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dale, do you have access to these photos from friends or are you flying to south of france hypersonicly? munch
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Thomas Leavitt replied to Thomas Leavitt's discussion 'Who will make it back to the Moon first?'
I mean landing and returning one or more human beings. Hopefully, on a regular basis. Of course, there's always the wildcard of a non-state entity raising the funds and executing on the project... treaties aside, possession is 9/10th of the law, ...
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You mean, manned mission or just the soft landing of anything?
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Thomas Leavitt

Welcome!

Welcome to the long awaited re-launch of Space.Org. As a long time and passionate advocate for the human exploration of the solar system and beyond, I'm very excited by the opportunity provided by Web 2.0 and the Ning social networking platform to connect advocates for the exploration and colonization of space, and promote our cause.

I've owned the space.org domain since August 31st, 1995 and turned down many offers to purchase it. At various points, I've made an effort to deploy content to it,… Continue

Posted by Thomas Leavitt on April 17, 2009 at 12:33am

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I'm still working on smoothing out the rough edges of how the site looks and presents itself. I've tweaked the tag line and description to make it more general out of respect for our women participants and potential participants, even though as an old time science-fiction and space exploration fan, the phrase "manned space exploration" has more of a romantic feel to it, and to me, this site is all about the "romance" of space.


I've also uploaded replacements for the default
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Created by Thomas Leavitt Apr 27, 2009 at 5:40pm. Last updated by Thomas Leavitt Oct 8.

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A couple of the resources I use to keep up on important developments are two Yahoo Groups:

  • Commercial Space Place - "a gathering place for ideas and a place to post the latest news, rumors or speculation about what is happening in the field of commercial space development." - 
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Created by Thomas Leavitt Apr 24, 2009 at 10:40am. Last updated by Thomas Leavitt Oct 8.

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