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To The Stars – International Quarterly #14

Check out the free January 2016 issue of the To The Stars – International Quarterly #14 (pdf). It is provided by the Moon Society and edited by Peter Kokh.

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Here is the Table of Contents:

INDEX 2

  • Co-sponsoring Organizations

NEWS SECTION

  • 3-15 Earth Orbit and Mission to Planet Earth
  • 18-17 Space Tourism
  • 18-26 Cislunar Space and the Moon
  • 27-42 Mars
  • 43-46 Asteroids & Comets
  • 47-58 Other Planets & their moons
  • 59-68 Starbound
  • 69 Editor Staff

ARTICLES & ESSAY SECTION

  • pp 70-82 Are We Alone? Many Answers – Peter Kokh
    Understanding Light-Time – Peter Kokh
  • 71 Multi-Star Empires cannot Exist – Peter Kokh
  • 73 Are we alone in this Galaxy? Now? – Peter Kokh
  • 77 Travel faster than Speed of Light? No way, but – Peter Kokh
  • 79 What’s Going on with the International Lunar Decade? – David Dunlop
  • 83 Comments on International. Lunar Decade Report above – Peter Kokh

STUDENTS & TEACHERS 86-91

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Speaking of the Moon Society, check out the recent article by Moon Society president Ken Murphy on his experiences in organizing Moon Day at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas every July 20th: Making Moon Day memorable – The Space Review.

Ken was also recently interview on The Space Show: Tue, 12/22/2015 – 00:00 – Kenneth Murphy.

Listen to the audio (mp3).

Carnival of Space #440 – Next Big Future

Next Big Future hosts the latest Carnival of Space.

Video: TMRO 9.01- “LZ-1, The Falcon Has Landed”

The latest TMRO.tv weekly program is now available in the archive: “LZ-1, The Falcon Has Landed” – TMRO

Welcome to 2016! In our first show of the year we take a look at how reusability became a thing last month. Not just for SpaceX but also Blue Origin.

They also reported on several space news topics:

* Soyuz launches Progress MS to Space Station
* Falcon 9 launches Orbcomm Satellites
* Proton launches with Express AMU1/Eutelsat 36C satellite
* China Launches Gaofen 4
* Out: Roscosmos In: Roscosmos State Corporation
* RD-180 Ban overturn
* Pluto Flyover closeup
* Postal Service Honors NASA Planetary Discoveries with 2016 Stamps
* Mars Panorama from Curiosity

TMRO is viewer supported:

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Videos: TMRO Space Pod short reports on astronomy, ISS, SpaceX, meteor showers,

Here are some recent TMRO.tv Space Pod short video reports on a variety of topics:

*  Top 5 Astronomy Stories of 2015 – SpacePod 12/25/15

TMRO Astronomer Jared Head tells us his Top 5 astronomy stories of 2015 (and don’t forget to watch all the way to the end).

* Unplanned spacewalk on the station – Space Pod 12/23/15

TMRO correspondent Lisa Stojanovski explains why a sudden unplanned spacewalk on the International Space Station was such a big deal.

SPACEX MAKES HISTORY!!! – Space Pod 12/22/15

On Dec. 21st 2015 SpaceX successfully returned their Falcon 9 rocket to flight status, successfully delivered 11 Orbcomm satellites to orbit, and made spaceflight history when they landed the first stage of the rocket safely at a landing zone near the launch site.

How To View A Meteor Shower – SpacePod 12/18/15

TMRO Chief Astronomer Jared Head shows you how to properly view a meteor shower.

* Surfing on the Space Station – Space Pod 12/16/15

Today we take a look at the Dynamic Surf experiment being performed on the International Space Station to better understand heat transfer in space.

TMRO programs are viewer supported:

TMRO Space Pods are crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/spacepod for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our weekly live show campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/tmro

Carnival of Space #438 – Everyday Spacer

Everyday Spacer (Pam Hoffman) hosts the latest Carnival of Space.