
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel
NASA have made a wheel capable of withstanding tough Martian terrain, but just how indestructible is it? https://youtu.be/vSNtifE0Z2Q
NASA have made a wheel capable of withstanding tough Martian terrain, but just how indestructible is it? https://youtu.be/vSNtifE0Z2Q
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Meeting Notes See our Contact page for more information about member JP Aerospace Blog 3D Printed Valves AI Submarine Logo First Slips Helium Cell Complete SacL5 High
An ancient, well-preserved tree that was alive the last time the Earth’s magnetic poles flipped has helped scientists pin down more precise timing of that
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Space, spaceflight, NASA, SpaceX, Mars, Blue Origin, Bill Nye, Patrick Stewart and other things that piss me off…oh, yeah, and ESPECIALLY Boeing and Bezos! Includes
Meeting Notes Member Introductions – See Chapter Library below for links to more information about members Michael W new member. Became interested in space settlement
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Last Breakfast Video on YouTube! – Sacramento L5 YouTube Site Link – View and Download “The Last Breakfast” Flyer https://youtu.be/RsifZ3fnm0g
Meeting Notes JP of JP Aerospace was on TV talking about balloon flights after the Chinese balloon incident Sac L5 Balloon Grant has piqued the
Link for current NSS Chapter Newsletter Quarterly Check out the NSS Chapters Resources Page for Attachments and Updates between Newsletters Greetings from Ed, Perri, and
Meeting Notes SacL5 Website Traffic Report 2/11/23 – Visits: 11,595 (+413) Changes to the website Addition of Robert Compton’s rocket test, his obituary, Renamed highest
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Above is a picture of Robert with his 8” diameter rocket motor (the rocket in the videos is the earlier 5” diameter rocket). Robert’s dream… BALLS
Standing Rocket Test The revolutionary aspect of the Robert Compton’s Rocket concept is that it used H2O2 direct injection without a catalyst. That is, it
AgendaNOTE: No in-person meeting this month. Website: https://sacramentol5society.nss.org Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space SocietyWhere: Virtual presence only, via ZoomWhen: Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 5:00-6:30 PM
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The video below shows how to post an entry to the Sac L5 website using WordPress and Elementor. It features some of the tools and
Link for current NSS Chapter Newsletter Quarterly Check out the NSS Chapters Resources Page for Attachments and Updates between Newsletters Greetings from Ed, Perri, and
Water rockets are fun toys for people of all ages, even adults. They work based on a simple physics concept in which water is forced
Agenda HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Website: https://sacramentol5society.nss.org Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space SocietyWhere: Virtual presence only, via ZoomWhen: Saturday, December 10th, 2022, 5:00-6:30 PM Pacific Standard
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AgendaWebsite: https://sacramentol5society.nss.org Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space SocietyWhere: Virtual presence only, via ZoomWhen: Saturday, November 11th, 2022, 5:00-7:30 PM Pacific Standard Time Pre-Zoom notes:•These meetings
Registration – Apollo 17 – The Last Breakfast Sacramento L5 YouTube site View and Download “The Last Breakfast” Flyer
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Agenda Website: https://sacramentol5society.nss.org Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space Society Where: Virtual presence only, via Zoom When: Saturday, October 8, 2022, 5:00-7:30 PM Pacific Daylight
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Link for current NSS Chapter Newsletter Quarterly Check out the NSS Chapters Resources Page for Attachments and Updates between Newsletters Greetings from Ed, Perri, and
Agenda: Website: https://sacramentol5society.nss.org Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space SocietyWhere: Virtual presence only, via ZoomWhen: Saturday, August 13th, 2022, 5:00-7:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time(Note: Pacific
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Agenda: 5:00-5:10 Begin regular meeting: Margin for everyone to arrive/greeting of new members. 5:10-6:00 Updates/general chapter business: President’s & Treasurer’s report. (Joe Bland, Ed Kulis)
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Dr. Peterson recently traveled to the UK for a series of lectures at Oxford and Cambridge. This conversation was recorded during that period with Sir
Black Holes Will Start to Glow in the Night Sky As described by the Penrose Institute, our universe is expanding and as it cools over the
Hi, folks,First, thank you to all the hardy folks who got up early and watched the live presentation! It was a doozy!Second, I spent the
Apollo 20 was to liftoff from Kennedy Space Center on July 24, 1974 to the most adventurous site visited yet by Apollo astronauts; the rim
Long before Apollo landed on the Moon, NASA leadership was looking at some lofty plans for Apollo hardware after the Moon. Want to know more
Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space SocietyWhere: Virtual presence only, via ZoomWhen: Saturday, April 9th, 2022, 5:00-7:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time(Note: Pacific Daylight Time started
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?
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Part 1: An Alternate Means of Delivering Payload to Orbit Part 2: Building Energy Cheap Space Transportation – Suitably used, an orbiting spaceport could far
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
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
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