The ゚~Hive Caテ/Eyes on Space


~~~~~Spring~98 Issue~~~~~

7/97~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6/ 98

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Welcome Space Fans..!!

Yes, I know it's been a while, but here we are gathered, once again, for a fine meal of space junk and drink. Our monthly gathering at

The ゚~Hive Caテ/Eyes on Space
brings us to all sorts of fascinating corners of the universe and the web.

It also brings some background on the killer comet movies, some new comets just discovered, and how to add your own name to a comet mission, plus a whole lot more on Space Exploration and a lot of fun spacely things the internet has to offer so once again, let's all strap ourselves into our chairs at The B~Hive Caテ 'cause, HOUSTON, WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH...


Updates from Way Outer Space

It's been a couple of months since the last issue and all sorts of things have changed and happened since then... but before we get too much into it I'm asking all fellow space fans to sign this FORM petitioning more funding for NASA to continue along with the excellent program of Space Exploration

Meanwhile, the Cosmonauts on MIR released a miniature version of SPUTNIK on the 40th anniversary of the original mission (which of course launched the world into the space age) listen to the sounds of SPUTNIK (in WAV format) as it orbits the Earth at over 17,000 MPH.
Do you want to send your name to a COMET??, and then have it come back to Earth?? then T HIS HERE is your link.

And then there's always sending your name to MARS, to it's South Pole on a CDROM aboard the Mars Polar Lander... Sign up Now.

...And speaking of making an impact, There's been a lot of talk about COMETS and Asteroids possibly impacting the Earth lately and I'd like to add my two cents worth.....so let's start with the movies DEEP IMPACT and Armageddon. It's kinda funny how both of these movies are deep into filming and production and A steroid XF11 is dicovered to come very close to Earth in 2028...the timing is a little funny, and that's all I'm saying about it right now.

Wanna know Sky and Telescope's take on the IMPACT FACTOR??....here's their link...www.skypub.com


And how about a sweepstakes that you can enter online to win a trip to see a launch!! ENTER HERE(note that S&T is a little funny about links to pages deep inside their site so if the link doesn't work and you really want to enter the contest, go to the S&T link above this one and hunt it down)

However, this is the ultimate Comet Page

...and here's a link to blow your mind!!!
..an online calculator that calculates the damage of any gven Asteroid or Comet IMPACT to any given planet or moon, including the Earth and Mars..You can build your own 'End World' scenario HERE

And now for something really cool, I think it's time we all viewed some very fascinating MPEG movie clips...they're less than 400K and quite exciting....How often do you get to watch TWO comets falling into the SUN and a couple of Solar Belches immeadiately afterwords?? See the Mpeg movies here now...~~MOVIE#1~~MOVIE#2~~MOVIE#3~~

and one last link to NASA's tracking system of things that MIGHT hit the Earth~~Click Here~~

Maybe you've heard about the contest to name NASA's next Great Observatory...the acronym is AXAF...if you can think of something better, then maybe you'll win an all expense paid trip to see the Advanced Xray Astrophysics Facility get launched into space....it would cetainly mean something every time you logged on to the AXAF website to see the latest images knowing you were the one who named it!!! (I wrote in for The Carl Sagan Facility)[TCSF] I ...Submit your contest entry name HERE

Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm into Amateur Astronomy and that I prefer to use binoculars for terrestrial viewing...10x50's actually...well, I've recently come across a website that is thee place to see up to the minute reports of the latest dicoveries of comets and asteroids and anything newly discovered in Space....if it's out there and we're admitting it...then it's right HERE


Mission out of Control


..as
MGS zips around Mars at an incredible speed...Here's a page that every Mars fan should have bookmarked MarsMapMaker

And continuing in the name of fun....How old do you think you would be on another planet??...older??, younger??..uglier for sure...Find out HERE for sure

and of course before we get deeply into Mission out of Control, a link to the one place where all the current missions are accessed is All Missions

..and if you own a printer and like to print out the often astounding Planetary images from all of this century's spacecraft then this site= PICK A PLANET..has got it all.!!...Venus, Mars/MGS, Saturn/Cassini, Jupiter/Galileo..and so much more!!...But while we're talking about Mars and Saturn and Jupiter, let's sneak in a couple more MPEG MOVIE LINKS...Movie #1 is just a good old fashioned Mars clip and Movie #2 is the trajectory of Cassini as it heads to Saturn
Enjoy Clip# 1 and Cl ip#2

I've been reading about how the Chinese have started their own space program and Brazil also and these things have got me wondering about the future of space exploration. While nobody would deny that the USA is at the forefront, are we alone in this field??...the answer is a resounding NO!!!!....Folks, we are not alone!!!...the accessability of the web has made communication and orginization amongst groups of dedicated researchers (and plain old folk like me, too) very easy....and evidence is showing up all over the place in unprecedented levels (thanx mostly to the web..everybody clap your hands)...and you can find out more about these things here in

Conspiracy Corner

Come on over to the Conspiracy Corner and look at some of the stranger and unexplained things going on in our world....as the saying goes....'Truth is stranger than fiction'

What better place to start talking about hidden agendas and conspiracies than Mars?..as I've stated many times before KKSAMURAI's Martian Theory Page and also his extremely busy Red Planet Round Table Discussion Board are the places to start....from there you can follow along the MARS WEBRING to find out why it is that Mars has been at the forefront of NASA conspiracy theories for so long

Oh and there's so many more places to go...so let me give you a few starting points and you're on your own from there

How's about trying to figure out what the object captured in this image is all about?..It does look like a UFO but what's it doing so close to the sun? Take a look HERE...a lso note how well the images are enhanced

And yes folks, contrary to what the media and NASA would have you believe, There is STILL a case for the face!! THESE are the facts.

Here's a link to one of the best if not THEE best UFO/Alien/Space Research site on the web. It's the UASR site

And if you're looking for UFO info?, then maybe UFOSEEK is the place to start

And here's a great link for those who really want to keep an on NASA....I bring you NASA-WATCH

...and finally, for those of you who are still not convinced that MIR really has been orbiting the Earth for the past 12 years, this link HERE gives you a time and date where MIR will fly over your house at night and you can look right up and see it go by.

Pic of the Month

This months winner is none other than MYSELF!!...OK so I know it's a little pathetic and selfish but I knew as soon as I saw this image that this was it!!..This pic really brought back good memories of Hale-Bopp last summer and it made me wish I was down in the southern hemisphere so i could look up once again (with my trusty 10x50's of course) and see a beautiful comet tail once again.....It's only a matter of time before another comes along but for now I present

Pic of the Month
This is yet another (50+) Comet discovered by SOHO as it passes in front of the Orion Nebula andas I stated earlier, it's only visible from the southern hemisphere. I think all of you will agree that this image is indeed worthy of JUNE's PIC of the Month status.

The Final Cut

Once again, the food has been eaten, the drinks all drank and the check is on the table here at THE ゚~Hive Caテ...
Well. there is one final note. As many of you know, John Glenn (the 1st man in space) is going up once again on October 29th/98 at 2:00pm, aboard the shuttle Discovery. I plan on being there to see the launch and here is an open offer to all readers of The ゚~Hive Cafe/Eyes on Space.....If any of you plan on being in the Kennedy Space Center area that day, then let's all meet up and have one hell of a PARTY!!...more specific details will follow in future Issues but folks, start thinking about it now and if any of you can be off work around that time and can actually make it down to the SPACECOAST area of Florida, then let's hook up, spacestyle!!..I'm hoping to meet a few of you and have a real good time at the launch and afterward we'll have a great party at my hotel. remember folks, this is an historic launch and the weather in Florida this time of year is quite nice, so let's all start planning for a good time at KSC and we'll go from there.
If you're interested, then please do email me at BUCKYZ@WEBTV.NET and we'll make plans...

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Well people, as yet another month passes in our ever busy lives, i'd like to thank all of you for taking the time to visit The ゚~Hive Caテ/Eyes on Space and hopefully you, like I, learned something today.

On a final closing note, As I wrote about in an earlier issue about how the SCI-FI BuZZ was gone....it's now back online and the link to it's site is up above....so if you're a fan of SCI-FI then this site is a must see..

Any comments on this months Issue or any Spacely issue shoud be sent to BUCKYZ@WEBTV.NET

And remember that we're always in the market for Images for next months PIC of the MONTH.(any space related pic).

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