NSS and Second Life: Information Needed Please

I am in the process of writing an article on Second Life and the NSS
and how it has improved the NSS’s identity and development within a
participating NSS Chapter and the NSS as a whole.

If there are any Chapters and/or their members utilizing Second Life,
I would very much like to hear from you.

If you can e-mail me back with the following information by July 31st,
by 5pm (MST) that would be great!

Chapter Name

When did you start using Second Life?

How did you hear about Second Life?

What are you using Second Life for?

Has it helped/hindered your Chapter’s development/projects?

Why is Second Life important to the NSS and its goals?

Do you think that this can be used as an education outreach tool?

Do you think this could help the NSS promote its goals in the next
Presidential election?

Please provide your Chapter’s/members’ land purchased, screen names
(optional), websites of interest and point of contact for your
Chapter’s/members’ Second Life reality for more information if needed.

Additional comments?

Please send pictures if available.

Thanks in advance !

Cheers,

Veronica Ann
Region 3 Director

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Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto
Arizona State University
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
Science Operation Center
Admin A-Wing, Room,A103
Tempe, AZ 85281-3603
Telephone: 480.727.9486(LROC SOC)
FAX:  480-965-8885
Email: Veronica.Zabala@asu.edu

Family Living Analysis on Mars Expedition (F.L.A.M.E.) and the NSS

02 August 2007

Folks,

As CDR of the Family Living Analysis on Mars Expedition Crew (F.L.A.M.E.), I would like to invite all to apply for our open Chief Engineer Crew Slot as well as for any Media entities.  I am willing to make an allowance for an extra Crew Member Slot to be opened for anyone seriously interested in learning the protocols necessary to live and work on Mars.

We are actively seeking a Chief Engineer for our rotation.  If you know anyone that is interested, please have them contact me at:   Veronica.Zabala@NSS.org

The Family Living Analysis on Mars Expedition Crew (F.L.A.M.E.) currently consists of the following:

Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto, Commander
Stacy Sklar, Executive Officer, Exopaleontologist
Chief Engineer, Crew Slot Open
Jared Szymanoski, Chief HSO, Educator
Angelina Amanda Zabala, Executive Officer in Training, EVA Technician
Madeline “Mad Dog” Marie Zabala, HSO in Training, Mission Specialist
Gino Vincenzo Zabala, Security Officer, Assistant Engineer
Media Personnel:  Currently Open

Preliminary documents which are needed are:

Resume

3 Letters of Reference

8 X 10 Picture

500 word essay on what your qualifications are, your interests in human and robotic space exploration and why (in your opinion) we should go to the Moon, Mars and Beyond

These documents can be e-mailed to me at:  Veronica.Zabala@NSS.org with the Subject Line entitled “Your Name_FLAME2008 Application”

For more information on F.L.A.M.E. and the Mars Desert REsearch Station please visit:  www.marssociety.org/MDRS

F.L.A.M.E.’s next rotation is March 1-16, 2008.

***We are also actively seeking any sponsorships and donations for our next mission.  If you know of any individuals and/or organizations to do so, please have them contact me.

Thank you in advance!  I do hope our NSS Chapter members will get involved in this great educational venture!

Ad Luna…Ad Martem…Ad Astra!

Cheers,

Veronica Ann

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Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto
Arizona State University
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
Science Operation Center
Admin A-Wing, Room,A103
Tempe, AZ 85281-3603
Telephone: 480.727.9486(LROC SOC)
FAX:  480-965-8885
Email: Veronica.Zabala@asu.edu

NSS PHOENIX CHAPTER WELCOMES STACY SKLAR AS INTERM CHAPTER TREASURER

21 JULY 2007

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING STACY SKLAR WHO WILL BE TAKING MENKES VAN DEN BRIEL’S POSITION AS CHAPTER TREASURER AS HE IS ON TRAVEL OVER THE SUMMER.

STACY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE “CHECKBOOK” FOR THE CHAPTER SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY DONATIONS FOR THE PHOENIX CHAPTER OF THE NSS OR WOULD LIKE TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP, PLEASE E-MAIL HERE AT:

SKLARMARS@YAHOO.COM

 WELCOME ABOARD STACE !

AD ASTRA!

VERONICA ANN

CHAPTER PRESIDENT

NSS CHAPTER OF PHOENIX

NEXT NSS PHOENIX CHAPTER MEETING BEING HELD AT SPACEFEST 2007

21 JULY 2007

THE NEXT CHAPTER MEETING WITHIN THE PHOENIX REGION WILL BE AT THE EVENT SPACEFEST 2007 (WWW.NOVASPACE.COM.SPACEFEST).  MORE DETAILS TO COME SOON ON THE SPECIFIC DAY AND TIME. 

PLEASE LEAVE THIS WEEKEND OPEN TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THE LATEST HAPPENNGS IN THE SPACE SECTOR.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED WITH YOUR PHOENIX CHAPTER OF THE NSS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT AT:  VERONICA.ZABALA@ASU.EDU

National Space Society Library

Welcome to the NSS Library

Space Shuttle Video Library Video highlights from every Shuttle mission, narrated by the astronauts. Each video is about 20 minutes long.

Space Station Library Reference Guide to the International Space Station

Space Solar Power Library Sun Power: The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis – complete online book by Ralph Nansen Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program – a large set of the extensive Department of Energy/NASA studies from 1978 to 1981 Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power (National Research Council, 2001) … MORE

Space Settlement Library Colonies in Space – complete online book by T. A. Heppenheimer Space Settlements – A Design Study (NASA Special Publication 413) Space Resources and Space Settlements (NASA Special Publication 428) Space Colonies – CoEvolution Quarterly Book L5 News Archive … MORE

Lunar Bases and Settlement Library Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century Lunar Resources Utilization for Space Construction … MORE

Mars Library NASA Mars Reference Mission (Mars “Semi-Direct”) [PDF 2.3 MB] “Mars Direct” articles from Ad Astra Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000 [PDF 2.4 MB] … MORE

Space Policy Library U. S. National Space Policy, 2006 NASA’s Exploration Systems Architecture Study (2005) Report of the President’s Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, 2004 The Space Shuttle Decision, by T. A. Heppenheimer (1999) America at the Threshold – Report of the Synthesis Group on America’s Space Exploration Initiative, 1991 Pioneering the Space Frontier – Report of the National Commission on Space (1986) … MORE

Space Elevator Library Space Elevators – An Advanced Earth-Space Infrastructure for the New Millennium, 2000 The Space Elevator by Bradley C. Edwards (NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Study Phase 1 Final Report), 2000 The Space Elevator NIAC Phase 2 Final Report, 2003 … More info

READING SPACE: NSS Reviews and Recommended Reading

NSS REVIEW: Non-Fiction Book of the Month (JUL) More Non-Fiction Books Title: Too Far From Home Author: Chris Jones Date: March 6, 2007		NSS REVIEW: Fiction Work of the Month (JUL) More Fiction Works Title: The Astronaut Farmer (DVD) Director: Michael Polish Date: 2007		NSS REVIEW: Children’s Book of the Month (JUL) More Children’s Books Title: Darok 9 Author: H. J. Ralles Date: 2002
The true story of what it was like to be stranded aboard the International Space Station after the loss of the Shuttle Columbia.		A solid story-telling movie about a man building a rocket, not just for himself or his dream, but to show his children the heights they can achieve.		In a future where the human survivors of a devastated Earth live in “Daroks” on the Moon, a scientist holds the key to survival.
Read our review by Masse Bloomfield		Read our review by Ken Murphy		Read our review by Marianne Dyson

 

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NSS 2008 Space Settlement Calendar

NSS 2008 Space Settlement Calendar

Buy the 2008 Space Settlement Calendar Now

The National Space Society is proud to present the Space Settlement 2008 Calendar. This amazing, 14×11-inch, full-color wall calendar features twelve original works of art illustrating humanity’s future in space.

Also featured throughout the calendar are dates for major 2008 space conferences and events. Also included are key dates in space history and U.S. and major international holidays.

The National Space Society undertook this project as a means of promoting awareness of the benefits to humanity of a spacefaring civilization and to make people aware that they can play a role in creating this future.

Show your support for human space exploration and the National Space Society by ordering your copies of the Space Settlement 2008 Calendar today for only $14.95 each! The National Space Society receives a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this calendar.

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A future with space settlement is vastly better than one without it!

VIEW STREAMING VIDEO OF ISDC 2007

Click here to watch video of ISDC 2007 if you were unable to attend this year !

VIEW STREAMING VIDEO OF ISDC

“Overview Effect”

Astronauts report that seeing the Earth from space creates a powerful experience called the “Overview Effect”

“The Overview Effect is the experience of seeing the Earth from a distance, especially from orbit or the Moon, and realizing the inherent unity and oneness of everything on the planet. The Effect represents a shift in perception wherein the viewer moves from identification with parts of the Earth to identification with the whole system.” – Frank White, author of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution. Overview Effect Conference Goals – Examining how the impact of mass spaceflight and The Overview Effect will change our world: • Astronauts will describe the reality of The Overview Effect on their own lives. • Brain/mind scientists will examine the cognitive nature of The Effect and suggest how The Overview Effect is hidden from us by the inherent limitations of human perception. • Artists and simulation media experts will give powerful demonstrations of how New Media technologies and arts can communicate the Overview Effect to Earth-bound millions. • Cultural leaders and futurists will explore how the coming of mass space travel and the Overview Effect will soon affect every aspect of world culture. • The Entire Team will begin the creation of an Overview Organization that will continue these initiatives in research, public education and space media development.

Currently Scheduled Presenters: • Frank White (Keynote) – Author of The Overview Effect, Houghton Mifflin, 1987, AIAA, 1998. • Edgar Mitchell – Sixth man on the Moon and founder of The Institute of Noetic Sciences. • Barbara Marx Hubbard – Associate of Buckminster Fuller, founder of the Harvest Moon Project and 1984 Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States. • Andrew Newberg – Director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of The Mind and Spirituality. Author of Why We Believe What We Believe. • Dan Curry – Seven time Emmy Award winning visual effects Producer/Supervisor for the Star Trek Television shows and movies. • Douglas Trumbull – Oscar winning film and visual effects director (2001, Close Encounters, Blade Runner, Silent Running, Brainstorm, etc.). Created the original “ride-film”, (Back to the Future), and the Showscan Film and was VP of I-Max. • Keith Ferrell – Editor of Omni Magazine. Internationally known author of dozens of books and hundreds of articles on the psycho-social effects of technology. • Dave Brody – Executive Producer/Director of Media, Imaginova Corp (Space.com). • Rick Tumlinson – Founder, Space Frontier Foundation. • John Spencer – Founder, Space Tourism Society. • Robert K. (Bob) Weiss – Vice chairman of the X-Prize foundation, film and TV producer/writer/director (The Blues Brothers, Sliders and many others). Director, executive or consultant for numerous space organizations. • Carter Emmart – Director of Astro-visualization at the Hayden Planetarium. Headed development of the Uni-view Earth and Space visualization software. • Steven Zuckerman – Grammy Award winning music producer, founder Global Entertainment and Media Summit. • George Whitesides – President of the National Space Society, Space Frontier Foundation Advocate. He and his wife, Loretta, will be the first newlyweds to take their honeymoon in space on Virgin Galactic Spacelines. • Loretta Whitesides – Heads Space Generation Foundation which organizes Yuri’s Night.

Special Video Addresses and Interviews with: • Rusty Schweickart – The Apollo 9 astronaut, co-founder of the Association of Space Explorers, chairman and founder of the B612 Foundation, an international leader in the effort to develop systems to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts. • “Doc Searls” – Senior editor of Linux Journal, co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of business as Usual. One of the world’s most quoted bloggers and a fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for the Internet and Society.

NewSpace 2007

The National Space Society is proud to be a supporter of the Space Frontier Foundation’s New Space Conference which will be held in DC on July 18 – July 21. For additional information please visit: http://www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2007/.