December
20, 2002
Music
- added a sub-section about space inspired country music.
December
12, 2002
Movies
- added several films to the list including Sky Splitter,
The Reluctant Astronaut, and Out of the Present.
December
7, 2002
Eyes
in the Sky - created an entry about the Earth as Art
collection.
Movies
- added a entry about the Magnificent Desolation IMAX movie.
December
2, 2002
Astronomy
- a
new entry about Virtual Observatories.
November
27, 2002
With limits
on my time, I've not kept up here with the many additions
and changes to HobbySpace since
September. I'll try to be a little more consistent about this
although I may often decide that it's sufficient that I mentioned
a new link or entry in the Space
Log.
Offline
Software - added programs for Night Sky Observer and
JupSat95.
Space
Music - added a Space Rock Radio Cafe to list of space
radio stations.
September
29, 2002
Space
Music - posted an interview with Blair Joscelyne,
composer of the soundtrack to the Man Conquers Space
movie.
Rocketry
- reorganized the advanced rocketry section into sub-sections
of amateur groups, student groups, and small commercial companies
that work closely with amateurs and students rocketry groups.
September
16, 2002
Space
Log - changed the format for the News section to web
log type approach in that it will have new items added frequently
in a sequential layout.
September
15, 2002
SpacePorts
- updated the US Commercial Spaceports section, including
an new entry for the Oklahoma Spaceport.
August
30, 2002
Activism
- new sub-section called Space Licenses to deal with issues
such as government approvals for launches and spacecraft.
August
13, 2002
Movies
- added a entry about the 1958 Road to the Stars movie
made in the Soviet Union.
August
3, 2002
SatBuilding
- new entries for the AMSAT Mars probe and P5-E projects.
July
23, 2002
Investing
- new sub-section on businesses offering in space satellite
services, repair, refueling, etc.
SpaceCamping
- new
entry for the Space Camps in Canada, Europe, Japan, and Turkey..
July
12, 2002
Investing
- entry on projects intending to used ELF signals to predict
earthquakes from orbit.
July
9, 2002
Investing
- consolidated info about satellite tracking and messaging
with GEO and LEO sats.
Simulators
- added a new section on tools for creating space simulations.
Also, added entries for SpaceGear.org, Celestia and some other
sims.
June
18, 2002
Investing
- entry for Orbital Recovery Corp.
SpaceCasts - the
Space Show with interviews of leading space activists and
business developers.
June
17, 2002
Near
Space - created a new section dedicated to Near Space
- the high altitude region on the shore of space.
June
13, 2002
Investing
- entry about sponsorships supporting launch companies and
other new space ventures.
June
12, 2002
Radio
- entry on Dick Fergus's SFERICS site.
June
6 , 2002
Tourism
- created a sub-section dedicated to sub-orbital tourism.
May
31, 2002
Eyes
in the Sky - created an entry about astronaut photography
from the ISS and the shuttle.
May
29, 2002
My article
Space
Fun for Everyone:
A
brief survey of space hobbies and activities
has appeared in NSS Ad Astra
- May/June 2002 pp.10-11 under the title
Amateur Spacers? It was submitted in March 2001 so some
of the references are out of date but glad to see it finally
in print.
See the
Activism
section for a list of my other articles.
SatBuilding
- expanded the section on amateur high-altitude balloons.
May
28, 2002
TV
- added Space Guard to the section on early sci-fi TV
programs.
May
20, 2002
Earth
- Living Space - track Louise & Gro the polar
bears via satellite.
May
19, 2002
Music
- moved the Space Filk & Folk genres to their own
page.
May
17, 2002
Art
- expanded the section on art projects carried out in
microgravity.
May
16, 2002
Music
- moved the Spacerock genre to its own page.
May
9, 2002
Life
in Space - several links to Mars clocks and calendars.
May
9, 2002
Collecting
- entry about Rocket Mail in the space stamps sub-section.
May
7, 2002
Astronomy
- added a subsection on science topics related to astronomy.
LivingSpace
- added a North Pole webcam to the Earth viewer.
Movies - added
an entry on the film X-15 from 1961.
May
6, 2002
Astronomy
- added a subsection on hunting for comets in SOHO images.
Satellite Building
- subsection the use of high altitude balloons as a low cost
alternative for student space experiments.
Space
Radio - subsection on Mark Shuttleworth's amateur
radio activities while on the ISS.
May
5, 2002
Solar
SciFi - subsection on poetry and other space inspired
literature.
May
3, 2002
Space
Music - Created a sub-section on music commissioned
by NASA's Arts Program.
Shopping
- expanded the sub-section on satellite broadband for
home use and for mobile connections to recreational vehicles,
boats, etc.
May
1, 2002
Space
Science - space crystal experiments for students.
April
20, 2002
Astronomy
- added a section about Orreries.
April
21, 2002
Science
& Technology - a new section on technologies to
benefit developing countries.
Solar
Sci-Fi - expanded the author list and split up the
section into smaller pages.
April
20, 2002
Astronomy
- split into 2 parts
Science
& Technology - science section now has a few more
resources about amateur science including places to buy equipment.
Also, I further split the S & T section into 3 parts.
Rocketry - added
lots of links to John Wickman's various web pages.
April
15, 2002
Astronomy
- entry for the Student Telescope Network. Also, for
the New Mexico Skies observatories.
Space
Radio - Expanded somewhat the Amateur Radio Astronomy
sub-section.
April
1, 2002
Space
Music - Expanded the Space Music for Young People
section and added an entry about the AstroCappella project.
March
28, 2002
Eyes
in the Sky - NASA's searchable Visible Earth remote
sensing database.
March
28, 2002
GPS
- Peer-to-Peer GPS/walkie-talkie combos.
March
23, 2002
Radio
- Packet radio via the ISS.
March
13, 2002
Tourism
- Signatures in Space program for elementary school students.
March
11, 2002
Space
Education - created a new section devoted specifically
to space education.
March
8, 2002
Simulators
- developed a stereogram display for a simple lander program
in Java.
TV - entry about the animated
TV show Strange Frame
February
18, 2002
Shopping
- added an entry about satellite Direct-to-Home internet services.
February
26, 2002
Models
- more entries in both kits and 3D modelling resources sections.
February
20, 2002
Models
- entry for Launch Complex Models.
Multimedia
- entry for Spacecraft Films in the DVD section.
February
18, 2002
Shopping
- second page is now devoted to services provided directly
from space to consumers, e.g. DTH TV, satellite radio, etc.
February
11, 2002
Simulators
- added Space Pinball from the ESA Outreach project.
Tourism -
Bristol Spaceplanes contest to win a ride on the Ascender
X-Prize vehicle.
February
9, 2002
RLV
Table - added entries to the X-Prize list.
February
8, 2002
Launch
& Propulsion - split the page into two new pages,
one for current systems and another for new & proposed
systems.
RLV
- split off historical resources into a new RLV history
page.
Science & Technology
- split this page into separate technology and science pages.
Shopping - split into
two pages
Tourism - split into
two pages
February
7, 2002
Astronomy
- created a whole new sub-section about robotic telescope
projects.
February
2, 2002
Astronomy
- entry on the NASA Telescopes in Education project using
a robotic telescope on Mount Wilson.
Music
- a major revamp of the Space Music section, now with
separate pages on space rock, space music of the 50's and
60's, etc..
January
30, 2002
Shopping
- a new sub-section on satellite digital radio receivers
& subscriptions.
January
23, 2002
Satellite
Building - an entry about the Russian Kolibri student
satellite.
January
18, 2002
Music
- a new sub-section on the Space Age Pop genre.
January
16, 2002
Astronomy
- entries for SkyCamping Worldwide and the Fremont Peak
Observatory large amateur telescope project.
January
11, 2002
Astronomy
- entry for the Large Amateur Telescope (Group 70) project.
January
9, 2002
Satellite
Watching - added entry for the Satscape freeware
satellite tracking program.
January
6, 2002
Moves
- added entries for The Cape and Plymouth
made-for-TV space films.
TV
- added a small section about made-for-TV space films.
January
1, 2002
Books
- added entry for Apogee Books publisher.