Reality's Links

<body background="images/rough.gif" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#7f0007f"> <img src="images/links.gif" height="100" width="204" /> <br />Here's some links to other aspects of my reality, may they become a part of yours as well. <br /> <i>Note: I am only updating the frames versions of my pages do to the extra work and storage space. Please update your browser to view the newest version of this page. <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ie/"><img src="images/IE.GIF" alt="Internet Explorer"></a></td> <td><a href="http://www.netscape.com/"><img src="images/netnow.gif" alt="Netscape"></a></td></tr></table> <hr size="4" align="left" /> <a name="TOP"></a> <ul> <li><a href="#Science">Science</a></li> <ul> <li><a href="#NASA">NASA</a></li> <li><a href="#Tele">Telerobotics</a></li> <li><a href="#Rocketry">Rocketry</a></li> <li><a href="#Misc_S">Misc. Science</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="#Music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="#Graphics">Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="#Others">Others</a></li> </ul> <hr size="2" align="left" /> <ul> <li><h2><a name="Science">Science</a></h2></li> <ul> <li><h4><a name="NASA">NASA</a></h4></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html">The NASA Homepage</a></li> <li><a href="http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/NtrS">NASA Tech Report Server</a></li> <li><a href="http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/">Astronomical Data Center</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/stsref-toc.html">STS Reference Manual</a> Handbook on <b>ALL</b> aspects of the Space Shuttle.</li> <li><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/">NASA's Image Access Page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stsci.edu/EPA/Pictures.html">HST Pictures</a> Database of images taken by The Hubble Telescope.</li> <li><a href="http://btree.lerc.nasa.gov/NASA_TV/NASA_TV.html">NASA TV on CU-SeeMe</a> Info on NASA TV broadcast over the Internet.</li> <li><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf.htm">Basics of Space Flight</a> JPL's handbook for new employees. Covers the basics of all aspects of an interplanetary mission.</li> <li><a href="http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/ssrt/">Delta Clipper/SSRT Program</a> Info on single stage rockets.</li> <li><a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/SpaceSettlement/">Space Settlement</a> A study done by NASA during the 70's on the requirements for a space colony.</li> </ul> <p><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a></p> <li><h4><a name="Tele">Telerobotics</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.telescope.org/rti/index.html">Bradford Remote Telescope</a> Internet Telescope open to the public. Warning : Usually very slow (in US). The site is in the UK. Also often a long waiting period for pictures.</li> <li><a href="http://inferno.physics.uiowa.edu/">U of Iowa Telescope</a> A newer Internet Telescope. Has a much faster connection and more detailed input form. I haven't used it yet, so I don't know how long it will take to get the pictures back. <i>Note: To view the forms correctly you will need greatly reduce your font size. They are very wide.</i></li> <li><a href="http://www.lunacorp.com/">LunaCorp Rover Project</a> Private company sending two rovers to the Moon in 1999. They plan on letting the public drive them.</li> <li><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/garden/">The Tele-Garden</a> Plant seeds in a garden via robotic arm and then watch them grow. This has a very nice interface.</li> <li><a href="http://www.portola.com/tr/TELEROBOT/index.html">Telepresence Robotics System</a> Care to built you own robotics system?</li> </ul> <p><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a></p> <li><h4><a name="Rocketry">Rocketry</a></h4></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.aeropac.org/aeropac/">AeroPac's Home Page</a> Good starting point for finding amateur rocketry info and sites including launches at Black Rock.</li> <li><a href="http://www.impulseaero.com/">Impulse Aerospace Inc.</a> A local company which builds ground support and just came out with a line of rockets.</li> <li><a href="http://www.wallis.com/ess/">Experimental Spacecraft Society</a> ** Found it. ** The site doesn't have pictures any more but here it is. They are working with the <a href="http://iquest.com/~hal5/">HAL5 NSS Chapter's HALO project.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.asesur.com/prs">Pacific Rocket Society</a> An amateur rocketry group which has been builting experimental rockets for 50 years.</li> </ul> <p><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a></p> <li><h4><a name="Misc_S">Misc. Science</a></h4></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nss.org/">The National Space Society</a> Space activist group focusing on legislation and commercialization. Headed by Buzz Aldrin.</li> <li><a href="http://planetary.org/default.html">The Planetary Society</a> Another group I'm a member of which leans more towards public education and non-government/commercial projects (such as SETI). Co-founded by the late Carl Sagan.</li> <li><a href="http://www.pacificnet.net/~alchemst/TLR/tlr.html">Trans-Lunar Research</a> A non-profit company working towards a privately funded lunar base. Founded by members of the <a href="http://www.asesur.com/prs">Pacific Rocket Society</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.millennial.org/">The First Millennial Foundation</a> A group founded to help save Earths environment and to colonize space. Founded by Marshall T. Savage, author of the book "The Millennial Project: Colonizing the galaxy in 8 easy steps.</li> <li><a href="http://www.kalmbach.com/astro/astronomy.html">AStrONOMY Magazine</a></li>  <li><a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/lunar/school/">Lunar Institute of Technology</a> Discussions and ideas on interstellar travel from the viewpoint of a futuristic college on the Moon.</li> <li><a href="http://spot.colorado.edu/~marscase/home.html">The Case for Mars</a> Info on a conference on the exploration and colonization of Mars. Has lots of links to images of the Red Planet.</li> <li><a href="http://cannon.sfsu.edu/~williams/planetsearch/planetsearch.html">SFSU Planet Search Project</a> Info on extra-solar planets from the discoverers of 3 of the recent planets found.</li> <li><a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/NEO/TheNEOPage.html">The NEO Page</a> Info on Near Earth Asteroids. Has orbital elements and info on close passes. If you do your own looking for asteroids there is a page for new discoveries in need of <a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/NEO/ToConfirm.html">confirmation.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lunacity.com/">LunaCity</a> Lots and Lots of Space, Science and Celtic links.</li> <li><a href="http://www.seds.org/billa/twn/top.html">The Web Nebulae</a> Links to images of lots nebulae.</li> </ul> </ul> <p><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a></p> <li><h2><a name="Music">Music</a></h2></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://hyperreal.com/">Hyperreal</a> Site of Rave and Techno Culture info. If you are more interested in just the music (like me) go straight to <a href="http://hyperreal.com:70/1/music/.artists.select">ARTIST Information.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hyperreal.org/music/labels/solarworld/index.html">Mystical Sun</a> One of the more interesting Artist Sites with lots of links.</li> <li><a href="http://members.theglobe.com/jairme/realaudio.html">The Globe</a> Collection of many Techno and Drum N Bass RealAudio samples.</li> <li><a href="http://www.real.com">RealAudio Homepage</a> Software for Live music over the web.</li> <li><a href="http://www.yothuyindi.com">YOTHU YINDI</a> Australian Aboriginal Music Site (.AU/Real Audio and some video).</li> <li><a href="http://www.kcmu.org">KCMU</a> The local radio station I listen to the most.</li> </ul> <p><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a></p> <li><h2><a name="Graphics">Graphics</a></h2></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Art/Computer_Generated/Graphics/">Yahoo - Art:Computer Generated:Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lightscape.com/">Lightscape Technologies</a> Professional software site with a decent gallery.</li> <li><a href="http://arachnid.cs.cf.ac.uk/Ray.Tracing/">The Ray Tracing Home Page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unomaha.edu/~gday/hypergarden.html">HyperGarden</a> A computer generated park. Emphasis on symetry. <b>(Not for the bandwidth challenged!)</b></li> <li><a href="http://www.websharx.com:80/~kinda/">Steven's Synthetic deLights</a> A gallery of artwork plus tips on using the Imagine raytracer. I'm mainly interested in a program he's writing for making star backgrounds.</li> <li><a href="http://www.viewpoint.com/">Viewpoint Data Labs</a> Another gallery plus a database of PD raytracing utils and demos. This contains the demos which used to be at "ftp.avalon.chinalake.navy.mil". Includes a demo of Truespace. <i>Note: When you click on a program to DL it gives you an identical page but with the files and occasionally a discription WAY down at the bottom.</i></li> <li><a href="http://www.es.com/">Evans & Sutherland</a> A company that makes some really nice graphics workstations and simulators. Has a <a href="http://www.es.com/Gallery/index.html?L">Gallery</a> of images and .mov video.</li> </ul> <p><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a></p> <li><h2><a name="Others">Others</a></h2></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rainier.net/~larry/web-voyeur/">The Web Voyeur -- Live Images</a> Spy on people, places and animals around the world.</li> <li><a href="http://www.seds.org/galaxy/galaxy-realtime.html">The Galaxy: Real-Time</a> Mostly satellite images plus traffic updates.</li> <li><a href="http://www.vdo.net/">VDO Internet Video player</a> Watch video in real-time over the net (28.8K or faster). The only site I know of at the moment is CBS News' <a href="http://uttm.com/">UTTMlink.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cu-seeme.com/">Cu-SeeMe demo</a> For two way video or viewing NASA TV, download this. <i>Note: NASA link above has many IP's other than the one in the demo which will be less crowded and usually faster. Also International IP's</i></li> <li><a href="http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/">The Dilbert Zone</a> One of my favorite comics. Has the previous two weeks comics.</li> <li><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eearthwalker1/">First Verified Walk Around The Earth</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/3271">Softcell's Home Page</a> If you're into the entertainment industry check out my friend's page.</li> <li><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rmutt/HomePage.html">Flightless Hummingbird</a> A pseudo-periodical (that's what they call it). It's interesting. It's different. I like it. Favorite is the <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rmutt/form.html">Functionless Form</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.frogi.org/secrecy.html">Military Secrecy</a> Shhhh!</li> </ul> </ul> <br /><a href="#TOP">Top of page.</a> <hr width="75%" align="center" /> For many,many,many more odd, interesting, or just different links try <a href="http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/reviews.html">UWI's What's Hot and Cool.</a></li> <hr size="2" align="left" /> <hr align="left" /> <a href="index.html">Back to home page.</a> <hr align="left" /> © 1998 <i>Chris Mallabon</i> <hr size="4" align="left" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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