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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Good evening.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>While watching the second session of NASA Administrator's Symposium: "Risk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and Exploration: Earth, Sea and the Stars," we had a 5.9 Earthquake. While</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>my chair was rocking, the speaker at Monterey was startled. An appropriate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>accent to the subject of risk, and just 4 times the distance from here to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the Moon, the asteroid 4179 Toutatis is passing by. :-) - LRK -</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://news.com.com/Calif.+earthquake+shakes+up+Web/2100-1038_3-5387495.html">http://news.com.com/Calif.+earthquake+shakes+up+Web/2100-1038_3-5387495.html</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/nort">http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/nort</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>hern_california/9782447.htm?1c</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.axcessnews.com/national_092804b.shtml">http://www.axcessnews.com/national_092804b.shtml</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040928/APA/409280">http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040928/APA/409280</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>831&cachetime=5</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Reminder - Tomorrow morning - SpaceShipOne first X-Prize flight. - LRK -</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>--------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/">http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>snip</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>First X-Prize flight scheduled for September 29, 2004</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>For information about the X-Prize flights (press inquiries, news updates,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ticket information, etc.) please visit the Ansari X-Prize website.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://web1-xprize.primary.net/launch.php">http://web1-xprize.primary.net/launch.php</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>snip</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>SpaceShipOne Makes History:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>First Private Manned Mission to Space</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Mojave, CA: The world witnessed the dawn of a new space age today, as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites launched the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>first private manned vehicle beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The successful</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>launch demonstrated that the final frontier is now open to private</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>enterprise."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> (READ MORE) <A HREF="http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/062104-2.htm">http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/062104-2.htm</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Multimedia:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> * Videos <A HREF="http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/video.htm">http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/video.htm</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> * Photos <A HREF="http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/gallery/june21">http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/gallery/june21</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>SpaceShipOne will attempt the first of two flights Wednesday morning that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>would win the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The privately managed mission is a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>milestone prelude to space tourism.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>See SPACE.com's live webcast, with streaming cockpit video! Plus reporter's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>updates from the Mojave Airport before, during and after the flight. Get</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>crew and flight information now, and watch the live video webcast starting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>at 9 a.m. EST (6 a.m. PST) Wednesday.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html">http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html</A></FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>--------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>ADD TO THAT, VIRGIN GALACTIC PLANS TO BUILD SPACECRAFT TO HELP DEVELOP THE</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>SPACE TOURISM INDUSTRY BY USING SPACESHIPONE CRAFT AS A MODEL. - LRK -</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Larry Russell Kellogg</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.larryrussellkellogg.net/index.html">http://www.larryrussellkellogg.net/index.html</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.larryrussellkellogg.net/links.html">http://www.larryrussellkellogg.net/links.html</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/">http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>==============================================================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.virgingalactic.com/index.html">http://www.virgingalactic.com/index.html</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.virgingalactic.com/whatis.html">http://www.virgingalactic.com/whatis.html</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Virgin Galactic is a company established by Richard Branson's Virgin Group</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to undertake the challenge of developing space tourism for everybody.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Virgin Galactic will own and operate privately built spaceships, modelled on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the history-making SpaceShipOne craft. These spaceships will allow</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>affordable sub-orbital space tourism for the first time in our history.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Due to the unique technology developed by Burt Rutan, this space craft</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>design has overcome the difficult issues of re-entry into the earth's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>atmosphere faced by so many designers trying to create efficient, re-usable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>space vehicles.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>We believe that it is in mankind's interest to develop our knowledge and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>understanding as well as access to space. Every customer of Virgin Galactic</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>will be helping the development of a new generation of space craft.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Designs for the Virgin Galactic craft are progressing on a weekly basis at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Rutan's base in Mojave, California and by early 2005 the final design for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the maiden Virgin Galactic ship, the VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Enterprise,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>should be signed-off.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>What will follow will be a concerted Research and Development programme to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>earn the craft their qualification to carry some of the world's first</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>scheduled space tourists. Safety is paramount. It is planned to have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>multiple levels of redundancy on key systems in order to achieve a very</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>robust system in every phase of flight.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Virgin's experience in aviation, adventure, luxury travel and cutting-edge</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>design will be vital in contributing to the design of the spaceship, the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>smooth operation of the spaceline and creating an unforgettable experience</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>unlike any other available to mankind.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>"We've always had a dream of developing a space tourism business and Paul</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Allen's vision, combined with Burt Rutan's technological brilliance, have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>brought that dream a step closer to reality. The deal with Mojave Aerospace</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Ventures is just the start of what we believe will be a new era in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>history of mankind, one day making the affordable exploration of space by</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>human beings a real possibility."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Richard Branson</FONT>
</P>
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</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>TONIGHT - REPLAY OF THE NASA Administrator's Symposium: "Risk and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Exploration: Earth, Sea and the Stars," - LRK -</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html">http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>NASA Television can be seen in the continental United States on AMC-6, at 72</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>degrees west longitude, Transponder 9, 3880 MHz, vertical polarization,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>audio at 6.8 MHz. If you live in Alaska or Hawaii, NASA TV can now be seen</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, Transponder 18, at 4060 MHz,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>vertical polarization, audio at 6.8 MHz.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The programs listed below are changes to the general NASA Television</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>schedule. All programs subject to change without notice. All times are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Eastern U.S. time.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>September 2004 Daily Programming</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Expedition/ISS Commentary - JSC (Updates on the ISS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mission and Expedition Crews) (Replays at 7 p.m., 11 p.m., and 7 a.m. the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>following day)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>12 p.m. - 1 p.m - NASA TV Video File (NASA Newsfeed for Broadcast Media)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(Replays at 3, 6, and 10 p.m. Also 12, 6, and 10 a.m.)</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>**ALL PROGRAMS MAY BE PRE-EMPTED OR RESCHEDULED WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE**</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>September</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>September 28, Tuesday</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>5 p.m. - NASA Administrator's Symposium: "Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and the Stars,"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Session Three - "Space" - AMES/HQ</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>September 29, Wednesday</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>1 a.m. - Replay of NASA Administrator's Symposium; "Risk and Exploration:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Earth, Sea and the Stars," Session Three - "Space" - HQ (Replay/Recorded</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9/28/04)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Ansari X Prize Competition from Mojave Test Flight</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Center - HQ (Feed of Space Ship One test flight)</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>September 30, Thursday</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>8 a.m. - Replay of NASA Administrator's Symposium; "Risk and Exploration:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Earth, Sea and the Stars," Session One - "Earth" - HQ (Replay/Recorded</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9/27/04)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>1 p.m. - Replay of NASA Administrator's Symposium; "Risk and Exploration:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Earth, Sea and the Stars," Session Two - "Sea" - HQ (Replay/Recorded</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9/28/04)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>5 p.m. - Replay of NASA Administrator's Symposium; "Risk and Exploration:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Earth, Sea and the Stars," Session Three - "Space" - HQ (Replay/Recorded</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9/28/04)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>snip</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:03:56 -0400 (EDT)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: LARGE ASTEROID WILL ZOOM SAFELY PAST EARTH WEDNESDAY</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sender: owner-press-release@spinoza.public.hq.nasa.gov</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: undisclosed-recipients:;</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gretchen Cook-Anderson</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Headquarters, Washington Sept. 28, 2004</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(Phone: 202/358-0836)</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>D.C. Agle</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(Phone: 818/393-9011)</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>RELEASE: 04-319</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>LARGE ASTEROID WILL ZOOM SAFELY PAST EARTH WEDNESDAY</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2> A mountain-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9:35 a.m. EDT tomorrow.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Although asteroid 4179 Toutatis will come no closer than four times the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>distance between the Earth and the moon(approximately 961,000), this will be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the closest approach of any known asteroid of comparable size this century.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>"This is the closest Toutatis will come for another 500 years, and its orbit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is very well known," said Dr. Don Yeomans of NASA's Jet Propulsion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., manager of NASA's Near Earth Objects</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Program Office. "What this fly-by provides is an opportunity to study one of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>our closest solar system neighbors," he said.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>"While we have done radar observations on this particular asteroid before,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>this is the closest it has come since at least the twelfth century " said</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Dr. Steve Ostro, a scientist at JPL. "We will use the huge dish in Arecibo,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Puerto Rico, to refine our knowledge of its physical characteristics and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>its trajectory," he said.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Named after an obscure Celtic and Gallic god, Toutatis, the yam-shaped space</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>rock measures 1.92 kilometers (1.2 miles) by 2.29 kilometers (1.4 miles) by</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles). Toutatis has one of the strangest rotation</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>states observed in the solar system. Instead of spinning around a single</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>axis, as do the planets and the vast majority of asteroids, it "tumbles"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>somewhat like a football after a botched pass. Its rotation is the result of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>two different types of motion with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>periods of 5.4 and 7.3 Earth days that combine in such a way that Toutatis's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>orientation, with respect to the solar system, never repeats.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>When the asteroid flies past Earth, it will be traveling at approximately</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>39,600 kilometers per hour (24,550 mph). Toutatis has not passed this close</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to Earth since the twelfth century, and it will not be this close again</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>until 2562. Toutatis was discovered in 1989.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Arecibo Observatory is operated by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., under a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation, with support</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>from NASA.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>To view a computer model of asteroid Toutatis on the Internet, visit:</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://reason.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/ToutatisHires.mov">http://reason.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/ToutatisHires.mov</A></FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>and</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://reason.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/ToutatisHires.avi">http://reason.jpl.nasa.gov/~ostro/ToutatisHires.avi</A></FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>For more information about near Earth objects on the Internet, visit:</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/">http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/</A></FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>For information about NASA on the Internet, visit:</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.nasa.gov">http://www.nasa.gov</A></FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-end-</FONT>
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