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A few photos of the STARSCAPES showroom. (See Joe waving?)
S.AI.
Certificates
"When it's all said and done -- when you're
dead;
it's what you've left behind for humanity that counts."
Joseph Petrashek
Your STARSCAPES.COM purchase helps
support inner city school children by bringing
the joy of
stargazing and astronomy to those that would never have dreamed it
possible.
In this photo, high school students begin by examining their new telescope.
Dear STARSCAPES.COM,
I just want to thank you for the
opportunity to share with my students the wonderful universe
first hand.
The experiences that having a
telescope in the classroom will provide are priceless,
especially for my students who may not otherwise have this
opportunity. Again, thank you for your generosity. May the
stars be your guide!
You'll also be a part of history...
With STARSCAPES!
Your purchase also supports The Planetary Society.
With you... we are developing innovative technologies,
like the first solar sail spacecraft: funding astronomers hunting for
hazardous asteroids; supporting radio and optical searches for
extraterrestrial life; and influencing decision makers to ensure the
future of space exploration, such as the New Horizons mission now
en route to Pluto.
As STARSCAPES Artist-Illusionists, we're
speaking to other worlds! We've sent our message high up
into space, so when your descendants and the Martians of the
future find and decode our message to them, our name will be
there, as a permanent record of your part in the story of
space.
Our Message is printed in fine letters on an aluminum
plate -- and is aboard the Lightsail, the Venus Climate
Orbiter "AKATSUKI" and on a Silica mini-DVD aboard IKAROS.
Lightsail, a project of The Planetary Society, will merge
the ultra-light technology of nanosats with the ultra-large
technology of solar sails setting a course to the stars.
LightSail-1 is the beginning of an innovative program that
will launch three separate spacecraft over the course of
several years.
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by
Radiation Of the Sun) is a solar sail which gathers sunlight
as propulsion by means of a large sail. This solar powered
sail craft will employ both photon propulsion and thin film
solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise.
IKAROS will be launched together with the Venus Climate
Orbiter, 'Akatsuki' in May 2010 by JAXA.