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Space Game: Moonbase Alpha

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The first game I’m going to talk about (Moonbase Alpha) isn’t a game that I play a lot.  It has pretty pictures and, as a simulation, it is very faithful to our current understanding of living on the Moon.  As … Continue reading

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Mission Underway!

  SPACEX LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION   Cape Canaveral, FL — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on the first official cargo resupply mission to the … Continue reading

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Be a Daredevil?

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Today, a Falcon 9 went up, Tuesday,^ Felix Baumgartner is coming down. He’s going after a record set by Joseph W. Kittinger in August 1960. Could you be a daredevil like these two?  Would you like the rush?  The speed?  … Continue reading

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Write a Letter

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My Facebook friend, Robert Brand, from Australia, wrote a letter which may make history.  You can too. Here’s the post, as I found it, reprinted here with permission… My letter to Alan Bean: Dear Alan, I am part of a … Continue reading

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Catch a Dragon By the Tail?

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If you are anywhere near Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Sunday night, October 7th, there is a chance to see the rocket contrail of the SpaceX Dragon launch.  It launches a little late – still worth looking for. This flight is … Continue reading

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HamSats Part 3

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Well, there are lots of Amateur Radio Satellites, or HamSats, overhead and they orbit the earth many times a day. So what? How does that help you? It seems that there are several types of satellites up there and a … Continue reading

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Welcome Jeff Miller to Everyday Spacer

Please help me welcome Jeff Miller to ‘Everyday Spacer’ as a regular guest blogger.  Jeff will bring a dimension to your experience I could not possibly equal.  As a long time geek and gamer, Jeff will expose us to the … Continue reading

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Travel Off-World

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Let me clarify something right off the bat here.  When most people talk about ‘space travel’ they actually mean travel off world, beyond the atmosphere of the Earth for, isn’t it all space? Here we are, on a rocky body … Continue reading

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News Release From NASA

JPL/NASA News News release: 2012-309 Oct. 3, 2012 NASA’s Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion of Universe The full version of this story with accompanying images is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-309&cid=release_2012-309 PASADENA, Calif. — Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have announced the most … Continue reading

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HamSats Part 2

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I knew there were a lot of Amateur Radio Satellites out there. I had no idea there were so many. A very detailed story is told on Space Today Online.  I’ll just give an overview of the story and a … Continue reading

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