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Pictures of Past, Present and Ongoing Projects

(Above) Yours truly working on a WWII-era lathe that belonged to my grandfather. I was a part-time apprentice machinist to my Dad before he died of lung cancer. He taught me some of the craft, allowing me to produce the models pictured here. The models with the best finishes had more of his touch at the end than mine.
(Below) This is an orbital supply depot, complete with moving solar arrays and separating delivery tanks.

(Above) The Tethered Experiment for Mars interPlanetary Operations (TEMPO) spacecraft would demonstrate artificial gravity generation techniques for Mars missions. This is a 1/4 scale model.
(Below) A Habitat and Earth Return Vehicle (ERV), as described in the Mars Direct mission plan. The irony of using the pack of cigarettes for scale given how my father died is not lost on me. There's an old family movie where his father used a pack of cigarettes for scale.

(Above) Speaking with preschool children about space, having worked with teachers on lesson plans.
(Below) Giving a presentation to multiple grades simultaneously.

(Above and Below) Images of the moon taken using an Orion refractor telescope, a Polaroid Ion digital camera, and a home made adapter. considering the monetary and time investment, I'm happy with the results.

(Above) Radio appearances so far are limited to college radio and The Space Show
(Below) Several appearances on Around Space.

(Above) Picture of the sun taken on 2 April 06. The entire solar disk is not pictured, yet it appears like it is because of the difference in brightness between the center of the sun and the edges. (Below) Picture downloaded from a solar observatory showing the two sunspots in question.

(Above) A Personal Rover on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
(Below) Control panel for the Personal Rover. Vistors get to choose an exploration subject for the rover and send it on its way.

(Above) Photo taken in front of the West Wing of The White House.

(Below) Dennis Tito, the first person who personnally paid his way into space, speaking at The National Air and Space Museum.

(Above and below) Two pictures of the moon taken on April 1, 2006 (no foolin') while our closest neighbor passed through the Pleiades star cluster.

(Above) Although I look solemn in the picture, I was actually having a great time at Allies in Space '06, a 1-day mini conference put on by the New York chapter of the NSS. (Below) After my talk, I sat on a panel which included Neil deGrasse Tyson, head of the Hayden Planetarium. Some have called him the Carl Sagan of this generation.

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