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Saturday’s Topic: “NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization” & “The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (Part 2)”

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“The Coneheads” (1993)

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Tonight’s Topic: “NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization”

Discussion topic of the Evening.

NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization

“Using Space-Based Resources for Human Missions in Deep Space

Autonomous Robotic Excavation (Extracting Water)
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/mars-soil-excavation.jpg?itok=u_TJSdHH

Autonomous Robotic Excavation (Methane Rocket Production)
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/mars-atm-isru-plant.jpg?itok=11AC8Seq

“Lunar Flashlight” on Moon
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/lunarflashlight-southpole.jpeg?itok=SExMJZHy

Mars 2020 Rover
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/mars_2020_rover.jpg?itok=913Zn2K2

Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operation Robot
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/ksc-20160929-ph_dng01_0028.jpg?itok=88qDs9XI

Space Exploration and Space History

Space Exploration News

Chandrayaan-2 in lunar orbit
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Chandrayaan-2_lander_and_orbiter_integrated_stack.jpg

This Week in Space History

August 20th, 1975: Viking 1 Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Viking_spacecraft.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Mars_Viking_12a001.png

August 20th, 1977: Voyager 2 launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Titan_3E_Centaur_launches_Voyager_2.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Voyager_spacecraft_model.png

August 21st, 1965: Gemini 5
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Gemini5insignia.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/S65-46990.jpg/1024px-S65-46990.jpg

August 22nd, 1989: Voyager 2 Neptune flyby
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Neptune.jpg

Great Dark Spot
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Neptune%27s_Great_Dark_Spot.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Proteus_%28Voyager_2%29.jpg
Nereid,

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Nereid-Voyager2.jpg
and Triton;
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Triton_moon_mosaic_Voyager_2_%28large%29.jpg

Waz Up?

Chaz covers:
Moon Phases
Occultations
Constellation and Navigation Tips and Factoids
Sunrise and Sunset Features
Q and A

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Special Topic: Tsiolkovsky and the Rocket Equation (Part 2)

Rocket Equation for “Saturn V / Shuttle” Size Rockets
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/68988754_3547120098647481_3848533075105415168_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_oc=AQnfFUHANbRddzP_mSuB-7l5lz63V2UdUOx4zgEDn86CIbWQ2182ejnBv9ch61P82vM&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=9ef573b947dbc7f74ee2843aa9de89b1&oe=5DD3D565

Tsiolkovsky Equation
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/69619378_3547121171980707_3742808546694135808_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQk4QlfN23eDdQd08escQMYEM-LG_YetRDsD8-pki_xfJCF2NOlU1sYUAsopYZIe33c&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=a0820ff8f689b124007dd91e030e9dc4&oe=5DC7AE9F

Illustrated Rocket Equation
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/69306033_3547120105314147_4625629934696529920_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_oc=AQmuPn0RLKBgXO4Qrko8RcOoeDh4PN1q-RIkbkpeHm5EDiK1VuXe5lG55gUZB3E7V7Q&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=9a8b903f77cbb131f19f919628f5a3ee&oe=5E06F960

Space Launches For This Week

Recent Astronomical Discoveries

Stardust in the Antarctic Snow
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190820101623.htm?fbclid=IwAR1qyJllFQ26ofGZGidtvOziK0RkhFPVkI23_Q3hqzIymGf-HfSLygFdpxs

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Aug 26
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58721.4746446427&type=V

Aug 27
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58722.4407782744&type=V

Envisat
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Aug 28
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58724.0561316795&type=V

OTV 5 (USA 277)
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=42932&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Aug 24
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=42932&mjd=58720.0632479535&type=V