So how hard is it to reach the orbit of the M, m, m, Moon?

Sorry for the stuttering, I thought someone was looking over my shoulder.

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http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html

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Spektr-R and space radio astronomy
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After an initial partially successful attempt on Jul 22, the RadioAstron antenna was successfully unfurled and locked in place on Jul 23 (according to reports on russianspaceweb.com). According to data provided by Vladimir Agapov, Spektr-R's orbit on Jul 25 was  1248 x 334727 km x 51.83 deg, stretching nearly to lunar distance.

[Read more on JSR about space radio astronomy - LRK -]

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Do you subscribe to JSR?

If not check the web site.

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Jonathan's Space Report No. 645 2011 Aug 16

http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=38031

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A look at the russianspaceweb.com has some interesting articles.

- LRK -

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http://russianspaceweb.com/

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Science and Technology

Phobos-Grunt gears up for launch

A new mission to follow Venera-D to Venus

Spektr-R mission conflicts with Intelsat-18 launch

Soyuz to send Gaia 1.5 million kilometers from Earth
Phobos-Grunt spacecraft design
Russia plans new solar telescope
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There seems to be an interest in launching to space.
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http://russianspaceweb.com/2011.html#SpektrRIn January 2011, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised to allocate 115 billion rubles from the federal budget for national space projects during that year. The total of about 50 spacecraft would be delivered to orbit (during 2011), Putin said at the meeting of a committee on the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's mission. (451) In the meantime, head of Roskosmos, Anatoly Perminov, promised 48 space launches during 2011. He also promised agreements on space cooperation with Israel, Vietnam, Nigeria, Belarus, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. On the military side, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the purchase during 2011 of 36 strategic ballistic missiles (apparently includingBulava and Topol-M ICBMs), 20 aircraft-carried cruise missiles and the a total of 21 air-defense missile systems S-300V4, Buk-M2 and Tor-M. (462)

snip THE WORLD'S ORBITAL LAUNCH ATTEMPTS IN 2011 (as of August 9, 2011 ):

Country	Launch date	Time of launch	Payload	Type	Launch vehicle	Launch site	Launch complex	Launch pad	Status

Russia

7/18/2011

06:31 Moscow Summer Time

Spektr-R

Science/astronomy

Zenit-3SLBF

Baikonur

Success

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http://russianspaceweb.com/spektr_r.html
snipSpacecraft design
The heart of the telescope would be a 10-meter antenna, sporting 27 carbon fiber petals. Petals surrounded a solid focal dish with a diameter of three meters. When open, the mirror of the telescope would have to retain its position within just two millimeters of the pre-determined curve. The spacecraft was designed to be launched by the Zenit rocket with the Fregat upper stage.Navigator service module
Like all other space observatories in the Spektr series, the Spektr-R mission was built around the standard Navigator platform, which served as a service module for the spacecraft. It provided navigation, power-supply and flight control functions for the Spektr-R mission.snip
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http://russianspaceweb.com/zenit.html

http://russianspaceweb.com/fregat.html

Hope we get to see some Lunar X prize participants launch.

Maybe NASA should auction off some of the Apollo Moon Rocks and see what kind of commercial interest could be generated.

There at least seems to be an illegal interest, why not make it legal.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/missing-apollo-11-moon-dust_n_884165.html

Missing Apollo 11 Moon Dust Found At Auction Returned To NASA

By JIM SALTER 06/23/11 06:52 PM ET

ST. LOUIS -- The few specks of dust stuck to a small swatch weren't much to look at, but federal prosecutors said Thursday that those flecks, which were set to be auctioned off in St. Louis, came from the moon via Apollo 11 and have been sent back to NASA where they belong.

Richard Callahan, the U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri, said the dust is believed to be at least part of what authorities say was smuggled out of Johnson Space Center by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration worker years ago. It was discovered in St. Louis just before it was to be auctioned.

It is illegal for individuals to own moon material, but Callahan's office said the auction consignor was a woman who was not involved in buying the dust and didn't know how it came to her late husband. No arrest was made

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M, m, m, Moon, there I said it again.

Thanks for looking up with me.

- LRK -
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