Oklahoma Space Alliance is the central Oklahoma Chapter of, National Space Society, one of the largest space advocacy groups in the country, and has existed for more than 20 years. Our own group is small, and we are interested in increasing our membership. Our purposes include promoting the exploration and development of space, educating the public to current events in space and the usefulness of an active space program, all with the intent of promoting a space-faring civilization.
Oklahoma Space Alliance hosted the 23rd Annual International Space Development Conference on May 27-31, 2004. We previously hosted three Regional Space Development Conferences, assisted with earlier ISDCs, put displays in malls, hosted lectures, sponsored television interviews, hosted viewing nights, worked with other space-oriented groups and maintained local contact with the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority.
Oklahoma Space Alliance helped out with the 2007 International Space Development Conference which was hosted by the National Space Society of North Texas in Dallas Texas from May 24 - 28, 2007, and put together a commemorative exhibit for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. This exhibit ran through July of 2009. (See below for details.)
We do bimonthly newsletters called Outreach and Update to keep our members informed of current developments in space and upcoming events they might be interested in. Editor of Outreach is Syd Henderson and editor of Update is Claire McMurray.
Oklahoma Space Alliance is now on Facebook at Oklahoma Space Alliance
January 2012 Outreach
January Meeting (NOTE TIME and LOCATION)
Oklahoma Space Alliance will meet at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14 at Denny’s on the I-240 access road on the north side just east of Pennsylvania Avenue in southern Oklahoma City. The street address is 1617 SW 74th Street and the phone number is 685-5414. This is in the middle of a long line of eating places so we can use the opportunity to scout out potential meeting places. Claire and I found out in November that it is easier coming from the east to get off at the previous exit (Western Avenue) and proceed down the north access road.
We only have the meeting place until 6:00 p.m.
Agenda:
Notes on December Party/Meeting
The December 10 meeting of Oklahoma Space Alliance was actually the Space Alliance Christmas Party at the Koszoru house. Attending this year were Tom and Heidi Koszoru and their daughter Jenny, Russ Davoren and wife, Tim Scott, John Northcutt, Claire and Clifford McMurray and David St. John. This being a Christmas party, we conducted little business, but we did elect new officers for 2012. Steve Swift is the new president, Jim Trombly vice-president, Syd Henderson secretary and Tim Scott treasurer.
Chris Carson from NSS-North Texas came by later in the day, and we had a long conversation with him concerning space, and his travels, which have been extensive but confined to planet Earth.
--Minutes by OSA Secretary Syd Henderson
2012 Heinlein Award
Voting for the National Space Society’s 2012 Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award is open through January 20 at www.nss.org. However, the voting website says it closes on January 15, so I assume the other deadline is for mail-ins. There are 28 people on the ballot, and you can vote for first second and third choices. You must be a National Space Society member in good standing to vote.
The ballot in alphabetical order is: Anousheh Ansari, Robert Bigelow, Richard Branson, George W. Bush, Michael Collins, Hugh Downs, Frank Drake, Eric Drexler, Freeman Dyson, Lori Garver, William Gaubatz, Peter Glaser, Dan Goldin, Michael Griffin, Tom Hanks, Stephen Hawking, Gary Hudson, Peter Kokh, George Lucas, Storey Musgrave, Elon Musk, Jerry Pournelle, Frederick Ordway, Sally Ride, Kim Stanley Robinson, Dennis Tito, Peter Worden and John Young.
Apollo 11 Anniversary Library Exhibit
Oklahoma Space Alliance chapter of the National Space Society put together an exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Photographs and a description of this exhibit are online here: Apollo 11 Library Exhibit. The display ran through the month of July, 2009..
The Stafford museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma has offered to take the exhibit. Since the books belong to some of our members, we may have to make some substitutions. The Museum will have all rights to the exhibit once they have it.
Outreach & Update
Outreach and Update are the newsletters of Oklahoma Space Alliance. Outreach is published in odd-numbered months and is sent both by post and by e-mail. Update is published in even-number months and is sent by e-mail. The December Update is often replaced by a meeting announcement election ballot, in which case the November minutes will be published in the January Outreach. You must be a member of Oklahoma Space Alliance to receive Outreach by post unless you are on our courtesy list. To receive newsletters by e-mail, contact Syd Henderson at the address at the bottom of the page. The newsletters listed below are slightly edited to turn them into web pages.
Outreach is edited by Syd Henderson, and Update by Claire McMurray
January 2012 Outreach
January 2011 Outreach
February 2011 Update
March 2011 Outreach
May 2011 Outreach
June 2011 Update
July 2011 Outreach
August 2011 Update
September 2011 Outreach
November 2011 Outreach
December 2011 Update
January 2012 Outreach
Earlier issues of Newsletters
Minutes of January 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of February 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of March 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of April 2010 Activities*
Minutes of May 2010 Meeting and Activities*
Minutes of June 2010 Meeting
Minutes of July 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of August 2010 Meeting
Minutes of September 2010 Meeting
Minutes of October 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of November 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of December 2010 Meeting*
Minutes of January 2011 Meeting*
Minutes of February 2011 Meeting*
Minutes of March 2011 Meeting
Minutes of April 2011 Meeting
Notes on May 2011 Meeting
Minutes of June 2011 Meeting
Minutes of July 2011 Meeting
Minutes of August 2011 Meeting
Minutes of September 2011 Meeting
Minutes of October 2011 Meeting*
Minutes of November 2011 Meeting
Minutes of December 2011 Meeting
*Includes notes on OSIDA meeting
Minutes of previous meetings
Contact person for Oklahoma Space Alliance is Claire McMurray
PO Box 1003
Norman, OK 73070
Webmaster is Syd Henderson.
Copyright 2012 Oklahoma Space Alliance.