Thanks all, for your kind reception of my attempt at bringing everyone up to speed on Commercial Space. For more information, see also...
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation's Commercial Space promotional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx7FYlDY_zM http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#csf Jeff Greason of XCOR, on his experince on the Augustine Comission, whose conclusions were instrumental in taking this policy direction: http://www.xcor.com/video/isdc.html (streaming Flash video, and downloadable .wmv and .mp4 video at ISDC 2010) What's the ISDC, you ask? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Development_Conference http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=38608 The Augustine Commission reports, and more of Jeff's experiences: http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#augustine The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's inflatable Mars ship proposal: http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#llnl Bigelow Aerospace and ILC Dover's manned space inflatable products: http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#bigelow United Launch Alliance (ULA) alternative archetecture plans (no heavy-lift launcher developmet required): http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/publications/AffordableExplorationArch itecture2009.pdf http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#ula-alt The case against the Space Launch System: http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#sls The Comercial Crew Development companies: http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#ccdev The Next Generation Suporbital Research Conference: http://www.boulder.swri.edu/NSRC2012/Site1/Home.html http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2048/1 And, Planetary Science Institute senior scientist Faith Vilas (Alsa suborbital observatory)... http://www.xcor.com/press-releases/2011/11-07-12_Planetary_Science_Instit ute_selects_XCOR_for_Atsa.html http://www.universetoday.com/87428/xcor-lynx-slated-to-fly-suborbital-tel escope/ http://www.psi.edu/news/press-releases#firsttraining ...whom I briefly met in late 1999, is a former boss and co-rsearcher of Kandy Jarvis, with whom I happen to be long aquainted: http://observatory.space.edu/research/gaffeyResumePDFs/2000/Jarvis%20et%2 0al%20%282000%29%20Hyperion%20Phoebe%20Iapetus%20Link.pdf http://physics.csusb.edu/~slederer/ledererSF36press.pdf http://www.mendeley.com/research/characterization-of-catalytic-materials/ http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#kandyjarvis http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm#my-info (see 'good friend' pictures) ...Though whether or not Faith will personally accompany the the Alsa tlescope on an XCOR flight in the future, I don't know at this time. Frank Check out my web page at: http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3.htm (few images) http://delphinus100.angelfire.com/link3a.htm (more images, best viewed at 1920x1080) "The thing about smart people, is that they seem like crazy people, to dumb people." - Unknown ____________________________________________________________ 5 Diet Pills that Work 2012's Top 5 Weight Loss Pills. Updated Consumer Ratings. Free Report. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4fd6a26ce9ff72f0836st01duc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
