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  • December 25, 2014 Christmas Readings
  • October 31, 2014 Halloween Readings
  • September 2, 2014 HP Lovecraft Film Festival - 2014
  • July 10, 2014 Brad Meltzer
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  • The Shows







    Christmas Readings - 2014

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    On Thursday - December 25th, 2014 - Hour 25 will be a part of your Christmas celebrations by bringing you some Christmas ghost stories. So grab some eggnog, kick back and relax while we bring you three imaginative holiday fantasies.

    Our stories tonight were all written by John Kendrick Bangs, an author and editor who worked on the most popular magazines of the 19th century. When not being the humor editor of Puck or other magazines he wrote supernatural fiction that was well loved for its whimsy and wit, especially when he set his ghost stories in the Christmas season.

    Many of his stories feel like Twilight Zone episodes written by a 19th century Rod Serling. So tonight we bring you...

    A triplet of the imaginative.

    A triptych of the mysterious.

    A serving of a quarter dozen holiday treats.

    Brought to you by The Hour that Stretches.


    christmas tree


    The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs

    There's a ghost haunting Harrowby Hall but only on Christmas Eve. The owner is fed up with having his holidays ruined by this ghostly visitation but what is he to do? How can he make this ghost leave and never come back? I think you'll agree with me that his solution to this problem is both logical and imaginative.


    boy with boxes


    The Child Who Had Everything But - by John Kendrick Bangs

    We all too often get too focused on material goods and forget about the simple joys of life. We sometimes fear the things that could hurt us so much that we miss the things that bring joy to our lives. That's a simple truth that can best be seen though the magic window of fantasy.

    Come with us as we visit a boy who has everything a boy could want but who does not have the one thing it takes to make it all worthwhile.


    candle candles candle

    Thurlow's Christmas Story by John Kendrick Bangs

    Henry Thurlow is a man with a problem. He's accepted a contract to provide a story for the Christmas issue of a magazine that regularly publishes his work. The story has been announced, the publicity gone out, a place is being held for his carefully crafted words but he is unable to actually write the story and it is due tomorrow.

    To make matters worse Mr. Thurlow is getting visited by a ghostly presence and has nightmares of the life of an evil alter ego that he can't distinguish from reality. But then a mysterious stranger offers to solve his writing problems with an unanticipated gift.

    Mr. Thurlow should know better than to accept gifts from strangers. Good thing there's magic in the Christmas season.


    2001: A Christmas Odyssey

    And from all of us at Hour 25, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years.




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    • Click here for Warren's reading of The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs. {23:56}
    • Click here for Suzanne's reading of The Boy Who Had Everything But - by John Kendrick Bangs. {34:00}
    • Click here for Warren's reading of Thurlow's Christmas Story by John Kendrick Bangs. {39:32}
    • Click here for a Christmas greeting from the Moon. {3:04}
    • Click here for the show's closing. {2:44}

    • For more Christmas readings you can listen to our shows from 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001.

    • And to add some music to your holiday season you might want to listen to our show featuring holiday carols with a Lovecraftian twist.

    • Click here for links to all of our previous Shows that you can listen to on the Hour 25 Website.

    If you enjoyed this show and would like to know when other interviews are uploaded to the Hour 25 Website, then send an email to me at wwjames@earthlink.net and I will add your name to the free Hour 25 Newsletter mailing list. That way you'll get a brief notice in your email every time a new show gets uploaded to the web.



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    However there do not appear to be any problems under OSX Mavericks when using the latest version of the Firefox browser. If you want to download the free Firefox browser you can find it here.




    Useful Space Related Links

    Space news - Asteroids
  • More information about the first asteroid to be discovered in 2014 can be found in this article from Space Daily, this article from Sky and Telescope, this report from the Minor Planet Center, or this report from NASA's Near Earth Object Program.
  • The homepage for JPL's Near Earth Object Program contains a great deal of news and other information about asteroids and includes an interactive orbit display program that can show the orbit of any known asteroid.
  • The Minor Planet Center is a clearinghouse for information about asteroid orbits and keeps track of newly discovered asteroids as well as objects that have been tracked for decades or even centuries. Their blog is an on-going source of news for all things relating to asteroids.

    Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
  • Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
  • Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
  • Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.

    Space News - Mars
  • Much information about the Phoenix mission to Mars can be found at this JPL Web Site or at this Web Site from the University of Arizona or this NASA Web Site. Additional information about various past NASA missions can be found here.
  • For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
  • To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
  • For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
  • Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
  • Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
  • For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
  • Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.

    Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
  • Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
  • JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
  • Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA Web Site.
  • The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
  • The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.

    For On-Going Updates on Space News
  • Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
  • The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
  • The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
  • The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
  • The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.

    ISS News
  • The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
  • Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
  • Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
  • A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
  • Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
  • You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.

    Space Related Organizations
    If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
  • The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
  • The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
  • The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
  • The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
  • The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
  • The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.

  • Click here for information about the audio files used for Hour 25 and for information about configuring your browser and downloading audio players.

    Please note Web Pages from external sites will open in a separate browser window and that Hour 25 Productions are not responsible for the content of any external Web Sites.









  • Halloween Readings - 2014

    left web come on in right web

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    On Friday - October 31st, 2014 - Hour 25 will read you some stories to accompany your Halloween revels. So close the shutters, lock the doors and try not to think about those rustling noises you hear just outside your windows.

    Ancient Lights by Algernon Blackwood

    Humans like to think that they're the masters of our world. We like to think we're in charge and that we can bend nature to our will. But this illusion, like so many others, can be dangerous and deadly - as a surveyor's clerk discovers when he tries to take a shortcut through a dark and tangled forest.

    Algernon Blackwood is widely acknowledged to be one of the major figures in the world of fantastic fiction and was described by H.P. Lovecraft as "the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere". His works are often based on experiences from his extensive travels and reflect his love and appreciation for nature. He often puts his horrors 'off-stage' so that the reader is forced to fill in the details from his or her imagination. And as we all know, the frights that come from within us are always so much more scary than anything an author can put on paper or film.

    Here are links to some of Algernon Blackwood's stories that are available online at Project Gutenberg.

  • Incredible Adventures {S.T. Joshi called this book "the premier weird collection of this or any other century".}
  • The Willows {This story, with its use of suggestions of strange entities and horrors happening off-stage, was called "the single finest weird tale in literature" by H.P. Lovecraft.}
  • The Wendigo {This story, from 1910, has a supernatural killer stalking a bunch of hunters who are out in the North woods of Canada. Think of it as a Gothic Horror version of the movie Predator.}
  • Three John Silence Stories and Three More John Silence Stories {These will introduce you to Blackwood's own 'Investigator of the supernatural and uncanny'. The popularity of these stories showed Blackwood that he could make a living as an author and encouraged him to make that his lifelong career.}
  • The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories {These very traditional ghost stories may not break new ground in the weird fiction genre but they'll give you a good scare.}

    The spooky woods


    The Goblin's Collection by Algernon Blackwood

    It's an experience we all have shared... You put something down and a few minutes later you can't find it where you left it or anywhere else for that matter. And then a few hours later it shows up back where you left it. You could attribute this to forgetfulness or inattention but perhaps there is, as Algernon Blackwood suggests, a different answer.

    goblins and fairies


    The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells

    Most ghost stories assume that the ghosts know what they're doing when they haunt a house. But why should they? Do people always know what they're doing as they move through life? So why should ghosts be any different?

    That seems like a natural question but it takes a writer with the wit and insight of H.G. Wells to ask that question and, more importantly, to answer it.

    When you think of H.G. Wells you likely think of his scientific romances where the supernatural never appears. However he wrote many other kinds of fiction, to say nothing of his non-fiction, and even ghost stories. And when H.G. Wells ventures into the realm of the supernatural he does it with his own unique perspective that brings new life to stories about the afterlife.

    The Inexperienced Ghost


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    halloween card HPL Film Festival Flyer - front

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    • Click here for the show's opening. {1:36}
    • Click here for Warren's reading of Ancient Lights by Algernon Blackwood. {18:36}
    • Click here for Suzanne's reading of The Goblin's Collection by Algernon Blackwood. {22:15}
    • Click here for Warren's reading of The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells. {35:49}
    • Click here for the show's closing. {2:21}

    • For more Halloween readings and interviews you can listen to our shows from 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001 and 2000.

    • And to add some music to your holiday season you might want to listen to our show featuring holiday carols with a Lovecraftian twist.

    • Click here for links to all of our previous Shows that you can listen to on the Hour 25 Website.

    If you enjoyed this show and would like to know when other interviews are uploaded to the Hour 25 Website, then send an email to me at wwjames@earthlink.net and I will add your name to the free Hour 25 Newsletter mailing list. That way you'll get a brief notice in your email every time a new show gets uploaded to the web.



    A note for our listeners who are Mac users - I have discovered what appears to be an incompatibility between our audio feed, which uses standard internet audio formats and protocols, and Safari running under OSX Mavericks.

    However there do not appear to be any problems under OSX Mavericks when using the latest version of the Firefox browser. If you want to download the free Firefox browser you can find it here.
    candle



    Useful Space Related Links

    Space news - Asteroids
  • More information about the first asteroid to be discovered in 2014 can be found in this article from Space Daily, this article from Sky and Telescope, this report from the Minor Planet Center, or this report from NASA's Near Earth Object Program.
  • The homepage for JPL's Near Earth Object Program contains a great deal of news and other information about asteroids and includes an interactive orbit display program that can show the orbit of any known asteroid.
  • The Minor Planet Center is a clearinghouse for information about asteroid orbits and keeps track of newly discovered asteroids as well as objects that have been tracked for decades or even centuries. Their blog is an on-going source of news for all things relating to asteroids.

    Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
  • Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
  • Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
  • Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.

    Space News - Mars
  • Much information about the Phoenix mission to Mars can be found at this JPL Web Site or at this Web Site from the University of Arizona or this NASA Web Site. Additional information about various past NASA missions can be found here.
  • For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
  • To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
  • For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
  • Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
  • Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
  • For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
  • Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.

    Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
  • Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
  • JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
  • Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA Web Site.
  • The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
  • The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.

    For On-Going Updates on Space News
  • Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
  • The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
  • The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
  • The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
  • The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.

    ISS News
  • The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
  • Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
  • Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
  • A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
  • Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
  • You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.

    Space Related Organizations
    If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
  • The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
  • The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
  • The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
  • The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
  • The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
  • The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.

  • Click here for information about the audio files used for Hour 25 and for information about configuring your browser and downloading audio players.

    Please note Web Pages from external sites will open in a separate browser window and that Hour 25 Productions are not responsible for the content of any external Web Sites.







  • HP Lovecraft Film Festival - 2014

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    On Tuesday - September 2nd, 2014 - Hour 25 will be interviewing the organizers of the 2014 HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles. And in addition to telling us about this year's festival they'll have a special treat for Hour 25 listeners... they'll also be revealing some secrets about next year's festival.

    When talking about horror most people will agree on two things. First, HP Lovecraft is one of the major figures in the field and that his influence is both pervasive and genre defining. Second, trying to film any of his stories is an almost impossible task.

    But there are filmmakers who are willing to accept the challenge of capturing Lovecraft's nightmares on film and, fortunately for us, some of them succeed.

    Each year the organizers of the HP Lovecraft Film Festival assemble a selection of old and new films either derived from, or inspired by, the works of HP Lovecraft and present them for our enjoyment on the big screen. Some films come from major studios, others from individual artists following their dreamquest to capture nightmares of cosmic horror on film. Some films succeed, others serve as a warning to others who might attempt to capture Lovecraft on film. But all entertain, some more than others, and some show us vistas of a reality that few people dare imagine.

    This year the Los Angeles HP Lovecraft Film Festival will be held on September 26-28 in San Pedro at the Warner Grand Theater. I will be there along with throngs of other fans of HP Lovecraft waiting to enjoy a good cinematic scare. But before that curtain rises it was my pleasure to sit down with the organizers of this event and talk with them about the horror fiction of HP Lovecraft and the bigger horror of putting together and running a film festival in the center of the filmic universe.

    So close the shutters, lock the doors, light a few candles and then sit back and listen while Aaron Vanek, James Knouse and Cody Goodfellow chat with us about the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles. And then buy a ticket and join the fun.

    Every year I look forward to the Los Angeles HP Lovecraft Film Festival and always have a great time. I'll be there this year, like always, enjoying the films and the company of other fans of HP Lovecraft. I hope to see you there.

    Cultmeisters of the Apocalypse

    The three Cultmeisters of the Apocalypse
    Cody Goodfellow, James Knouse and Aaron Vanek
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    If you enjoyed this show and would like to know when other interviews are uploaded to the Hour 25 Website, then send an email to me at wwjames@earthlink.net and I will add your name to the free Hour 25 Newsletter mailing list. That way you'll get a brief notice in your email every time a new show gets uploaded to the web.



    A note for our listeners who are Mac users - I have discovered what appears to be an incompatibility between our audio feed, which uses standard internet audio formats and protocols, and Safari running under OSX Mavericks.

    However there do not appear to be any problems under OSX Mavericks when using the latest version of the Firefox browser. If you want to download the free Firefox browser you can find it here.


    Links to Web Sites for Tonight's Show

    HP Lovecraft Film Festival

  • You can learn more about Los Angeles and Portland HP Lovecraft Film Festivals here or go directly to the Los Angeles Festival.

  • If you missed the Kickstarter for the HP Lovecraft Film Festival you can still get tickets on-line by going here.

  • If you have a film, screenplay or art that you would like to submit for the next HP Lovecraft Film Festival you should go here.

  • You can learn more about the film Return to Innsmouth by reading this review or the film's entry in the Internet Movie Database. You can also find more information there about Aron's two other Lovecraftian movies The Outsider and The Yellow Sign.

  • Aaron Vanek's Lair has more information about his current projects.

  • You can learn more about Perilous Press here and can read an interview with Cody Goodfellow here.

  • When not working on the HP Lovecraft Film Festival James Knouse runs Walking Kind of Bird Productions and Wicked Pickles. This later operation will be providing Cthulhu Pickles for this year's Lovecraft Film Festival.
    cthulhu pickles

  • One of the great things about the HP Lovecraft Film Festival is that the organizers bring in many vendors who have many really cool books, videos, Tee shirts and other curious notions that will tempt you to empty your wallet into their waiting tentacles, er... hands. Check out the list of vendors to get a feel for the wonders awaiting you when you're not watching the movies.

  • If you can't wait to start watching Lovecraft movies then you'll be glad to know the The Lovecraft E-Zine has links to Lovecraftian movies by the studios and fans that can be watched for free online. Enjoy.


    Rosetta's Mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

    Rosetta - artist conception
    Image Credit: ESA

  • More information about Rosetta and its mission can be found at the Project's web site or at this JPL web site.

  • Here's a retrospective look at some of the things that Rosetta has already seen during its 10 year odyssey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.


    Below are some pictures taken by the Rosetta spacecraft during its approach to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
    comet P67
    Image Credit: ESA
    Comet P67 - closer
    Image Credit: ESA
    Comet P67 - closer still
    Image Credit: ESA
    Comet P67 - on the neck
    Image Credit: ESA

    In November the Philae lander will descend to the comet's nucleus. Shown below are shown five candidate landing sites seen from a distance of 100 kilometers. More information about these sites and the challenges of landing on a comet can be found here and here. I wonder what we will discover when the lander puts down on the comet's surface?


    Image Credit: ESA

    Now get out your 3D glasses so you can enjoy this picture of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.


    Image Credit: ESA



    The ISEE Recovery Project

    ISEE-3 in space

  • An update about the spacecraft's Lunar flyby and subsequent activities can be found in this report by Dennis Wingo.

  • Information about the ISEE-3 Reboot efforts can be found at the Project's website. Additional information can be found at the NASA Watch ISEE-3 Reboot article archive

  • Some background about the ISEE-3 mission and Bob Farquhar - the legendary mission designer who planned the ISEE-3 mission as well as its mission to a comet - can be found in this article.

  • Many of the people who are working to reboot the ISEE-3 spacecraft also worked - or are currently working - on the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Program (LOIRP). You can find out more about this exciting project by visiting their website.




    Useful Space Related Links

    Space news - Asteroids
  • More information about the first asteroid to be discovered in 2014 can be found in this article from Space Daily, this article from Sky and Telescope, this report from the Minor Planet Center, or this report from NASA's Near Earth Object Program.
  • The homepage for JPL's Near Earth Object Program contains a great deal of news and other information about asteroids and includes an interactive orbit display program that can show the orbit of any known asteroid.
  • The Minor Planet Center is a clearinghouse for information about asteroid orbits and keeps track of newly discovered asteroids as well as objects that have been tracked for decades or even centuries. Their blog is an on-going source of news for all things relating to asteroids.

    Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
  • Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
  • Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
  • Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.

    Space News - Mars
  • Much information about the Phoenix mission to Mars can be found at this JPL Web Site or at this Web Site from the University of Arizona or this NASA Web Site. Additional information about various past NASA missions can be found here.
  • For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
  • To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
  • For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
  • Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
  • Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
  • For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
  • Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.

    Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
  • Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
  • JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
  • Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA Web Site.
  • The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
  • The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.

    For On-Going Updates on Space News
  • Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
  • The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
  • The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
  • The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
  • The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.

    ISS News
  • The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
  • Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
  • Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
  • A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
  • Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
  • You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.

    Space Related Organizations
    If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
  • The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
  • The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
  • The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
  • The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
  • The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
  • The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.

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    On Thursday - July 10th, 2014 - Hour 25 came to you with an interview with Brad Meltzer, author of The Fifth Assassin.

    Brad Meltzer has a well deserved reputation as an author of thoroughly researched thrillers with complicated plots. His newest book carries on with that tradition as he weaves a tale with conspiracies, assassins and secret societies going back hundreds of years.

    But this is not a straightforward thriller where the 'good guys' and 'bad guys' are obvious and you know who to root for. In this book you're never really sure who the good guys are. This book challenges you to consider and reconsider many of your ideas about the nature of power and its abuse along with the relationship between the man who is President and the Office of the Presidency. The complexity of the book and the resulting mental minefield makes for a great read. I think you'll enjoy it. I did.

    It was our pleasure to have the chance to sit down with Brad and talk to him about his newest book and to hear some of the stories that come from his experience writing it. As you might imagine when one researches a book about how to assassinate the President you never know who is going to be listening in on your phone calls. And if that book involves long running conspiracies then your interactions with your fans can be very 'interesting'.

    Given the things that Brad told us during the interview he had as much fun writing this book as we had reading it. Enjoy.


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    Links to Web Sites for Tonight's Show

    Brad Meltzer

  • You can learn more about Brad Meltzer and his books by visiting his website.

  • Brad has some very moving words concerning unsung heroes and school libraries as well some totally on-target words concerning the relationship between heroism and loss. They are both well worth reading if you're in need of some inspiration.

  • Brad's work has brought him into personal contact with past Presidents and here he shares a very personal bit of information from George H.W. Bush.

  • If you missed Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel then you can go here to learn more about the show and watch whole episodes.

  • Here's an interview with Brad talking about his History Channel show.


    Grace Hopper

    the first computer bug

    Grace Hopper is one of the creators of our cybernetic world. She worked on the earliest computers and developed several computer languages, including COBOL, and was the first person to 'debug' a program when she discovered a dead moth inside the circuits of an early computer. After removing it she declared that they had 'debugged the computer' and the usage is with us to this day. {The page from her logbook with the offending moth taped to the page is shown above.}

    In order to help other people visualize a nanosecond, i.e. a billionth of a second, she took to handing out pieces of wire that were 11.8 inches long, i.e. the distance that electricity could travel in one nanosecond. She suggested that programmers keep such a wire close at hand so they could see what they were throwing away every time they got sloppy with their coding.

  • This biography of Grace Hopper is a good place to start learning about her life and amazing personality. Be sure to read the interview there, given in 1986, where she said her goal was to get rid of mainframes and replace them with networked microcomputers. I think she would be pleased to see all the things we're doing today with our global network of computers and with the supercomputers that so many of us carry around in our pockets.

  • Here's a very good article about her from a website filled with interesting information about programming. {If you're going to read one article about her this is the one to read.}

  • Additional information about her can be found in this remembrance from Yale - where she earned her PhD, in the Wikipedia and in this short article . Additional insight into her life can be found in her quotes.

  • Here's Grace Hopper being interviewed by David Letterman when she was 80.

  • This site has a video of an inspiring talk given by Grace Hopper.

  • Here's an interview with Grace Hopper done by 60 Minutes back in 1983. This video includes her description of what a nanosecond is and showing you just how far electricity can travel in that amount of time. That bit of film has been republished on YouTube and appears all over the web but most of the copies you'll see are copies of copies of copies and have poor video quality. The video quality of this 60 Minutes piece is much better than most anything you might see on YouTube.

  • This site republishes one of those low video-quality YouTube snippets but adds some observations about nanoseconds in the era of GHz processors that you might find interesting.

  • Grace Hopper died on January first 1992 at the age of 85. This article from the LA Times looks back on her life.

  • December 9, 2013 would have been Grace Hopper's 107th birthday. Goggle celebrated this by creating a Google Doodle just for her.


    The ISEE Recovery Project

    ISEE-3 in space

  • Information about the ISEE-3 Reboot efforts can be found at the Project's website. Additional information can be found at the NASA Watch ISEE-3 Reboot article archive

  • Some background about the ISEE-3 mission and Bob Farquhar - the legendary mission designer who planned the ISEE-3 mission as well as its mission to a comet - can be found in this article.

  • More information can be found in articles here, here or here.

  • Information about the data returned by the ISEE-3 mission can be found at the National Space Science Data Center web page for the mission.

  • A collection of pictures of the ISEE-3 spacecraft can be found here.

  • Many of the people who are working to reboot the ISEE-3 spacecraft also worked - or are currently working - on the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Program (LOIRP). You can find out more about this exciting project by visiting their website.



    An Update for the Status of the ISEE Reboot Efforts

      After recording tonight's show some more information was released about the status of the ISEE-3 reboot activities so we'll pass that information along here.

    As indicated in tonight's news the first part of the Trajectory Correction Maneuver went well but the second and following parts failed. The cause of this problem is unclear but it looks like the spacecraft may have run out of the nitrogen that is used to pressurize the propulsion system and force the propellant out of the tanks. It is not clear what has caused this problem but the good folks working on this project are examining the data and trying to figure out what happened and looking for ways to solve the problem.

    If the problem can be solved then they may be able to perform a revised maneuver and continue the mission as planned. If not, then the spacecraft will swing by the Earth and drift back into interplanetary space rather than parking at an Earth-Sun Lagrange Point. If that happens they plan to continue getting data from the spacecraft for as long as they can maintain an adequate communications link.

    Although several news agencies have said that this means that the mission has failed I'll note that the people actually doing the work have not raised the white flag but are working the problem. We will watch with crossed fingers and hope for the best but no matter what the ultimate fate of the spacecraft will be this has been an amazing effort. This shows just how much dedicated people can do on a shoestring budget. Everyone connected with this project, from the engineers trying to reboot the spacecraft to the folks who took part in the crowd sourced funding of this project, deserve a heartfelt round of applause.

     




    Chang'e 3 and the Jade Rabbit

    Chang'E 3 on the moon

    The Chang'e 3 spacecraft on the Moon. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Jade Rabbit on the moon

    Jade Rabbit on the Moon. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Chinese news agencies have been providing a lot of coverage - in English - for the mission of Chang'e-3 and Jade Rabbit. Here are extensive collections of reports from China Central Television and Xinhua News Agency. Both of these have a great deal of information and show China's justifiable pride in this accomplishment.

  • Additional information about these missions can be found at the Spaceflight101 website where they have a very good overview of the mission and an on-going update on its status.

  • Another great on-going source of information about China's space program is the Go Taikonauts website.

  • Those of you with an iPhone or iPad will find that the Go Taikonauts app - basically an electronic magazine - is a great way to learn more about China's space program. Each issue has interesting fact filled articles about China's space activities with many color pictures. The back issues contain several lengthy stories about Chang'e-3 and Jade Rabbit as well as stories about China's piloted space program. And best of all it is free. Highly recommended!




    Useful Space Related Links

    Space news - Asteroids
  • More information about the first asteroid to be discovered in 2014 can be found in this article from Space Daily, this article from Sky and Telescope, this report from the Minor Planet Center, or this report from NASA's Near Earth Object Program.
  • The homepage for JPL's Near Earth Object Program contains a great deal of news and other information about asteroids and includes an interactive orbit display program that can show the orbit of any known asteroid.
  • The Minor Planet Center is a clearinghouse for information about asteroid orbits and keeps track of newly discovered asteroids as well as objects that have been tracked for decades or even centuries. Their blog is an on-going source of news for all things relating to asteroids.

    Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
  • Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
  • Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
  • Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.

    Space News - Mars
  • Much information about the Phoenix mission to Mars can be found at this JPL Web Site or at this Web Site from the University of Arizona or this NASA Web Site. Additional information about various past NASA missions can be found here.
  • For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
  • To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
  • For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
  • Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
  • Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
  • For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
  • Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.

    Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
  • Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
  • JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
  • Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA Web Site.
  • The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
  • The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.

    For On-Going Updates on Space News
  • Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
  • The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
  • The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
  • The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
  • The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.

    ISS News
  • The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
  • Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
  • Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
  • A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
  • Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
  • You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.

    Space Related Organizations
    If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
  • The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
  • The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
  • The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
  • The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
  • The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
  • The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.

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