May 2, 2008
April 14, 2008
April 13, 2008
April 8, 2008
Yuri's Night is April 12, 2008
Yuri's Night is April 12, 2008.
www.yurisnight.net
Yuri's Night is like the St Patricks Day or Cinco de Mayo for space. It is one day when all the world can come together and celebrate the power and beauty of space and what it means for each of us.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin embarked on the historic first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. Twenty years later on 12 April 1981, the US launched the first space shuttle flight.
March 24, 2008
undocked
It's time for Endeavour and her crew of STS-123 to come home. Landing is scheduled at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Wednesday.
March 18, 2008
March 13, 2008
RETURN TO LUNA: A Short Story Science Fiction Contest
I am submitting a story or two: RETURN TO LUNA: A Short Story Science Fiction Contest
The National Space Society (NSS) and Hadley Rille Books are looking for Science Fiction stories that show the adventure of lunar settlement. They want to feel the romance of life there, the wonder of the lunar frontier, of its magnificent desolation. They prefer near future (50 to 150 years from now), realistic stories about human lunar settlement. They want good characterization and well-written, tight prose. They want to feel what it's like to live on the Moon.
All winning stories will be published in the anthology RETURN TO LUNA with a potential readership of thousands; the book will be submitted to well-known science fiction editors to consider each of the stories for inclusion in their "best of the year" anthologies, and the book will be sent out for review. All winning authors will be eligible for royalties and will receive free membership to the NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY for one year. GRAND PRIZE WINNER will also have a review of his or her winning short story featured in NSS's magazine AD ASTRA, and on the NSS and Hadley Rille Books websites.
I can do that. I am doing that. I'm already 1000+ words into my first submission. Excelsior!
March 11, 2008
STS-123
Endeavour launch
ENDEAVOUR/ISS CREW HATCH OPENING AND WELCOME CEREMONY
Thursday March 13, 2008 01:08 AM Eastern
EVA # 1 begins
Thursday March 13, 2008 09:23 PM Eastern
EVA # 2 begins
Saturday March 15, 2008 08:23 PM Eastern
EVA # 3 begins
Monday March 17, 2008 07:23 PM Eastern
EVA # 4 begins
Thursday March 20, 2008 06:28 PM Eastern
EVA # 5 beings
Saturday March 22, 2008 05:23 PM Eastern
Deorbit burn
Wednesday March 26, 2008 07:31 PM Eastern
March 7, 2008
Endeavour is "go"
STS-123 is set for launch is 2:28 a.m. EDT on Tuesday March 11.
Endeavour will deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre.
Dextre can perform dexterous tasks by sensing various forces and moments on the payload. In response, it can automatically compensate its movements to ensure the payload is manipulated smoothly.
March 6, 2008
February 19, 2008
clean kill
"If we shoot and get a direct hit, that's a clean kill and we're in good shape," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin about the US shooting down a broken spy satellite Thursday.
Wasn’t the world in an uproar when China shot at an old satellite last year? Should be interesting. There is nothing like 1,000 pounds of toxic hydrazine fuel scattered in the upper atmosphere.
February 9, 2008
Docking and Gardening
After a clean launch and ascent to orbit on Thursday February 7, 2008, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her STS-122 crew will dock with the International Space Station Alpha today at 10:25 am MT/ 12:25 pm ET.
On flight day two the crewmembers completed Atlantis’ heat shield inspection, which looked damage free and showed nothing of interest.
Atlantis is hauling the European Space Agency’s Columbus research laboratory as well as European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who will replace Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani.
My life is the mission right now. And gardening. 1st gardening day of the season is today. The ground is frozen and there is snow. Pictures to come of course.
January 29, 2008
Finally: Atlantis STS-122
Will she launch?
Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. EST
Let's hope.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
January 5, 2008
December 28, 2007
RAD SCIENTIST SHOW 001.1: TOP 2007 SCIENCE
TONIGHT!
Get your geek on with Dr. Stoogie Hamhole, the host for the RAD SCIENTIST. It’s the inaugural RAD SCIENTIST show. This short, science and educational program will enlighten, entertain and inform the public entire. You just might learn something from space, human space flight, science, geology, astronomy, physics, biology and so much more mind numbing goodness. The top science stories of 2007.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rad_scientist
RAD SCIENTIST SHOW 001.1: TOP 2007 SCIENCE
Date / Time: 12/28/2007 9:30 PM (Mountain Time) 10:30 PM Eastern!
Category: Science
Call-in Number: (347) 205-9005
December 9, 2007
SCRUBBED!
Atlantis' launch is rescheduled for no earlier than Jan. 2, 2008 because of the wacky engine cutoff sensor system that measures liquid hydrogen in the external tank. BAH!
December 8, 2007
Atlantis is "Go"
Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3:21 p.m. EST. NASA TV!
December 6, 2007
Atlantis Launch Scrubbed
The shuttle launch was scrubbed due to bad readings in two of four hydrogen fuel gauges! A fuel sensor glitch! Bah! Perhaps tomorrow.
December 5, 2007
Launch is neigh
Mission STS-122 is scheduled to launch Thursday at 4:31 p.m. EST from NASA's Florida launch base.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission to the International Space Station Alpha is only the next key piece in the ever expanding Space Station. They are delivering the European Space Agency’s Columbus module. Complicated spacewalks in the dangerous zero-g environment are to come. I’m hot for EVA.
December 3, 2007
Me, STS-122 and you.
RADcast: Me, STS-122 and you.
Date / Time: Thursday 12/6/2007 8:30 PM Mountain Time (10:30 PM Eastern) Category: Comedy
Call-in Number: (646) 915-9516
Russ and Matt take you through the STS-122 space shuttle mission and more.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radhole
STS-122
Come to RADhole to learn all you can and more about STS-122, the Space Shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission to the International Space Station Alpha. They are delivering the European Space Agency’s Columbus module. Launch is Thursday at 4:31 p.m. EST. NASA TV yo.
November 29, 2007
November 10, 2007
Ambassador of Exploration lunar sample
Seeing a true American hero at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was a delightful treat.
On Saturday November 10, 2007, the Ambassador of Exploration Lunar Sample was awarded to Colorado native Scott Carpenter, a Sealab aquanaut, one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American man to orbit the Earth in May of 1962.
Doug Cooke, the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, on behalf of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, awarded Carpenter the lunar sample. The moon rock, encased in Lucite, is over 4 billion years old and was collected on the surface of the moon in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17.
This piece of the moon, an inspiration to the next generation of explorers who will venture back to the moon, Mars and beyond, will be on permanent public display in DMNS’s Space Odyssey.
I even asked Carpenter a question during the presentation.
Ambassador of Exploration Lunar Sample
November 8, 2007
ISS Flyover
In the early morning, the International Space Station Alpha flies over Washington Park in Denver, Colorado.
November 7, 2007
A Triumph!
STS-120, a triumph for NASA and all mankind. Congrats to Discovery, Pam and crew for their safe return home!
November 6, 2007
Astronaut Scott Carpenter to be honored
Finally an event where I can wear my suit!
NASA is honoring Colorado native Scott Carpenter, a Sealab aquanaut, one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the 2nd man to orbit the Earth, as an Ambassador of Exploration on November 10 here in Denver.
Carpenter will be presented with a lunar sample collected on the surface of the moon in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17. This piece of the moon, encased in Lucite and mounted for public display, is an inspiration to the next generation of explorers who will go back to the moon, Mars and beyond! It will be on permanent loan to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Space Odyssey. EXCITING!
The event is sold out but I know people.
November 3, 2007
Solar Array Fix
This EVA is intense! Mission news. It's all about Robotics and human engineering today!
October 27, 2007
September 20, 2007
Ya hot for? I am.
Who isn't hot for Low Conductivity Thermal Barrier Coating?
That is all.
September 17, 2007
engage photonic laser thruster!
Young Bae's photonic laser thruster sounds promising. A PLT-powered spacecraft could theoretically push a rocket ship faster than 62 miles per second, allowing a journey to Mars in less than a week.
Bae’s PLT places a laser within a resonant optical cavity to produce stable and reliable thrust, the perfect jive for spacecraft control or propulsion.
Bae will be a presenter at The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SPACE 2007 Conference & Exposition September 18-20 in Long Beach, California. The line up: Space Transportation Systems, Promising Space Concepts from the NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts (NIAC), Space Systems for the Next 50 Years and Advanced Vehicle Systems.
Wish I could go.
The photonic laser thruster demo(PLT)!
August 8, 2007
STS-118
Launch at 06:38 pm Eastern
Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission is the 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station Alpha. It will continue space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment.
Go Endeavour! Go!
August 6, 2007
August 5, 2007
Julius Caesar and Mars
“Julius Caesar” at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival up in Boulder was excellent. This year marks 50 years of the Colorado Shakes Festival. I had never been before. I had never seen a live production of “Julius Caesar.” The rain stopped and there was a cool breeze throughout the outdoor show. It was a very fine night indeed.
As we were walking into the out-of-doors theatre I glanced into the streaming pack of patrons as I usually do, people watching, and noticed Robert Zubrin of The Mars Society. I have a Mars Society flag hanging in my home!
Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of manned Mars exploration. I’ve read his book “The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must .” Excited, I rushed over, introduced myself, shook his hand and told him I’d read “The Case for Mars.” Gracious, he brielfy told me he has a new book coming out, I mentioned the Mars Pheonix Lander that launched yesterday and he whisked himself away. He sat a few rows up from us at the show.
How many people would recognize Zubrin on the streets of life?? I would. I know scientists because that’s how I roll. That was a neat experience.
After the show MELT, Ron and I went to the Lazy Dog for dinner.
I dislike Boulder, always have.
June 27, 2007
spec-tacular!
This is my new desktop image.
This remarkable image of the space shuttle orbiter Atlantis docked with the International Space Station (ISS) was taken at a range of 190 nautical miles. Astronomers at Clay Center Observatory, near Boston, Massachusetts, planet Earth, used a satellite tracking system and 25-inch diameter telescope in combination with a digital video camera.
June 19, 2007
June 11, 2007
June 8, 2007
STS-117 and the bird called Atlantis
I have 創et. I have 創et.
I have been without landline telephone and internet at my home going almost on 3 weeks. It痴 back now. I am glad. Do you remember me?
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched this evening.
It was a spectacular launch as usual. As with each launch, one of the greatest of human achievements and adventure, I get nervous. As I watched the bird take flight, a gleam arose I in my eye. Up, up into the heavens she flew, Atlantis, on a construction journey to the International Space Station Alpha. I cannot wait for EVA. Those spacewalks am exciting.
Follow the mission here.
A photo gallery here.
April 27, 2007
Hawking Flies
So awesome! "It was amazing," Stephen Hawking said. A story about it here.
April 23, 2007
zero-g Hawking
Stephen Hawking, the renowned British cosmologist, will fly aboard the Zero Gravity Corporation痴 (ZERO-G) aircraft on April 26, giving himself a ride on the vomit comet! I am glad Hawking will get to experience weightlessness.
March 4, 2007
Wirefly X-Prize Cup Videos
Buzz Aldrin, Rocketman, static engine firing and Event Horizon launch; a suite of Wirefly X-Prize Cup 2006 videos with commentary by R.A.Dale.
BUZZ! BUZZ!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwgIIRqIm3w
Rocketman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwYT_ys6PyY
Event Horizon launch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn7aWhMUKVA
Static Engine firing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0n-OcnzIeQ