ATK PRESS RELEASE

NASA and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) marked a major milestone on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, signifying the next steps in space travel to the moon and beyond, as they unveiled the first completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket booster.

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A new company is promoting its service to produce advertisements on the moon that could be seen from Earth.

Panel Discussion on Space Tourism – Regulatory and Policy Response to Risks Associated with Commercial Spaceflight

PANELISTS

Michael Davis – ISU Policy & Law
Peter Diamandis – Space Adventures, Zero G, X PRIZE, Foundation, ISU, SU, etc.
Michelle Murray – Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Sam Coniglio – Vice President, Space Tourism Society
Joe Pelton – Director of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI) at George Washington University

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TEACHERS IN SPACE PRESS RELEASE

At the NewSpace 2009 conference in Mountain View, Calif., Teachers in Space introduced the next generation of space explorers: seven astronaut teachers who will boldly go where no astronaut has gone before — back into the classroom.

“Fifty years after the Mercury 7, on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, we’re rebooting the American space program,” said Teachers in Space project manager Edward Wright said. “The Pathfinder 7 are now training to fly on suborbital spacecraft under development by private companies. They will be the first astronaut teachers to fly in spce and return to the classroom, paving the way for hundreds to follow.”

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On the Astrobotic website, David Gump writes:

The third prototype for Astrobotic Technology’s lunar robot has innovations that will enable it to survive the blistering heat at the Moon’s equator, which is the robot’s destination in May 2011 when it will visit the Apollo 11 site.
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The Space Review looks back at the Apollo program on the 4oth anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

Google Earth now brings you the moon
Financial Post

On Monday, the search engine giant unveiled Moon in Google Earth, an interactive, three-dimensional atlas of the Moon as part of its Google Earth 5.0 satellite imaging and mapping software, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Aldrin’s historic sojourn on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

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PANELISTS:

Nicole Jordan – Team Liaison, Google Lunar X Prize (Session Chair)
Bob Richards – Odyssey Moon
Fred Bourgeois – Founder, President and CEO, Team FREDNET
Kevin Myrick – InterPlanetary Ventures
Mike Joyce – Founder, Next Giant Leap

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Peter Diamandis says that the private sector can lead the effort to return humans to the moon.

Programming For The Week Of July 20, 2009 1. Monday, July 20, 2009; 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11. What a great event!!!!!! This show is a repeat from Thursday, July 16 with Team FREDNET, a member of the Google Lunar X- Prize Contest. I am still at Newspace 2009 at NASA Ames. In addition, when you see it on the website archives, it is ready for play and podcasting. 2. […]

The Big Island of Hawaii from space

Jim Crisafulli
Director, Office of Aerospace Development, State of Hawaii

–Hawaii has a lot of space-related activities

• Mauna Kea Observatories
• Hawaii is a contender with Chile on the location of the next generation telescope….May find out as early as Monday….
• Research and development expertise at the University of Hawaii in a wide-range of fields, include remote sensing, atmospheric and oceanic monitoring, terrestrial and coastal mapping, and disaster mitigation and relief
• Home-grown companies in Hawaii are involved in many of these areas…

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PANELISTS

Rich Pournelle – Advocate, Space Frontier Foundation (Session Chair)
Ken Davidian – Program Lead, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)
Rex Ridenoure – CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises
Dave Masten – CEO, Masten Space Systems

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