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SPEAKERS TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE FAA COMMERCIAL SPACE 15TH ANNUAL John R
15TH ANNUAL FAA COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE SPEAKERS COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION http://www.faa.gov/go/ast 15-16 FEBRUARY 2012 HQ-12-0163.INDD John R. Allen Christine Anderson Dr. John R. Allen serves as the Program Executive for Crew Health Christine Anderson is the Executive Director of the New Mexico and Safety at NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, where he Spaceport Authority. She is responsible for the development oversees the space medicine activities conducted at the Johnson and operation of the first purpose-built commercial spaceport-- Space Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Allen received a B.A. in Speech Spaceport America. She is a recently retired Air Force civilian Communication from the University of Maryland (1975), a M.A. with 30 years service. She was a member of the Senior Executive in Audiology/Speech Pathology from The Catholic University Service, the civilian equivalent of the military rank of General of America (1977), and a Ph.D. in Audiology and Bioacoustics officer. Anderson was the founding Director of the Space from Baylor College of Medicine (1996). Upon completion of Vehicles Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland his Master’s degree, he worked for the Easter Seals Treatment Air Force Base, New Mexico. She also served as the Director Center in Rockville, Maryland as an audiologist and speech- of the Space Technology Directorate at the Air Force Phillips language pathologist and received certification in both areas. Laboratory at Kirtland, and as the Director of the Military Satellite He joined the US Air Force in 1980, serving as Chief, Audiology Communications Joint Program Office at the Air Force Space at Andrews AFB, Maryland, and at the Wiesbaden Medical and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles where she directed Center, Germany, and as Chief, Otolaryngology Services at the the development, acquisition and execution of a $50 billion Aeromedical Consultation Service, Brooks AFB, Texas, where portfolio. -
Check-List of the Butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in Western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)
Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 25 (4): 161–174 (2004) 161 Check-list of the butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) Lars Kühne, Steve C. Collins and Wanja Kinuthia1 Lars Kühne, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany; email: [email protected] Steve C. Collins, African Butterfly Research Institute, P.O. Box 14308, Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Wanja Kinuthia, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya Abstract: All species of butterflies recorded from the Kaka- list it was clear that thorough investigation of scientific mega Forest N.R. in western Kenya are listed for the first collections can produce a very sound list of the occur- time. The check-list is based mainly on the collection of ring species in a relatively short time. The information A.B.R.I. (African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi). Furthermore records from the collection of the National density is frequently underestimated and collection data Museum of Kenya (Nairobi), the BIOTA-project and from offers a description of species diversity within a local literature were included in this list. In total 491 species or area, in particular with reference to rapid measurement 55 % of approximately 900 Kenyan species could be veri- of biodiversity (Trueman & Cranston 1997, Danks 1998, fied for the area. 31 species were not recorded before from Trojan 2000). Kenyan territory, 9 of them were described as new since the appearance of the book by Larsen (1996). The kind of list being produced here represents an information source for the total species diversity of the Checkliste der Tagfalter des Kakamega-Waldschutzge- Kakamega forest. -
Globalization of Space – the Astrosociological Approach
AIAA SPACE 2007 Conference & Exposition AIAA 2007-6076 18 - 20 September 2007, Long Beach, California The Globalization of Space – The Astrosociological Approach Marilyn Dudley-Flores* and Thomas Gangale† OPS-Alaska, 2262 Magnolia Avenue, Petaluma, California 94952 USA [Abstract] The primary author coined the phrase “globalization of space” in the 1990s in lectures and presentations, thus the term was conceived in the sociological record. And, though texts and journal articles on sociology are full of studies of the phenomenon of globalization, sociologists are not serious about the study of those aerospatial events that made possible the extent of modern globalization. And, although it is in their purview, they do not keep track of advancements in the aerospace industry that can provide clues to where globalization is taking human societies. On the other hand, the “globalization of space” is referenced by a host of organizations connected to the aerospace community (i.e., NASA, the Air Force Academy, et al.). However, to the reverse of the sociological community, aerospace organizations have little concept of social factors at varying levels of analysis that can provide clues to where human societies are heading in space – a destination that will impact aerospace industries. The authors advocate for taking the astrosociological approach, a merging of social science and aerospace perspectives in order to examine the coming benefits and challenges to the globalization of space. Several topics, near-term to long-term, discussed in this report -
Space Settlement 2009
SPACE SETTLEMENT 2009 National Space Society -· Mars 3009 (First Prize, Orbital Category) by Joe Vinton. England, United Kingdom. Medium: Digital. 2009 Colonies on Mars have now grown into cities to rival those on Earth. I never believed them when they said how Mars had grown. Has it really only been nine hundred years since the first settlement? We’ve come so far, so fast. I wonder where we’ll go next, if only we can convince the Mars counsel to fund us then we could send mining missions to Phobos and then beyond… Wow, the sun reflecting off the Silvan towers is unbelievably beautiful this time of day… I can’t wait to use SatSend and tell Molly; she’s going to love it here. January Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Events of the Month 28 29 30 31 123 December 2008 February 2009 Start of International Year S M T W T F S S M T W T F S New Year’s Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 of Astronomy (IYA2009) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Italian astronomer Giuseppe 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Piazzi discovered 1 Ceres, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The vision of IYA2009 is to help the citizens of first and largest asteroid in 28 29 30 31 Solar System, ≈ 915 km in the world rediscover their place in the universe diameter (1801). -
An Account of the Butterflies of the Genus Charaxes in the Collection of the British Museum
318 DR. A. 0. BUTLER ON THE EXPLdNATION OP THE PLATES, PIATEXV. Figs. 1, 3, 5. Hypolimnas misippus, 2 (3 forms). Pig. 2. Danais chrysippus. 4. ,, dorippus. 6. I, alc@pus. PLATEXVI. Pig. 1. Eiiplna Hopfferi. Fig. 2. Hypolininas po!z/nieiia. 4. ,, p,yr.q:Vion,d. 3. ,1 sco~l"s,8. 6. ,, I, 2, 6. 3, 9, $2 , PLATFJXVII. Pig. 2. Euplcea polgmena. Fig. 1. Hypolimicas, sp. 4. Amauris doo?~iinicantcs. 3. ,( mnrginnlis. 6. ,, egialea. 5. ,, ddia. An Account of the Butterflies of the Genus Charaxes in the Collection of the British Museum. By ARTHURG. BUTLER, Ph.D., &c., Senior Assiutant-Keeper, Zoological Department. [Read 7th November, 1895.1 ONE of the first genera which 1 ever otudieil, and the Erst which I monographed, was the geiius Charaxes, a paper ou which I published in 1865 in the ' Proceedings ot the Zoological Society,' in which I recorded sixty-eight species (two of which, however, were noted as doubtful and ere subsequently suppremed) : the present paper enumerates no fewer than one hundred and fifty- nine. I have followed Prof. Aurivillius in uuiting Palla to Cliaraxes : if kept separate, it would have to be broken up into several geucra, and Charaxes ithelf would in like inanuer have to be sub- divided ; tliis, indeed, has been done for the Iiidian species by Mr. Moore ; but apart from outline of wing 1have been unable to discover any constant structural characters ou which to base these genera. That wing-outline in Charaxes is not of generic im- portance seems clear, from the fact that (i.) in iuany of the species it differs to an extraordinary degree in the sezes ; (ii.) the most nearly related species (as, for instance, C. -
Species Recorded KENYA (Main & Kakamega)
SPECIES SEEN in KENYA (Mai(Main + Kakamega)) 2002005-2018-2018 Kenya Main = the safari includes Mt. Kenya, SambSamburu NR, Nakuru NP, Lake BaringBaringo, Lake ke NaNaivasha,sha, MaMaasaii Mara NR Main +L Feb 2017 - included Laikipia PlateaPlateau instead of Maasai Mara X* = as shown on Kenya Main + Kakamega, meanmeans that it was only seen in KakameKakamega & KisuKisumu (Weste(Western Kenya) on that at trip Kenya Nairobi & Nav. Aug 2015 - 2 daysys prepre-trip Nairobi NP, Lake Naivashavasha & Kiambet mbethu Farmrm Kenya Nak. & Mara Aug 2015 - 7 daysys NakuNakuru NP, MaasaI Mara NR & LimuLimuru Marsh Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya MaMain + Kak* Main +L Main + Kak* Nak & Mara Nairobi & Nav Main Main Main + Kak* Main + Kak* Main + Kak* Main + Kak* Main + Kak* Aug Feb Aug-Sept Aug Aug Aug Oct-Nov Sept-Oct Aug Aug-Sept Aug-Sept Aug-Sept BIRDS 2018 2017 2015 2015 2015 2013 2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Ostrich : Struthionidae ENDEMIC Common Ostrich Struthio camelus X X X X X X X X X X X X Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes X X X X X X X X X X Grebes : Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis X X X X X X X X X X X X Black-necked (Eared) Grebe Podiceps nigricollis X X X X Cormorants & Darters: Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X X X X X X X X X X X Reed (Long-tailed) Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus X X X X X X X X X X X X African Darter Anhinga rufa X X X X X X X X X X Pelicans: Pelecanidae Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus X X X X X X X X X X X X Pink-backed Pelican -
Moon, Mars & Beyond
TTHHEE SSPPAACCEE EEXXPPLLOORRAATTIIOONN AALLLLIIAANNCCEE ENDORSE MOON, MARS & BEYOND: FUND THE FY2005 NASA EXPLORATION BUDGET REQUEST We Are The Space Exploration Alliance, an unprecedented partnership of twenty of the nation’s premier space advocacy groups, industry associations and space policy organizations. We Have Joined Together To urge endorsement and full funding of the new Vision for Space Exploration that will refocus NASA’s human space activities toward exploration, including a return to the Moon and moving on to Mars and beyond. Why Should You Endorse and Fund These Goals? Here are just two reasons: REASON #1: IT’S AFFORDABLE Critics of Moon, Mars & Beyond have largely focused on cost. Some falsely claim those costs will run into the trillions of dollars. Some erroneously suggest huge increases in the NASA budget will be required. HERE’S THE REAL STORY: “It is a “go as you can pay” plan where we achieve periodic milestones, technological advances, and discoveries based on what we can afford annually.” From the report of the President’s Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy June 16, 2004 With the clarity of a long-term vision focused on Moon, Mars & Beyond, NASA funding can be directed toward a set of coherent goals. Modest but steady growth in our national expenditures on space will move the nation toward these important goals, and the benefits those expenditures will provide. Aerospace Industries Association . Aerospace States Association . American Astronautical Society American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics . California Space Authority Federation of Galaxy Explorers . Florida Space Authority . Global Space Travelers . The Mars Society Moon Society . -
Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation
Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems MT MABU, MOZAMBIQUE: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION November 2012 Jonathan Timberlake, Julian Bayliss, Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire, Colin Congdon, Bill Branch, Steve Collins, Michael Curran, Robert J. Dowsett, Lincoln Fishpool, Jorge Francisco, Tim Harris, Mirjam Kopp & Camila de Sousa ABRI african butterfly research in Forestry Research Institute of Malawi Biodiversity of Mt Mabu, Mozambique, page 2 Front cover: Main camp in lower forest area on Mt Mabu (JB). Frontispiece: View over Mabu forest to north (TT, top); Hermenegildo Matimele plant collecting (TT, middle L); view of Mt Mabu from abandoned tea estate (JT, middle R); butterflies (Lachnoptera ayresii) mating (JB, bottom L); Atheris mabuensis (JB, bottom R). Photo credits: JB – Julian Bayliss CS ‒ Camila de Sousa JT – Jonathan Timberlake TT – Tom Timberlake TH – Tim Harris Suggested citation: Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, W.R., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R.J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. 94 pp. Biodiversity of Mt Mabu, Mozambique, page 3 LIST OF CONTENTS List of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. -
The Butterflies of Taita Hills
FLUTTERING BEAUTY WITH BENEFITS THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAITA HILLS A FIELD GUIDE Esther N. Kioko, Alex M. Musyoki, Augustine E. Luanga, Oliver C. Genga & Duncan K. Mwinzi FLUTTERING BEAUTY WITH BENEFITS: THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAITA HILLS A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAITA HILLS Esther N. Kioko, Alex M. Musyoki, Augustine E. Luanga, Oliver C. Genga & Duncan K. Mwinzi Supported by the National Museums of Kenya and the JRS Biodiversity Foundation ii FLUTTERING BEAUTY WITH BENEFITS: THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAITA HILLS Dedication In fond memory of Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo and Torben B. Larsen Prof. T. R. Odhiambo’s contribution to insect studies in Africa laid a concrete footing for many of today’s and future entomologists. Torben Larsen’s contribution to the study of butterflies in Kenya and their natural history laid a firm foundation for the current and future butterfly researchers, enthusiasts and rearers. National Museums of Kenya’s mission is to collect, preserve, study, document and present Kenya’s past and present cultural and natural heritage. This is for the purposes of enhancing knowledge, appreciation, respect and sustainable utilization of these resources for the benefit of Kenya and the world, for now and posterity. Copyright © 2021 National Museums of Kenya. Citation Kioko, E. N., Musyoki, A. M., Luanga, A. E., Genga, O. C. & Mwinzi, D. K. (2021). Fluttering beauty with benefits: The butterflies of Taita Hills. A field guide. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. ISBN 9966-955-38-0 iii FLUTTERING BEAUTY WITH BENEFITS: THE BUTTERFLIES OF TAITA HILLS FOREWORD The Taita Hills are particularly diverse but equally endangered. -
Why Reach for the Moon and Mars? “It Is In
Why Reach for the Moon and Mars? “It is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not know what benefits await us. But space is there, and we are going to climb it.” - John F. Kennedy, 1962 For the knowledge: Human exploration of the Moon and Mars will open vistas of new knowledge. With the support of a human lunar base, we can establish astronomical observatories of unmatched power, making fundamental discoveries about the physical structure of the cosmos. Our robots have revealed that Mars was once a warm, wet planet, potentially friendly to life. By sending human explorers to the Red Planet to search for life or its remains, we can discover if the development of life is a general phenomenon in the universe, and determine if life as we know it on Earth is the pattern for all life everywhere, or if we are just one example of a much greater tapestry. For the challenge: Societies are like individuals; they grow when they are challenged. A program to send humans to the Moon and Mars would be a bracing challenge, particularly to our nation’s youth. It would call out to every young person: “Learn your science and you can be a pioneer of new worlds.” As during Apollo, when such a call resulted in the doubling of the number of U.S. science and engineering graduates, this call to intellectual adventure would result in the production of millions of new scientists, engineers, inventors, doctors, and medical researchers—people whose inventions and discoveries would create new industries, strengthen our national defense, advance our health, and yield myriad other benefits on a scale that would utterly dwarf the expenditures on the program. -
Two Projects of Butterfly Farming in Cambodia and Tanzania (Insecta: Lepidoptera) SHILAP Revista De Lepidopterología, Vol
SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267 [email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España van der Heyden, T. Local and effective: Two projects of butterfly farming in Cambodia and Tanzania (Insecta: Lepidoptera) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 39, núm. 155, septiembre, 2011, pp. 267-270 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45522101004 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 267-270 Local and effective Tw 10/9/11 17:37 Página 267 SHILAP Revta. lepid., 39 (155), septiembre 2011: 267-270 CODEN: SRLPEF ISSN:0300-5267 Local and effective: Two projects of butterfly farming in Cambodia and Tanzania (Insecta: Lepidoptera) T. van der Heyden Abstract The projects “Banteay Srey Butterfly Centre” in Cambodia (Asia) and “Zanzibar Butterfly Centre” in Tanzania (Africa) are presented as models of sustainable butterfly farming to support local communities. KEY WORDS: Insecta, Lepidoptera, butterfly farming, sustainability, conservation, development, tropics, Cambodia, Tanzania. Local y efectivo: Dos proyectos de cría de mariposas en Camboya y Tanzania (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Resumen Los proyectos “Banteay Srey Butterfly Centre” en Camboya (Asia) y “Zanzibar Butterfly Centre” in Tanzania -
Lessons from Nature in Weather Forecasting
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 10(1), January 2011, pp. 114-124 Presage Biology: Lessons from nature in weather forecasting Sandeep Acharya *Department of Botany, Tripura (Central) University, Suryamaninagar 799 130, West Tripura E-mail: [email protected] Received 01.10.2010; revised 05.01.2011 The method used by local and indigenous peoples for predicting rainfall and other weather conditions solely on the basis of bio-indicators – the phenology of plants and behavior of animals – is coined as a new term: Presage Biology . Some of these activities of floral and faunal diversity are described in their application to predict oncoming rain, based a literature review as well as personal observations of present author as well as other reference sources pertaining to India and different parts of the world. Keywords : Plant phenology, Animal behaviour, Weather prediction, Forecasting rain IPC Int. Cl. 8: A01C5/00, E04H, G01W Ethnic tribes and other local people, especially weather conditions 5. Farmers often use such farmers, fishers and hunters are very astute weather indicator plants and animals in planning for their watchers and are quick to recognize weather cropping activities, especially when other indicators conditions and whether or not they are favorable to are not evident, for example due to a dry spell 5. their production systems 1,2 . Local forecasting often There is a tendency for western-educated combines empirical observations and weather individuals to dismiss such traditional weather lore predictions through the phenological patterns of as simply a set of beliefs designed to explain the plants and the behaviour of birds and other animals 2.