How the World Works: Part 2: The Media and NASA Police

One of the first things that I do when going to something like this is to talk to the Police. Why do I do that because a lot of these people are Paranoid Schizophrenics. They shoot you, tackle you, or beat you before asking any questions. So I start with the local police, introduce myself and tell them why I am here. Most think I am crazy for talking to them but some appreciate it.

Second, I talk to NASA Inspector Generals people. You never know how the police can help you out as you try to get information about NASA's projects.

This lady was setting up with her camera people and stopped me while I was running around the main stage site. She was from FOX 5 in Washington DC. She made sure that I did not confuse her with the other National Fox Network.

The problem is that I spend very little time in Washington watching TV. I felt bad because she reads my Alien Blogs. Later I found out why she was interested in me. She was thinking that the NASA Announcement had to do with what I write about.

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Here is why the police could come in handy. I got near this man.

Less than 500 people have gone up in space and John was one of them.

John works in space!

Nationality	American
Status	NASA Management Astronaut
Born	October 10, 1958 (age 56) Chicago, Illinois
Other occupation	Physicist
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) University of Chicago (MS, PhD)
Time in space	58 days, 15 hours, 3 minutes
Selection	1992 NASA Group
Total EVAs	8
Total EVA time	58 hours, 30 minutes
Missions	STS-67, STS-81, STS-103,STS-109, STS-125
Mission insignia

John Mace Grunsfeld (born October 10, 1958) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist. His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray physics and the emerging field of exoplanet studies with specific interest in future astronomical instrumentation. After retiring from NASA in 2009, he served as the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In January 2012, he returned to NASA and is currently serving as associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD).

John Mace Grunsfeld at work in space fixing the Hubble Telescope on mission STS-125.

I also met a lady that is an astronaut but has not flown on a mission yet.

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I walked into the wrong building. It was restricted. Now the police could have been called. But I was on camera. Sandra Vilevac, Education and Public Outreach Specialist ASRC Inuteq of the Exploration and Space Communication Projects Division stopped me and ask me why was I hear? I told her the truth, I did not know. On the other side of the building was this long line to see one of the Control Rooms. She told me that she was going to give me a treat and took me back outside to this other building.

I don't know if Sandra thought that I could not "connect the dots or not" but the information that they were about to tell me was Chinese Based.

Thought and Developing Trend in Deep Space Exploration and Communication

ZHANG Nai-tong,LI Hui,ZHANG Qin-yu (Shenzhen Graduate School of Harbin Institute of Technology,Shenzhen 518055,China)

Status and significance of deep space exploration were expatiated.Main problems and characteristics in deep space exploration and communications were discussed and statuses of researches domestic and overseas were analyzed.Assumptions of utilizing formation flying satellites on GEO orbit as a space-based continuous navigations and communication system,Moon and Lagrange points in Earth-Moon system in deeps space exploration were proposed.High performance channel coding and space transmission protocols as crucial techniques were introduced,and the main contents of our researches in interplanetary internet were listed.

【Key Words】： Deep space exploration Deep space communication Interplanetary internet Channel coding Space communication protocols
【CateGory Index】： V556;V443.1