Thursday, December 4, 7:30pm

"TERRIERS: Hands-on Space Experiments by Students and Young Professionals"
by Supriya Chakrabarti

At Boston University students and young scientists have developed a state-of-the-art satellite mission to answer important scientific questions at less than 10% of the cost. In this talk, the mission and the process that led to its successful development will be described.      Professor Supriya Chakrabarti is the Director of the Center for Space Physics at Boston University and is a member of the TERRIERS development team.

"Maglifter"
by Dr. David B. Cope

Reducing the cost of access to space is an enabling technology. The Maglifter program will reduce costs using electromagnetic acceleration instead of a rocket first stage. The cost savings which result are composed of avoided expenses for rocket fuel and reduced structural requirements for the entire launch package.      Dr. David B. Cope of Foster-Miller, Inc. Waltham, MA, will give a presentation of the Maglifter program funded by NASA. Dr. Cope will discuss the status of the program, overall launch concepts, technical aspects of the electromagnetic motor and Maglev suspension system, costs, and test plans.

Note: Each presentation will list about 30 minutes.

Thursday, January 8, 1998, 7:30pm

"Kistler Reusable 2-Stage to Orbit Launcher"
by Neil Adams, Draper Lab

Kistler Corporation is building the first fully reusable launch vehicle. The Kistler K-1 vehicle consists of 2 stages each of which will fly back to the launch site and land on airbags following a parachute descent. It is privately financed. The guidance, navigation, and control system is being developed at Draper Lab, near MIT.

All meetings are held in the 8th floor "playroom" of 545 Main Street (Technology Square), Cambridge. Call 617-258-2828 for more information.

PASA regular business luncheon and formal meeting from 1-3 pm, the third Saturday of every month at Smart Alex Restaurant, Sheraton University City, 35th & Chestnut. 2 hours free parking with validation.
     Scheduled PASA activities: Dec. 13th (N.B., 2nd Sat.) regular monthly meeting at Smart Alex. Jan. 10th (N.B., 2nd Sat.) regular monthly meeting at Smart Alex. Call Dottie for details.
     Nov. Meeting Report: PASA's Nov. meeting occurred at Philcon '97, where we had a display table and made a presentation, Creating a Space-Faring Civilization, on Sun., Nov. 16th. Mitch Gordon got the ball rolling with some introductory remarks and slides, then turned the podium over to Earl Bennett, who discussed going back to the Moon. Earl was followed by Michelle Baker, who discussed Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct concepts.
     Jay Haines followed Michelle with a presentation on Gerard K. O'Neill's space colonies, and some thoughts on what people can do to prepare themselves for, and promote, living and working in space. About 25-30 people attended the presentation, and a lively discussion followed, until we had to make way for the next session. The discussion continued over lunch at a local restaurant.

The December Meeting of Oklahoma Space Alliance will actually be our annual potluck Christmas Party, December 20 at Tom Koszoru's House in Norman. The meeting will be at 3:00 p.m., with dinner following sometime around 4:00 p.m. Prospective members are also welcome.
     Tom's house is at 514 Fenwick Court in Norman. Take the Main Street west exit off I- 35, proceed west past the Sooner Fashion Mall, and turn right at 36th Street, and go north until you turn right on Rambling Oaks (about half a mile north of Main Street). Fenwick Court is the fourth or fifth street on the left. Tom's house is the last on the left side. (Alternatively take the Robinson Street west exit, turn south on 36th, left on Rambling Oaks and left on Fenwick Court. I think there may still be some construction on this route.)
     In addition to being a Christmas party, this is the meeting at which we nominate our officers.
     You should be receiving a copy of UPDATE the week before the meeting with an agenda.

Minutes of October Meeting
Oklahoma Space Alliance met on Saturday, October 18, at the Air Space Museum at the Kirkpatrick Center in Oklahoma City. Attending were John Northcutt, Kurt Lochner-Harrington, Claire Stephens and Syd Henderson. Unfortunately the October UPDATE didn't get out in time for the meeting, and several of the postcards I mailed out did not arrive in time, so not everyone got informed in time for the meeting.
     This meeting was a planning meeting for our party at SoonerCon 12. Syd volunteered (argh) to send for extra copies of the most recent Ad Astra with the 3-D Mars panorama [sent for but not yet arrived as of November 16], and to publish a special edition of OUTREACH and prepare other literature and printouts.
     Syd and Claire will also take care of the food (so far, mostly chips, soda, and candy), although other contributions are welcome. We will also bring petitions, and bumper stickers and other freebies. Claire will bring the gravity funnel for the kitty.
     I found a downloadable model of the Cassini space probe at the Cassini web site at the Jet Propulsion Lab (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/model/) and Kurt agreed to construct it. In addition, Kurt (and possibly Tim) will create flyers. Kurt will try to construct balloon rockets.
      We will also provide paper, crayons, colored pencils, etc., and invite visitors to design a space colony.
     Any attractive pictures we can display around the room are also welcome.

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        INDEX

        NSS NEWS

NSS's Space Summit Highlights
Vibrant Space Program, Stresses
Necessity for Long-Term Vision (Karen Rugg) (p.1)

NSS Releases Draft of Proposed Rules for Amateur R-Prize (p.1)

Electronic NSS Updates --
Announcing "NSS Announce" (p.1)

NSS Governor John Denver Killed (p.1)

NSS Criticizes Presidential Space Vetoes (p.3)

NSS Moves to Create Endowment Fund (p.3)

Proposal to Amend Bylaws to Create Vice Chair
Of Board Governors Fails to receive 2/3 Vote (p.8)

G. Harry Stine Dies, Space Activist, Author, L-5 VP (p.8)

Report From Headquarters (Karen Rugg)
        Campaign for Future' Recruiters (p.3)
        Reminder to Chapters! (p.3)
        Reminder to Chapters 2! (P.3)


        EDITOR'S NOTES (Jeffrey Liss)

Why Mir (p.2)

It Can be Done (p.2)

Coming: Anti-Cassini II (p.2)

Pathfinder and Sojourner: Sad epitaphs (p.2)

        LETTERS AND COMMENTARY

The Increasing Respectability of Space (George Smith) (p.3)

        CHAPTERS AND ACTIVISM

>From Down Under --
Central Coast Chapter Up and Running (Tony James) (p.4)

Oregon NSS Donates Computer to ISDC =9198, Milwaukee Chapter (p.4)

Philadelphia NSS Mourns Death of Jim Chestek (Jay Haines) (p.4)

Clear Lake Makes a deal, Profits Selling Space Pens; You Can Buy (Robby
Gaines) (p.5)

Chapter Notices (p.15)
        Orange County Space Society -- 3rd Sunday
        Clear Lake NSS -- Nov. 14
        NSS Atlanta -- Nov. 20, Dec. 10
        Philadelphia Area Space Alliance -- Nov. 15, Dec. 13, Jan. 10, 1998
        Education Chapter -- Nov. 17, Nov. 22