Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
2009
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February 25-27, 2009 U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC As part of an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) Space Enterprise...
The members of the Executive Director Search Committee are Greg Allison, Rick Zucker, Joe Redfield, Al Globus and Lynne Zielinski. David Brandt-Erichsen was elected to...
The National Space Society is moving its headquarters. Starting March 1st the new address is 1155 15th Street NW Suite 500 Washington DC 20005 The...
Here is an interesting paper which considers what would be required to build a spacefaring civilization. SPACEFARING LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE: THE FOUNDATION OF A SPACEFARING AMERICA...
Space pioneer Konrad K. Dannenberg passed away on the 16th of February 2009 at the age of 96. He was not only one of the...
New Scientist has an article Why sustainable power is unsustainable . It suggested that because of the limits of indium and platinum solar and hydrogen...
Harrison Schmitt doesn’t believe that humans are causing global warming. “I don’t think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect,” said Schmitt....
According to the Orlando Sentinel’s article Florida’s space boosters failed to launch, critics say , Florida has spent nearly $50 million on an agency which...
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) this week publicly released a study completed in November 2008 on Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP). This study was initiated by...
Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collided on February 10th, 480 miles above Siberia. Both satellites were destroyed. The collision produced over 500 pieces of tractable...
Will space be the place for the next major government infrastructure projects? Lincoln built the Transcontinental Railroad. Roosevelt’s New Deal built the Grand Coulee, Hoover...
NAC Presentations from February 5, 2009 Aeronautics Committee – Gen. Lester Lyles, Chair Audit and Finance Committee – Mr. Robert Hanisee, Chair Exploration Committee –...
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