Heck out of the low earth orbit

Heck out of the low earth orbit

STS127 Commander: Mark L. Polansky

Russia make plans to detach Russian segment and fly away

ミールが落ちた日は正直ひどく悲しかったが、
これには、ちょこっと笑えた、
ロシアらしいといえばロシアらしい
やっぱり そろそろ言い出して来たわけだ　解禁(笑)　
ロシアは皇帝プーチンが居座る限り、中国より早く有人で月に行けないって　
七光りものの世襲コスモノートだらけにないことを願うばかりだ(爆)　有為の若者が可哀想よん
日本といえばHTVこけないのを祈るばかり(^_^;)
もちろんNASAも火星になんて実は行けやしないのだけど(^_^;)
Russian EVA-22:June 5, 2009
ISSCommander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt began a spacewalk at 3:52 a.m.
"I can tell you it is technically possible to separate the Russian segment (from the ISS) and fly free."
Russian space official.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV-95kcMbxw
Russia is making plans to detach and fly away its parts of the ISS when the time comes to de-orbit the rest of the outpost.
"most observers agree that most of the ISS will have to be scrapped around 2020.
According to the plans, the remaining Russian modules will form the core of a new orbital outpost, which would serve as a haven and assembly shop for deep space missions heading to the Moon, Mars and beyond. "
Unlike many Nasa and European space officials, Russian engineers are confident that even after two decades in orbit, their modules would be in good enough shape to form the basis of a new space station.
"We flew on Mir for 15 years and accumulated colossal experience in extending the service life (of such a vehicle)," said a senior Russian official at RKK Energia, Russia's main contractor on the ISS.
Russia 'to save its ISS modules'|BBC NEWS 22 May 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8064060.stm



前回の"Russian EVA-21"は　こちら
commander Mike Fincke(米) and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov(露)
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/yellowz/20081222


今回のRussian EVA-22
ISS Commander Gennady Padalka(露) and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt(米)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoSZYgl6XaI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oecVPHWjhuM


2:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 20 Spacewalk Coverage
Crew Prepares for First Expedition 20 Spacewalk:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgTCjOsN09Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TzxFRTPu3w



CSA - Canadian Space Agency
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTYO9BO05gk
宇宙から地球を見ると、国境は見えないのに
国の代表ということで、国を意識させられます(^_^;)
CSA - Canadian Space Agency
"CSA astronaut Julie Payette ready for a second space flight"
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/advisories/2009/0519.asp


AFP: Canada's Cirque du Soleil chief heads for the stars
"MOSCOW (AFP) ― Guy Laliberte, the larger-than-life Canadian entrepreneur behind the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon, announced Thursday he would fulfil a childhood dream by becoming the seventh space tourist.
Laliberte, 49, whose dramatic reinvention of the circus has netted him a 2.5-billion-dollar (1,76 billion-euro) fortune, described his journey into space, planned for September 30, as a "poetic, social mission.""
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jVQJN6roc333jK6GvprLYEOYiBTQ
Cirque du soleil's Guy Laliberte defends millions being spent on space trip: The Canadian Press
LONGUEUIL, Que. ― After working on his plans for the past five years, Cirque du soleil founder Guy Laliberte is finally shelling out around US$35 million to visit the International Space Station as Canada's first space tourist.
Laliberte, 49, will become the seventh private citizen to travel to the station when he blasts off in a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut on Sept. 30."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jc3js5eSBIDRaazUKW51t5DlgGIQ

今年はCanada Arm2のカナダ、乗り損なって訴訟起こした日本人もいたけど(笑)

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06/05/09 -- Russian EVA-22
06/10/09 -- Russian EVA-23
06/13/09 -- STS-127/Endeavour/2J/A launch


June 5
2:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 20 Spacewalk Coverage (Spacewalk scheduled to begin at 2:45 a.m.) - JSC
June 10
2:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 20 Spacewalk Coverage (Spacewalk begins at 2:45 a.m.)



"Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt reviewed spacewalk procedures and configured their Orlan spacesuits in advance of a 5 ½ hour excursion slated to begin Friday at 2:45 a.m. EDT.
During the Russian spacewalk, Padalka and Barratt will prepare the Pirs docking compartment for the arrival of the Mini-Research Module 2, which will serve as an additional docking port for Russian vehicles. The spacewalkers will install a docking antenna to help guide the new module into place when it arrives at the station aboard an unpiloted Soyuz in November. "
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

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SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR’S STS-127 CREW TALKS WITH MEDIA AT LAUNCH PAD - KSC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaStisVtuHU
The seven-member crew of the next space shuttle mission spoke with media June 3 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida.
Endeavour’s crew members are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette.



CSA - Canadian Space Agency
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp

“6/4″ for the date of the Tiananmen massacre or “Charter 8"

Prosperity Can't Erase Tiananmen -By WU'ER KAIXI
In the aftermath of the bloodshed in Beijing 20 years ago -- when I first went into hiding -- my mother had a stroke. It paralyzed one side of her face. I was 10 years in exile before my brother told me. I do not regret what we did in Beijing that year the Berlin Wall fell, when there was so much hope of change in the air, but the deaths have haunted me for 20 years, and I want to hug my mother and tell her: "Sorry."
The deal was economic prosperity in exchange for political quiescence and continued and unchallenged one-party rule. For years, I have been describing it as a "lousy deal." But today, on the anniversary of the bloodshed that ended the protests, I would like to add that it is also an illusory deal.
Prosperity Can't Erase Tiananmen - WSJ.com




China Censors: The Tiananmen Square Anniversary Will Not Be Tweeted | Wired.com



Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel
1989 Tiananmen Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man
There are several conflicting stories about what happened to him after the demonstration.
In a speech to the President's Club in 1999, Bruce Herschensohn ― former deputy special assistant to President of the United States Richard Nixon ― reported that he was executed 14 days later;
other sources say he was killed by firing squad a few months after the Tiananmen Square protests.
In Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now, Jan Wong writes that the man is still alive and is hiding in mainland China.
Tank Man - Wikipedia
It happened in Tiananmen Square- Al Jazeera English
"I got to the balcony just in time because the troops did arrive right after that. I saw the shooting and then saw ambulances coming onto the square .... And I see the man climb up onto the tank. He seems to want to speak to the people inside .... He's become a symbol but he's a mystery - no one knows who he is."
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2009/05/200953022567830780.html


Two decades ago, the world watched as thousands of Chinese students and their supporters occupied Tiananmen Square for weeks demanding democracy — and then were violently removed on June 4, 1989, by the Chinese military.
Tiananmen: Shouts That Turned To Silence : NPR


It happened in Tiananmen Square -Al Jazeera English

It happened in Tiananmen Square - 31 May 09 - Part 1


It happened in Tiananmen Square - 31 May 09 - Part 2

LRO/ Ares I-X

Ares I-X

The NIF Will Create a Star in the Lab

National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dedication of world’s largest laser marks the dawn of a new era
LIVERMORE, Calif. ―With thousands in attendance, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was officially dedicated today, setting into motion the next chapter of one of the country’s greatest scientific assets."
https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2009/NR-09-05-05.html
World's largest laser opens (w/Video) May 29th
Scientists for decades have been hunting for ways to harness the enormous force of the sun and stars to supply energy here on Earth. The National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory may spark the light at the end of the tunnel.
http://www.physorg.com/news162827599.html


The NIF Will Create a Star in the Lab - By fusing deuterium and tritium atoms - Softpedia
http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-NIF-Will-Create-a-Star-in-the-Lab-112393.shtml