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Section: HF Facilities/Infrastructure“Spaceflight Magazine Vol. 51 No. 6″Ken Murphy / 11:03 pm June 23rd, 2009  “Spaceflight Magazine” “Spacesuits: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection”Ken Murphy / 2:22 am June 6th, 2009 Young, Amanda Librarian’s Note: There will be a book signing at NASM on July 18th, 2009 as part of their Moon Day celebrations. “License to Orbit: The Future of Commercial Space Travel”Ken Murphy / 1:26 am June 2nd, 2009 Pelton, Joseph & Peter Marshall Librarian’s Note: One of the many new titles available at the traditional Apogee Books display at the 2009 ISDC. “Orphans of Apollo” (DVD)Ken Murphy / 5:54 pm March 29th, 2009  Potter, Michael 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. “2009 Satellite Industry Directory”Ken Murphy / 7:52 pm February 28th, 2009   Bates, Jason (Ed.) 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. Space Lifestyle Magazine #6Ken Murphy / 12:54 am February 26th, 2009   Space Lifestyle Magazine #6 Launch Magazine Vol 4 # 6Ken Murphy / 11:31 pm February 22nd, 2009  Launch Magazine Vol 4 # 6 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. Via Satellite Magazine Vol. 13 #12Ken Murphy / 6:59 pm December 7th, 2008  Via Satellite Magazine Vol. 13 #12 “Destination Space: how space tourism is making science fiction a reality”Ken Murphy / 1:57 am November 11th, 2008 Kemp, Kenny “US Spacesuits”Ken Murphy / 1:15 am November 11th, 2008 Thomas, Kenneth S. & Harold J. McMann Imaging Notes Vol. 23 #3Ken Murphy / 5:06 am November 5th, 2008  Imaging Notes Vol. 23 #3 “U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle”Ken Murphy / 10:30 pm October 31st, 2008 Hunley, J.D. “Spaceships”Ken Murphy / 10:21 pm October 31st, 2008 Goehlich, Robert A. “Jane’s Space Recognition Guide”Ken Murphy / 2:11 am October 20th, 2008 Bond, Peter Best of the Moon 2008 - High Frontier Facilities/Infrastructure Tech Briefs Vol. 32 No. 10Ken Murphy / 11:23 pm October 14th, 2008  NASA 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. From The Ground Up Vol. 4 #9Ken Murphy / 12:34 am October 4th, 2008  Near Earth LLC Librarian’s Note: A number of good editorials in this month’s edition. A nice reminder that crisis = opportunity. Launch Magazine Vol. 3 #5Ken Murphy / 11:58 pm September 30th, 2008  Launch Magazine Best of the Moon 2008 - Youth High Frontier Fact Librarian’s Note: Includes an article on the 2008 Lunar Regolith Excavation Challenge, which in my view is an incredible opportunity to do some ‘prep work’ for working on the Moon. There are a variety of techniques and designs applied to the challenge, and in this free market of ideas the better designs are going to rise to the top. The cover story is lushly illustrated look at the upcoming Hubble-servicing mission, including a cool picture of some of the custom tools. That is one sexy-looking drill. I also have a strong desire to add the Flown to the Moon Beta Cloth Patch Signed by Apollo 11 Crew found in the auction advert to the Lunar Library, though the Library’s budget is nowhere close to being anywhere close to affording something like that. I’ll just stick with books, magazines and videos… adAstra Fall 2008Ken Murphy / 2:56 pm September 20th, 2008  adAstra: The Magazine of the National Space Society Librarian’s Note: The NSS is teaming up with Virgin Galactic to create a cadre of Space Ambassadors who will carry the message of the importance of space development to schools, civic organizations, and so on. One Space Ambassador will actually travel to space aboard SpaceShip Two. Will you be the one? Tech Briefs Vol. 32 No. 9Ken Murphy / 1:56 am September 16th, 2008  NASA Via SatelliteKen Murphy / 1:08 am August 22nd, 2008  Via Satellite “Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel”Ken Murphy / 12:51 am August 14th, 2008 Vulpetti, Giovanni, Les Johnson & Gregory L. Matloff Librarian’s Note: Next to aerospike engines, I think Solar sails are one of my favorite technologies. The opening scene of Pierre Boulle’s “La Planète des Singes” is set aboard a luxury space yacht that travels around the Solar system, propelled by Solar sails. Once we get a foothold in the high frontier by developing cislunar space, I think Solar sails are going to prove quite useful in shuttling supplies and space probes around the Solar system. Tacking on the Solar wind is rather simple. Assume your spacecraft is facing the top of the page, and the Sun is off to the right. When your sail is angled / then the photons are going to be hitting the sail and bouncing towards the bottom of the page, accelerating your craft along its velocity vector to the top of the page. When the sail is angled \ then the photons will be bouncing towards the top of the page, exerting an equal and opposite force in the downward direction and decelerating your craft. This is what moves you Sunward or starward. It’s what rich people will be playing with in 50 years (and the rest of us poor schlubs hopefully not too long after) if we get our act together in developing space. Space Based Solar Power - Alternative Energy SolutionKen Murphy / 12:56 am July 29th, 2008 bagtaggar Librarian’s Note: I’m not sure why the media doesn’t pay more attention to this topic, unless they’ve decided to ignore it. This type of energy infrastructure has the benefit of tapping what to us is effectively a permanent power source - our Sun. Not due to expire for another 4 billion years or so. Most of the energy we use is second or third-hand Solar power anyway. By placing them up out of the Earth’s atmosphere we can tap a broader spectrum of the Sun’s energy, offering opportunities for increases in efficiency. It’s phenomenal baseline power as it is harvested 24 hours per day, seven days a week, 365-ish days a year. Ish because there are a few hours at the equinoxes when orbital geometries require that the GEO sats will be obscured by the Earth’s shadow for an aggregate of a couple of hours. But you never have to worry about overcast skies. This is an important topic, as energy = prosperity. If you’d like to learn more, your Lunar Librarian also recommends GaiaSelene, and you should stop by the High Frontier Facilities/Infrastructure section to learn more about Space-Based Solar Power. Tech Briefs Vol. 32 No. 7Ken Murphy / 1:09 am July 18th, 2008  Tech Briefs Vol. 32 No. 7 Launch Magazine Vol.3 #3Ken Murphy / 3:20 am June 28th, 2008  Launch Magazine Best of the Moon 2008 - Youth High Frontier Fact Librarian’s Note: There may have been a delivery hiccup this time around. If you haven’t gotten your Launch yet, and should have, then click through the link to get more details. Another well-done issue, even the advertising is cool. Lots of great articles, from a model rocket Ares I & Ares V (maybe VI), about 1/70th scale, an overview of Discovery Channel’s “When We Left Earth”, a long interview with Elon Musk, another with rocketeer Bill Stine, a cautionary article on weapons in space from Ben Bova, to the auction results from the Dallas Air & Space auction at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. |
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