A Massachusetts man found a rock by a river near his house that turned out to be ballast from a Soviet/Russian spacecraft, possibly the Mir space station:
Classic space opera novels – suggestions for filmmakers
Hollywood would have no shortage of space stories to tell if they followed the recommendations on this page: What classic space opera novel do you want to see on the big screen? – io9.com.
Videos: Mars One and asteroids at ISDC 2013
Moonandback has posted lots of videos from the recent National Space Society ISDC 2013 event in San Diego, including these three:
Bas Lansdorp of Mars One:
Asteroids session, Pt. 1:
Asteroid session, Pt.2:
Space policy roundup – June.17.13
Some recent space policy related posts:
- Tweaking the proposed export control reforms for hosted payloads and suborbital vehicles « Space Politics
- In space, Chinese are still far behind – Florida Today
- Ariane 5 rocket upgrades could be accelerated – Spaceflight Now
- Former army boss Walt Natynczyk tapped to lead Canadian Space Agency – Globalnews.ca
- House Passes FY2014 NDAA With ORS Amendment – spacepolicyonline.com
- Space Policy Events of Interest for the Week of June 17-21, 2013
Update: Res Communis posts the latest collection of space and aviation related law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading.
AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 167 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – June 16, 2013:
* HAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS
* AMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention
* AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK
* RECENT AMSAT AWARDS
* Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest
* AMSAT Field Day 2013 – One More Time
* Wilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over