Section: HF Facilities/Infrastructure

Ken Murphy / 3:13 am June 10th, 2010

Horwitz, Daniella
“The Future of Commercial Space Travel”
Airline Fleet Management
05-06/2010
pp. 10-15
Publisher’s Web Site
On-Line Text

Librarian’s Note: One of the trade journals I get at work (since I used to be involved in aircraft finance), this article focuses primarily on Virgin Galactic, and keeps its eye on the finance side of things. It explores the various potential markets and provides a spectrum of opinions, not necessarily cheerleading Virgin, but not pasztorizing them either. Worth a view if you’re a VG fan or want to participate in the Space Ambassadors program.

Ken Murphy / 4:26 pm June 3rd, 2010

Pelton, Dr. Joseph N. & Dr. Angelia P. Bukley
“The Farthest Shore: A 21st Century Guide to Space”
Apogee Books/International Space University
2010
ISBN13: 978-1-926-59207-7
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 6:05 pm February 22nd, 2010

Harris, Philip Robert
“Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century”
Springer/Praxis
2009
ISBN13: 978-0-387-77639-2
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 5:29 pm February 22nd, 2010

Fletcher, K. (Ed.)
“Down to Earth: How Space Technology Improves our Lives”
ESA Technology Transfer Program Office
09/2009
ISBN13: 978-9-292-21019-9
Publisher’s Web Site
On-Line Text

Ken Murphy / 8:48 pm February 16th, 2010

Morin, Jean-Pierre
“La Naissance d’Ariane”
Éditions Édite
2009
ISBN13: 978-2-846-08275-4
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 4:42 am January 12th, 2010

Popular Science
“The New Space Rush”
Bonnier Corp.
01/2010
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 1:59 am December 1st, 2009

BBC Focus Magazine
“Destination Space”
BBC Worldwide
12/2009
#210
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 1:24 am September 21st, 2009

Anderson, David Lee
“Asteroid Mine”
Artist’s Proof Print
2008
Artist’s Website

Librarian’s Note: One of the nice finds at FenCon this weekend. Since it’s an artist’s proof it doesn’t look exactly like the image you see here.

Ken Murphy / 1:24 am July 18th, 2009

Launius, Roger D.
“Space Stations: base camps to the stars”
Konecky & Konecky
2003 (2009)
ISBN: 1-568-52716-0

Ken Murphy / 11:03 pm June 23rd, 2009

“Spaceflight Magazine”
British Interplanetary Society
June 2009
Vol. 51 No. 6
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 2:22 am June 6th, 2009

Young, Amanda
“Spacesuits: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection”
powerHouse Books
2009
ISBN13: 978-1-576-87498-1
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: There will be a book signing at NASM on July 18th, 2009 as part of their Moon Day celebrations.

Ken Murphy / 1:26 am June 2nd, 2009

Pelton, Joseph & Peter Marshall
“License to Orbit: The Future of Commercial Space Travel”
Apogee Books
2009
ISBN13: 978-1-894-95998-8
Publisher’s Web Site
Space Coalition Blog Review
NSS Reading Space Review

Librarian’s Note: One of the many new titles available at the traditional Apogee Books display at the 2009 ISDC.

Ken Murphy / 5:54 pm March 29th, 2009

Potter, Michael
“Orphans of Apollo”
Free Radical Productions
2008
Publisher’s Web Site
Out of the Cradle Review
The Space Review Review
Adventures in Ethics and Science Review
Cosmic Log Review

Librarian’s Note: Quite an interesting documentary that highlights the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that made the U.S. a great nation, and how vested interests can work both for and against you. I’ll have a review up shortly.

Ken Murphy / 7:52 pm February 28th, 2009

Bates, Jason (Ed.)
“2009 Satellite Industry Directory”
Access Intelligence LLC
2009
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: At a hefty 616 pages this is a nice directory for those interested in the satellite side of things. You know, the whole using space to benefit the Earth by entertaining and educating its peoples stuff. Extensive footprint maps show you where each satellite is targeted, with various specs, including expected lifetime. The main thing is the round-up of companies, from those who operate satellites in space, to those who broker the services, to those who provide the hardware and services. I may have to sic Eva on some of these folks for future EVA Interviews. If you’re more interested in who’s broadcasting what, there’s always the Satellite Transponder Guide.

Ken Murphy / 12:54 am February 26th, 2009

Space Lifestyle Magazine #6
New Forks LLC
Winter 2009
ISSN: 1939-411X
Publisher’s Web Site
On-Line Text

Ken Murphy / 11:31 pm February 22nd, 2009

Launch Magazine Vol 4 # 6
MM Publishing
12/2008
ISSN 1933-4087
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: This is a good sign. I’m looking forward to Launch coming off of hiatus. This issue features some of the folks of the Dallas Area Rocket Society and a Saturn 1B project they did for a local Apollo event (pdf) also featured in this issue. A lot of folks at ConDFW this weekend were asking about Spaceport America, and I was able to show them the illustrations in the article (pdf) by Jim Oberg.

Ken Murphy / 6:59 pm December 7th, 2008

Via Satellite Magazine Vol. 13 #12
Access Intelligence, LLC
12/2008
ISSN: 1041-0643
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 1:57 am November 11th, 2008

Kemp, Kenny
“Destination Space: how space tourism is making science fiction a reality”
Virgin Books
2007
ISBN13: 978-0-753-51235-7
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 1:15 am November 11th, 2008

Thomas, Kenneth S. & Harold J. McMann
“US Spacesuits”
Springer/Praxis
2006
ISBN: 0-387-27919-9
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 5:06 am November 5th, 2008

Imaging Notes Vol. 23 #3
Blueline Publishing, LLC
Fall 2008
ISSN: 0896-7091
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 10:30 pm October 31st, 2008

Hunley, J.D.
“U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle”
University Press of Florida
2008
ISBN13: 978-0-813-03178-1
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 10:21 pm October 31st, 2008

Goehlich, Robert A.
“Spaceships”
Apogee Books
2005
ISBN13: 978-1-894-95950-6
Publisher’s Web Site

Ken Murphy / 2:11 am October 20th, 2008

Bond, Peter
“Jane’s Space Recognition Guide”
HarperCollins
2008
ISBN13: 978-0-061-19133-6
Publisher’s Web Site

Best of the Moon 2008 - High Frontier Facilities/Infrastructure

Ken Murphy / 11:23 pm October 14th, 2008

NASA
Tech Briefs
Vol. 32 No. 10
10/2008
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: This is like a super-duper issue at 136 pages. I just get giddy reading through all of the neat high technology developments, like Stable Calibration of Raman Lidar Water-Vapor Measurements. (That’s a good thing, really) There’s also a poster from DuPont of technology spinoffs that I’m going to have to mount on foamboard for use in public space outreach. The fact that we develop such cutting edge technology here in the U.S. gives me comfort that our economy is in fact fundamentally sound, even if a cabal of rich and connected idiots managed to completely trash our financial system (with ample participation from abroad as well, as we’re finding out). The next important economic buzzword is going to be value-creation, as we’ve managed to borrow significantly from our future value-creation, and we’re going to have to be super value-creative to get through this. Real value creation, not paper transaction creation. Crafts, trades, industries, services. These are going to do fine, especially if we keep up the cutting edge technology R&D.

Ken Murphy / 12:34 am October 4th, 2008

Near Earth LLC
From The Ground Up
Vol. 4 #9
October 2008
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: A number of good editorials in this month’s edition. A nice reminder that crisis = opportunity.