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Space-Based Solar Power Lecture | International Institute of Space Commerce (ISU)
"The first "London Lecture" for the ISU International Institute of Space Commerce was held at The Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London on March 4th 2009. Colonel Michael ‘Coyote’ Smith spoke on Space Based Solar Power. The event was well attended and stimulated much discussion afterwards. The podcast of this lecture is now available on this website under Publications - Speeches."
Describing the Undescribable on the "Vomit Comet" : NASA Blog Post
The Colorado University - Boulder team flew several microgravity parabolas on the NASA "Vomit Comet" while conducting experiments with two Wilberforce pendulums – basically a spring with a mass, or weight, on one or both ends of the spring -- and observed what happens to the pendulums when they are compressed and then released in microgravity. These stories and photos provide an especially good window into what virtual microgravity (plus a short test of hypoxia) feels like and how valuable research can be done under these circumstances. This is the ultimate hands-on education experience.
PharmaSat to bring drug testing into orbit - R&D Magazine
"NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite weighing about 10 lbs that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The nanosatellite, known as PharmaSat, is a secondary payload aboard a U.S. Air Force four-stage Minotaur 1 rocket planned for launch the evening of May 5. It contains a controlled environment micro-laboratory packed with sensors and optical systems that can detect the growth, density and health of yeast cells and transmit that data to scientists for analysis on Earth. Scientists will study how the yeast responds during and after an antifungal treatment is administered at three distinct dosage levels to learn more about drug action in space, the satellite's primary goal." PharmaSat science results will be applicable both to medical care for astronauts in space, and for better understanding of basic drug actions relevant to public health care on Earth.