Friday, October 2, 2009

Augustine Space Flight Committee Announces Additional Meeting

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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29300
Augustine Space Flight Committee Announces Additional Meeting

WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold a public teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 8, from approximately 1 to 2 p.m. EDT.

The only topic for discussion will be finalization of scoring of options the committee presented in their summary report on Sept. 8. This meeting will be held by teleconference only. The teleconference will be open to the public. The service limit is approximately 300 dial-in callers. Public participants will be in a listen-only mode.

The following numbers are available to hear the teleconference:
Toll-free number: 1-888-373-5705
Other number: 1-719-457-3840

Participant Passcode: 190078

The meeting must be held on this date for the committee's final report to support the time frame associated with the federal budget process. For this reason, it is not possible to accommodate the usual full public notice period. A notice in the Federal Register is expected to appear on or about Oct. 6.

For committee information, charter, biographies and other data, visit:
http://hsf.nasa.gov
For information about NASA and agency activities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov
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Well one more meeting, for what it is worth.
I hope the numbers will show we need to develop space.
- LRK -

I hope folks will make themselves aware of what has been accomplished on the ISS and think about what might be accomplished at a Lunar Base.
- LRK -

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http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/389388main_ISS%20Science%20Report_20090030907.pdf
NASA/TP–2009–213146–REVISION A

International Space Station Science Research Accomplishments During the Assembly Years: An Analysis of Results from 2000-2008

[262 pages, 3,850 KB - LRK -]
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We do want to go to the Moon. Will help to know how to recycle on a Moon Base.
Why bother with a contest to interest students if you aren't going to go?
Will someone tell Congress we want to go back to the Moon, and if not
in person, we would at least like to watch.
- LRK -

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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/oct/HQ_09-227_Edu_Water_Recycling.html
RELEASE : 09-227 Oct 1 2009
NASA Sponsors Student Water Recycling Competition

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge. Participants in the competition will design and test water recycling systems that could be used for future exploration of the moon. The top three teams will receive awards, and the first place team will receive an expense-paid trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Teams of up to six students and one teacher or mentor should submit their proposals and results to NASA for evaluation by Feb. 1, 2010.
Schools in the United States and its territories, science museums, science centers and home school groups may host teams.
The winning teams will be announced in May 2010. During the winning team's visit to Kennedy, students will gain first-hand knowledge about NASA's missions, receive behind-the-scenes tours of NASA's launch facilities, and learn about future aerospace and engineering careers.

The competition is designed to engage and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines critical to NASA's missions.

For information about the challenge and how to apply, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/home

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/education

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Some other folks are trying to interest folks in going to space.
Just take a look at all the incentives.
- LRK -

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http://spaceprizes.blogspot.com/2009/08/space-prize-roundup-elevator-postponed.html
Space Prize Roundup:

Elevator Postponed, GLXP LEGO MoonBots, NASA Lunabotics Mining, Conrad Award & AIAA, AUVSI, Apophes Round 2?, NGLLC, GLXP

Here are a few items that happened while I was away:
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Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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