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Green Stars mean Intelligent Life
The cosmos is littered with blue and red stars… but curiously no green ones. Why? Is this a fundamental constraint or merely an unlikely outcome?
April 9, 2022
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Ad Astra
Faster-Than-Light Leads To Time Paradoxes
Is faster-than-light (FTL) travel possible? In most discussions of this, we get hung up on the physics of particular ideas, such as wormholes or warp
April 9, 2022
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SacL5 Website Traffic Report 4/8/22
Website Traffic Mar 9, 2022 to Apr 8, 2022 418 visits last 30 days (-73) 6297 since incept (+399)
April 8, 2022
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SacL5 Meetings and Directions
The Sacramento L5 Society meets Each Month on the Second Saturday. Come Join Us! To join monthly Zoom meetings email: Joe Bland To join the Sacramento
April 2, 2022
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SacL5 Website Traffic Report 3/12/22
Website Traffic Feb 10, 2022 to Mar 12, 2022 491 visits last 30 days 5898 since incept
March 12, 2022
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Cislunar
The Archaeology Of The Space Age
We’ve been space now 55 years. Time to think about preserving history. Check out Lisa’s work. Senior author of The Final Mission: Preserving NASA’s Apollo Sites
February 21, 2022
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SacL5 Website Traffic Report 2/12/22
Website Traffic Jan 13, 22 to Feb 12, 22 391 visits last 30 days 5,478 since incept
February 12, 2022
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James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led
February 12, 2022
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NASA – Flying Cars
Advanced Air Mobility Mission Overview NASA’s vision for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Mission is to help emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation
November 23, 2021
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SacL5 Meeting 11/13/21
Notes Breakfast on the Moon Apollo 17 49th Anniversary planned for 12/11/21 Christine Noemi will coordinate Chapter Report to NSS Due soon Ed working with
November 19, 2021
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Alyssa Carson, Space Advocate
From Wikipedia, Alyssa Carson In 2014, Carson was the first person to complete the “NASA Passport Program” visiting each of NASA’s fourteen visitor centers across nine states.
November 14, 2021
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What is a Lagrange Point?
What are they? Our Sacramento L5 Society is named for the Lagrange Point EML5. Just like the illustration above for the Sun Earth Lagrange Points
November 14, 2021
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NSS Resources List for Chapters
NSS Chapters Resources List: National Space Society Main Website: https://space.nss.org NSS Statement of Philosophy: https://space.nss.org/nss-statement-of-philosophy/ Members Only link to Inside NSS: https://inside.nss.org/ Social Media Request
November 4, 2021
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Apollo 15 Video Breakfast on the Moon
Apollo 15 celebration “Breakfast on the Moon” #5 https://youtu.be/zQyxB0A5hE0 On Saturday morning, August 7, NSS Chaptersʼ Assembly and NSS Chapter Sacramento L5 Society hosted the
August 10, 2021
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Maana Electric Desert Tests of Moon Solar Panels
SUNLIGHT HAS A COUPLE OF ADVANTAGES OVER YOUR TRADITIONAL GAS AND COAL. IT’S cheap, it’s powerful, and there’s a lot of it. But there’s a
August 4, 2021
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The Spaceport by Roger Arnold and Donald Kingsbury
Part 1: An Alternate Means of Delivering Payload to Orbit Part 2: Building Energy Cheap Space Transportation – Suitably used, an orbiting spaceport could far
July 28, 2021
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Apollo 15 Breakfast on the Moon Aug 7, 2021
Breakfast on the Moon #5 Webinar Is a Go for Launch August 7, 2021 National Space Society When: Saturday, August 7, 2021, 7:00-8:30 AM PDT
July 18, 2021
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Goodnight Moonbase Kickstarter
Goodnight Moon Base Let’s bring bedtime *to* the moon every night. Our future on the moon becomes real through compelling scenes and rhymes. Click here
July 17, 2021
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Support JP Aerospace – Kids Space Program
We’d like to help JP for his work with the Kids PongSat space program and for his providing our meeting place for our L-5 Society
July 17, 2021
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SacL5 Zoom Meeting 10-Jul-21
Meets 2nd Saturday 5pm Pacific Time each month. Email Joseph Bland for Zoom Details. Topics: Sierra Space JP Aerospace, StarLink 42,000 Satellites in Equatorial Orbit
July 11, 2021
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SpaceX Starlink Mission 5/9/21
On Sunday, May 9 at 2:42 a.m. EDT, Falcon 9 launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force
May 12, 2021
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Apollo 14 Breakfast On the Moon Video
This is the fourth “Breakfast On The Moon” Apollo mission virtual celebration sponsored by the National Space Society Chapters’ Assembly and the Sacramento L5 Society
February 8, 2021
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Apollo 14 Breakfast on the Moon FEB 6
Please mark your calendars! On Saturday morning, February 6th, NSS Chaptersʼ Assembly and the Sacramento L5 Society NSS chapter will host the fourth in their
January 31, 2021
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The Space Trade Update Blog (SL5S Supporter)
JP Aerospace launches next PongSat in May 2021 with the SL5 Space Laser Project For more info click here
January 16, 2021
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Space X – ISS Docking Simulator
SPACEX – ISS Docking Simulator https://iss-sim.spacex.comThis simulator will familiarize you with the controls of the actual interface used by NASA Astronauts to manually pilot the SpaceX Dragon 2 vehicle to
December 24, 2020
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NSS India World Space Week In Progress!
The link of webinar for YouTube Live is: See List Of Events OrganizersAkhil – https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhil-raj-kumar-kalapala/Krishna – https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-bhavana-sivaraju-514a68bb?trk=hp-identity-photo
October 3, 2020
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How To Blog to the SacL5 Site
The SacramentoL5Society uses Word Press and the editor plugin called Elementor. Elementor provides the tools to buld a website that is very simple to update
August 29, 2020
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The Power of Space Debris
Since the beginning of spaceflight, over 9,000 satellites have been launched into orbit. Along with every satellite, there is around 100,000 tonnes of space debris,
August 20, 2020
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Space Review Publication by Hariharan Karthikeyan
What you should learn from Comet NEOWISE by Hariharan Karthikeyan Monday, July 27, 2020 Comments (5) Checkout this publication by Hariharan. He attended his
August 9, 2020
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Pongsat – Help Students Experiment in Space
Student experiments flown to the edge of space by balloons! Click image to visit Pongsat to learn and donate A PongSat is an experiment that
August 9, 2020
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Space X – The Dragon Returns
Space X – The Dragon Returns CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port on Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of
August 8, 2020
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Breakfast’s on the Moon – Mission Plan
We celebrate our Breakfast’s on the Moon on or around the 50th Anniversaries of the original Apollo Missions. So look for announcements about the upcoming
August 8, 2020
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Video Tutorial: Posting a Linked PDF
This blog entry contains a links and a video for a demonstration of adding linked PDF content to the sacramentol5society.nss.org website. The techniques in the
June 13, 2020
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Introduction to Blog Posting
This PDF document contains the things you need to know to post to the SacramentoL5Society website. Use it as a reference to the basic elements
June 13, 2020
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SacL5’s work praised again in NSS Ad Astra!
We here at the Sacramento L5 Society are pleased to be mentioned again in the National Space Society magazine “Ad Astra.” Joe Bland our president
June 2, 2020
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JP Aerospace Dark Sky Station – The Look, The Work
The Virtual Office Marty: Look, Andy, at least come to the meeting wearing VR clothing. I know you like medieval times. Pretend it’s second life, and
May 31, 2020
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Hubble Telescope Builder – Bill Johnston
Hubble Telescope 30th anniversary interview with Bill Johnston Air Force Captain William “Bill” Johnston worked for over 30 years for Lockheed and Lockheed/Martin, and towards
April 25, 2020
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Captain Lovell’s personal story of Apollo 13 explosion
Click here to watch on YouTube or below to watch here.
April 20, 2020
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NASA Apollo 13 The Rest of the Story
NASA’s Live Stream About What Happened on Apollo 13 Click here or below for the video
April 20, 2020
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Apollo 13 What Happened? NASA Live Stream
All are invited to view the APOLLO 13 presentation: What Happened and Why? by Owen Brown, Scientific Systems Company, Inc. This can be viewed on
April 16, 2020
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Breakfast on the Moon #3
Breakfast On The Moon principally celebrates the 50th anniversaries of the Apollo manned missions to the Moon. Breakfast On The Moon #3 is the third
April 12, 2020
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Breakfast on the Moon with Apollo 13 Commander
On Saturday morning, April 11th, from 7:00-9:00 AM PDT (2:00-4:00 PM UTC), the National Space Society (NSS) Chapters’ Assembly and the Sacramento L5 Society NSS
April 6, 2020
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Nasa Moon Program COVID Delays
NASA Moon Program and Hubble Telescope Successor Face COVID-19 Delays Read full article <<. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine was almost giddy when he unveiled the
April 2, 2020
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Airships today!
Airships lost out to conventional aircraft after a series of disastrous crashes. But now safer technology could be the key to their return. Zeppelins fill
April 1, 2020
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Our New YouTube Channel
Check out the first video on the new Sacramento L5 Society YouTube Channel Click Here for the Sacramento L5 Society YouTubeChannel Page
March 21, 2020
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Tom Tolan and the Dream Chaser
Tom Tolan is a core member of the Sacramento L5 Society and we’re happy for him since he gets to work on the Dream Chaser
March 17, 2020
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No Stopping in Orbit by Paul Turner
There is a common misperception that if you get rocket up high enough, say several hundred miles above the ground, there will be no gravity
March 15, 2020
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Space Port with Orbital Tether
Orbital Tethers Catch and Release Shave precious delta-V off the cost to orbit Why Orbiting Tethers• Orbiting tethers: long tethers making one revolution per orbit,
March 14, 2020
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How fast will 1g get you there?
1.75 hours to the moon! The concept of 1 g acceleration providing a comfortable environment for travel is enticing. But even if you have the
March 7, 2020
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Space Debris Removal: Maritime Lessons
In noting the commonalities between debris or pollution in the oceans and seas of the world and debris in orbit, NSS proposes mechanisms and systems
March 7, 2020
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The Artemis Moon Program
November 2019 The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, a goal that
March 7, 2020
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Ad Astra
They’re Made Out of Meat
Terry Bisson, in his short story, “They’re Made Out of Meat,” speculates on the odd fact that this material in our head has consciousness and
February 29, 2020
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Creating a New U.S. Chapter of the National Space Society
NSS U. S. chapters may serve a local area (“Indianapolis, IN”) or have a topical focus (“lunar bases”). Chapters are the peripheral organs of the
February 23, 2020
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Ad Astra
A Cosmic Crisis
How a Dispute over a Single Number Became a Cosmological Crisis Two divergent measurements of how fast the universe is expanding cannot both be right.
February 22, 2020
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International Space Development Conference
ISDC 2020 Read more… NASA has a plan––establish a permanent human presence on the Moon within the next decade and then continue the journey on
February 22, 2020
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March Storm Congressional Visits
Space needs YOU in Washington, DC March 15-19 Register Here Join NSS and the Alliance for Space Development in our 2020 March Storm congressional advocacy
February 18, 2020
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Cislunar
Urgent Need for US Space Force
In June 2018, President Trump directed the Department of Defense to “begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of
February 16, 2020
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Elon Musk Starship and Super Heavy
Starship and Super Heavy are the biggest, most important pieces of Elon Musk’sgrand plan for SpaceX, his private spaceflight company. Musk has repeatedly stressed that
January 25, 2020
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Moon Industrial Complex
The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket
January 25, 2020
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Megastructures E04 – Rotating Habitats
In this fourth installment of the series we take a lengthy look at Rotating Habitats, large space stations that simulate gravity via spin and can
January 25, 2020
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