Minutes of May 13 Oklahoma Space Alliance Meeting
Oklahoma Space Alliance met May 13, 2023, at the Cyber Hall and Gaming Lounge at Norman Computers in Norman, Oklahoma. Attending in person were Clifford and Claire McMurray. Mark Deaver, Russ Davoren,Adam Hemphill, Charles Miller, Clark Morter, John Northcutt, Dave Sheely, Syd Henderson and a person named Kelly whose last name I didn’t catch. OSA President Clifford (Kip) McMurray presided over the meeting He did an Update discussing links to material covered in the meeting and this is online at https://osa.nss.org/Update2305.pdf so I’ll cover the details that aren’t covered there.
Clifford and Claire McMurray went to the test launch of SpaceX’s Starship on South Padre Island in Texas. We watched a video of the launch and subsequent explosion.
Virgin Orbit was a billion dollar in debt.
Relativity Space will have its first launch in 2026.
The United Arab Emirates’ Rashid Lunar Rover was also lost when Hakuto-R crashed on the Moon.
We watched a video of the launch of Sawn Aerospace’s MK-11 Aurora spaceplane.
We watched a video of Ingenuity’s 47th flight taken by the camera on the Perseverance Rover. Ingenuity is now up to more than 50 flights.
Vast Space LLC hopes to launch its 70 cubic meter space station Haven-1 in 2025. Vast eventually wants a space station that will produce “gravity” by spinning. We watched a video on Haven-1.
The NASA 2024 contains $140 million for eventually de-orbiting the International Space Station.
Space Force should have its mission extended to tracking Near-Earth Objects.
We will have a barbecue after the next meeting.
--Minutes by OSA Secretary Syd Henderson
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