter is this paragraph and link.
- LRK -
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.iislweb.org/html/20090322_news.html
IISL issues statement about lunar real estate The Board of International Institute of Space Law said that it is important to preserve outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, for the exploration and use of all humanity, not only for those States and private enterprises that are capable of doing so at any particular time.
snip
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is the statement and some more links in it.
- LRK -
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statement of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
22 March 2009
In 2004, the Board of Directors of the IISL, an international non-governmental organisation, issued a statement relating to the issue of 'property rights' in outer space. The statement can be found on the website of the IISL, at http://www.iislweb.org/publications.html.
In view of recent misleading views and discussions on this subject in the press, the Board considers that it is appropriate to further clarify a number of salient points as follows:
International Law establishes a number of unambiguous principles, according to which the exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is permitted for the benefit of mankind, but any purported attempt to claim ownership of any part of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, or authorisation of such claims by national legislation, is forbidden as following from the explicit prohibition of appropriation, and consequently is prohibited and unlawful. Since there is no territorial jurisdiction in outer space or on celestial bodies, there can be no private ownership of parts thereof, as this would presuppose the existence of a territorial sovereign competent to confer such titles of ownership.
The current international legal regime is binding both on States and, through the precise wording of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which has been ratified by 100 countries, including all the space-faring countries, also on non-governmental entities, i.e. individuals, legal persons and private companies. The clear goal of such a regime is to preserve outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, for the exploration and use of all mankind, not only for those States and private enterprises that are capable of doing so at any particular time.
At present, international space legislation does not include detailed provisions with regard to the exploitation of natural resources of outer space, the Moon and other celestial bodies, although it does set down a general framework for the conduct of all space activities, including those of private persons and companies, with respect to such natural resources.
The IISL is of the opinion that a specific legal regime for the exploitation of such resources should be elaborated through the United Nations, on the basis of present international space law, for the purposes of clarity and legal certainty in the near future. The IISL will continue to play an active role in any such discussions as they develop.
PDF version
http://www.iislweb.org/docs/Statement%20BoD.pdf
The Board of Directors of the IISL comprises specialists in space law from all continents and various backgrounds, including past and present chairmen of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and its Legal Subcommittee. This Statement is based on a proposal from the members of the IISL Directorate of Studies. The views expressed in this Statement represent a consensus among the Members of the IISL Board of Directors acting in their personal capacity, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any entities with which they may be affiliated.
Copyright 2009 © IISL. All rights reserved.
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What is IISL?
- LRK -
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.iislweb.org/
Defining the principles governing outer space activities
Space law is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space.
The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) was founded in 1960. The purposes and objectives of the Institute include the cooperation with appropriate international organisations and national institutions in the field of space law and the carrying out of tasks for fostering the development of space law.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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