Space1 History of Lunar Mapping - Keep it Secret or Die

KEEP IT SECRET OR DIE
SPACE1'S HISTORY OF LUNAR MAPPING

Leonardo 1500

keep it secret or die...

Few Moon maps were published around the time of the invention of the telescope. There's a reason for this.

Even the invention of the telescope was kept secret for many years. Davinci apparently invented one and created lunar drawings, according to his notes from the year 1500, which is 109 years before Galileo's telescope.

It's now known that many drawings were made but few survived. The maps typically were kept in the author's hidden scrap books of lunar depictions and for good reason.

Thomas Harriot July 26, 1609

If you talked about what you had seen, published results, or made drawings known, you would be executed, usually hung on a cross and tortured there for so called heresy by the church.

This is a small chronological collection of the earliest surviving historical lunar maps, dates, and the names of the brave authors and inventors.

Thomas Harriot 1612 or 1613

Leonardo, in his unpublished notes at that time, invented a telescope in 1500. He kept his notes secret to avoid being hung and killed by the church.

109 years later, Galileo announced his telescope results and was almost killed, escaping to exile and ending up in house arrest for the rest of his life.

"Several lunar features are quite recognizable in this engraving, the second in the series, based on a sketch made on December 3, 1609. The mountains east of Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) form the ring at the top, and the sizable crater at the bottom is probably Albategnius, here quite a bit larger than life, and undoubtedly conveying by its grandeur the impression it made on Galileo's mind." Source

In 1609, Astronomer Thomas Harriot may have drawn maps of the Moon before Galileo published his drawings.

"The modern face of the moon first emerged in the early evening of November 30, 1609, when Galileo Galilei in Padua turned his telescope toward the moon, noted the irregularities of the crescent face, and made a drawing to record his discoveries. He made at least five more drawings of the moon over the next eighteen days, prepared careful watercolor sketches from these drawings, and then selected four of these to be engraved for his revolutionary Starry Messenger, which appeared the following March. Galileo's treatise announced to an astonished public that the moon was a cratered chunk of elements --a world -- and not some globe of quintessential perfection. It was a new land, to be explored, charted, and named. The science of selenography was born."

Galileo 1610, wood carvings were "redrawn" inverted and flipped in orientation, different from Galileo's drawings.

Galileo 1610 - In this depiction, Galileo's original depiction is compared to a lunar photo.

His first is a Lunar drawing, possibly the first recorded observation using a telescope, dated 26 July 1609. 

The second refined depiction is thought to be his composite drawing of the Moon dating 1612 or 1613, and is considered by some experts to mark the birth of modern cartography.

Harriot's drawings predated Galileo's famous drawings by six months. But Harriot kept himself secret.

Galileo apparently did not date his drawings. However, the publication Siderius Nuncius published in 1610 shows Galileo’s initial sketches of the Moon.

Hevelius map of the Moon in 1647

Large Map of the Moon by Giovanni Cassini 1679

Space1 Secret Rocket Space Hanger - Part 1

STEP 2: Clearing these trees was part of the operation of constructing a portable rocket space hanger

HOW TO BUILD - PART 1
SPACE1 SECRET ROCKET SPACE HANGER
One can build a non-permanent portable space hanger, that can temporarily house equipment, space machines, transports, and space craft, and/or serve as a rocket tool room. This secret hanger was constructed primarily by one person over a period of about one week. This blog will detail construction, and aspects of portability, while not revealing location.

STEP 1: Site survey during 2015

OVERVIEW
The secret space hanger is made from steel pipe and a durable UV treated and rip-stop poly woven skin. Overall, a site is leveled, a base laid down, and a steel pipe structure is erected and fastened to the base. The structure is made level and proportional, and the bolts and fastener brackets are tightened. Then skin is applied with ropes and tensioned with ratchets. There are three sections of skin, one at the front with the doors, one at the back, and one covering the top and sides. The base is dual anchored, to prevent sliding in strong wind, and to prevent the kiting effect of lift. The end result is a structure that has withstood an excess of 60 mph winds.

The Assembly Manual will show the design is for assembly by 3 to 5 people. The tips provided here show how to assemble by one person. If you are assembling this alone, the instruction manual will need revision. Do not assemble and complete the "trusses" and then try to erect into position as shown by the manual. Do assemble half of the truss, erect the first two and connect together, then add on one additional section at a time. Once this sub section is assembled, one side will be lifted up to attach the remaining pipes. The help of a friend is convenient, or you could put 2 saw horses under the assembly while you attach more pipes.

STEP 1 - SITE SURVEY
The first step is selecting the site by doing a site survey. The site must be large enough to encompass the structure size. As the structure is not permanent, it exhumes a secrecy for space work. The structure is low cost (about $500 for the main package compared to $15,000 for a non portable wood structure) and relatively light weight (it must be anchored when assembled) as it can be disassembled and transported to another location.

STEP 2 - CLEARING TREES
The next step is clearing the site from debris and trees as needed. Clearing trees may take a month, for vehicular and chain saws acquisition, chain saw maintenance and repair, cutting, trimming, loading, hauling, unloading and repeat disposal.

STEP 3 - PURCHASES
Purchase the structure and transport it to the site. Common structures, at different levels of quality, are available online, from Harbor Freight, Home Depot, Menards, and similar hardware stores, like Runnings, Farm & Home Supply, and TSC. This project describes a Menards Round Top Garage version that came in two boxes. Other descriptions include garage in a box and storage shed. This unit is ShelterLogic brand. MENARDS is constantly changing their sale prices. Check here for the latest pricing.

Sort out the components and label the piles of parts, then obtain the additional components needed. Locate the position of the base on the property. Situate the structure away from trees with branches above.

The base is laid out and pipes are being assembled for the top and sides. Do not fully assemble the pipes from top to bottom if the project is being put together by one person.

ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS TO PURCHASE
Additional components to purchase include earth anchors, anchor braided steel wire, wire clamps, rope, three pulleys, front door pipe, and tools. The base will require 2x6" treated perimeter lumber and its assembly hardware. (It takes two connected 12-foot sections for each side and a 14' section for the back) The front requires stubs to hold the front pipes. Purchase 4 pipe clamps to hold each of the two front pipes to the wood stubs. The structure as assembled is 10 feet high, 24 feet deep and 13 feet wide. The perimeter base size is 13'x24'. The hardware includes screws, angle iron, and straight connectors for 2" thick lumber. Although a 13' front base lumber is not needed, it's highly recommended as it will hold the front pipes at left and right, and provide a sturdier front door at the bottom where the wind can move the door in and out. As the back was reinforced, a chain link fence pipe was purchased with two connectors and threaded into the bottom pocket.

TOOLS
Tools and supplies needed for the project include 2 ladders, chainsaw, knife and blades, pole chain saw, oil, truck, tarp, ratchet (socket wrench with attachments), crescent wrench, pliers, scissors, duct tape, power drill, drill bits, level, rubber hammer, regular hammer, metal cut off power tool, sandpaper, wheel borrow, shovel, post hole digger, set of bungee cords, extension cords, lighting, ...

THE FLOOR
The floor is built up from the ground soil with a 4-inch deep layer of pea rock. Make sure the rock is dry when you purchase it, or you'll pay for a lot of extra water weight. The pea rock insulates the vehicles from ground moisture with a filtered granulated layer of air and rock. Rake and level the floor as needed.

to be continued

Space1 Secret Rocket Program

SPACE1 SECRET ROCKET PROGRAM
It's a matter of perspective regarding the degree of secrecy surrounding Space1's rocket program. Intended as a public flight program, recent events made it glaringly clear that more secrecy will be introduced to an already public program.

Space1 is the sole proprietor of intellectual property for the Space Safety Rocket, and numerous advanced high technology developed for safe space tourism.

As we blogged on July 22nd, 2015, our prime rocket booster was snatched out from under us, moments before we were rigged and prepared to transport it to our space rocket headquarters.

While not entirely illegal, it was a less than clean move on the part of an unknown third party that removed the booster and the supplier that unwittingly was aware of the situation.

Following, Space1 classified certain information and put a secrecy division in place. Blogs will continue though some information will be secreted under the new program.

Classified information may or may not include names, locations, ranges, numbers, actual designs and plans, blueprints, schematics, positions, dates of order, dates of delivery, inventory, dimensions, inventions, and specific operations.

At this time, the new classified division is with a charter but no actual officers. The future will dictate if this division needs expansion. 

Index of SPace1 Web Pages 
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2015/01/space1-links-in-january-2015.html

Space1 Magazine Issue #2

SPACE1 MAGAZINE ISSUE 2
Space1 Magazine issue #2 is almost completed, ahead of schedule, and will introduce many new concepts for rocket space science. The magazine is jam packed with top secrets about conducting a tourist rocket space program.

Stories include various rocket design details and the introduction of the new space station and its functions. The story of Space1 is included along with details of how you can become a member of the most exclusive club in the world and go into space aboard our rocket. It is hoped that pricing for seating will be hundreds of times more affordable than NASA and within the budgetary range of most individuals.