Re: DIRECT launcher article in AIAA Houston Horizons

On 12 Ago, 16:14, Jon <j...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Summer 2007 issue of Horizons has been posted. Horizons is the
online newsletter produced by the AIAA Houston section that covers
local AIAA activities and events and features notices of upcoming
paper presentations, general interest items, local aerospace stories,
and relevant commentary. In this issue:

· From the Editor: An "Open Source" Launch Vehicle Family?
· Chair's Corner
· A DIRECT Approach
· Staying Informed
· Membership Page
· AIAA Historic Aerospace Site Plaque at NASA/JSC
· Virgin Galactic Training for Travel Representatives
· Summary Report: The 2007 Annual Technical Symposium
· Student Essay: To Boldly Go
· Student Essay: You're a GO for Launch
· The Engineering and Sciences Contract Group
· The Space Settlement Design Competition
· The International Space Development Conference 2007
· Elon Musk of SpaceX Addresses AIAA Houston
· Calendar
· Cranium Cruncher
· Odds and Ends
· Conference Presentations/Articles by Houston Section Members
· AIAA Local Section News

You can find the new issue at the AIAA Houston Horizons web page:

http://www.aiaa-houston.org/horizons

JON S. BERNDT
Editor, Horizons Online Magazine
AIAA Houstonwww.aiaa-houston.org/horizons
email: editor * at * aiaa-houston . org


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MY EMAIL TO AIAA and HORIZONS EDITOR (about "Direct") >>>

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To: AIAA and Horizons Editor

I'm sorry for the powerful "Direct" lobby... but the FIRST rocket of
this kind is my "FAST-SLV" published on my website in May 12, 2006 and
(in the same days) on SEVERAL space forums and blogs like NewMars,
HobbySpace, Universe Today, etc.

The (similar) NASA (?) "Stumpy" was published on NSF in July 2006 and
the (original...) "Direct Launcher" in August 2006 on NSF (FOUR MONTHS
AND HUNDREDS POSTS LATER MY "FAST-SLV" CONCEPT).

Ok, I've not a "FAST-SLV" lobby... that's why "Direct" has a full
(never deleted in last nine months) Wikipedia "commercial" article,
while, my Wiki FAST-SLV links are regularly deleted whitin a few
hours... but, if the FREEDOM of the U.S. Press is TRUE (and STILL
exists) I believe that AIAA (and ALL space websites, forums and blogs)
should publish this email to evidence WHO (me) WHEN (four months
before "Direct") and WHERE (on my website) the idea of Single Launch
Vehicle (built with ready available, cheap and man-rated STANDARD
Shuttle-derived hardware) was FIRST proposed:

http://www.gaetanomarano.it/articles/005_SLVnow.html

Best Regards

Gaetano Marano

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