1. Galaxy Forum South America
Santiago, Chile 2014
Cerro Calan, University of Chile
Monday 5 May 18:00-20:30

2. Earth is rotating at 1,600 kilometers per hour at the equator
Image Credit: Wikipedia

3. Image Credit: Dynamic Diagrams
…and orbiting the Sun at 108,000 kilometers per hour

4. …the Sun is one of 400 billion stars orbiting the center of
the Milky Way Galaxy at 230 kilometers per second
over the course of 250 million years

5. Image Source: Infinity Imagined
…and everything is also travelling on the 4-dimensional space time helix

6. Two Major Spiral Arms:
• Scutum-Centaurus
• Perseus
Four Minor Spiral Arms:
• Norma-Outer
• Sagittarius-Carina
• Near 3 Kiloparsec Arm
• Far 3 Kiloparsec Arm
Earth is about 26,000 Light years
from center in the Orion Spur b/n
Sagittarius & Perseus arms
The Milky Way Galaxy

8. A Global / Interglobal Mission

9. Locations:
California, USA
Hawaii, USA
Kansas, USA
Vancouver, Canada
China (Beijing,Shanghai)
Bangalore, India
Europe
Tokyo, Japan
New York, USA
Cape Town, South Africa
Southeast Asia
South America
Venues & Partners:
Silicon Valley, The Tech Museum
Imiloa, Onizuka, CFHT,
Cosmosphere, Ad Astra Kansas
MacMillan, CSA
NAOC, CNSA, CSA, SHAO,
JNP, BASE, ISRO,
ISU, UdS, CTU, Czech Acd. of Sciences,
Miraikan, NAOJ, JAXA
SHS, Hayden Planetarium
SAAO, ASSA, IAU-OAD
NUS, SCS, ANGKASA, ITB, NARIT
UC, ESO, ALMA, LPN, LNA, SpaceMETA
Mission: Advance 21st Century Education worldwide to
provide greater global awareness, capabilities and action in
Galaxy science, exploration and enterprise.
Galaxy Forum Architecture

10. Galaxy Forum in Brazil

11. Andrea Ghez
UCLA Galactic Center Group
Keck Observatory
Stellar Orbits in the Central Arcsec
Adaptive Optics
Animations created by Prof. Andrea Ghez and team at UCLA; data sets from W. M. Keck Telescopes at Mauna Kea Hawaii.

12. Galaxy Garden / Jon Lomberg
Kona, Hawai`i Island

13. Barbara Morgan
1st Teacher in Space

14. 
General Education – for primary, secondary higher, and highest
education: Knowledge, understanding of humanity’s place in the
Universe – our Milky Way Galaxy occupies a mid-position domain
between Solar System finiteness and Cosmos infinity

Higher Education: Astrophysics / Astronomy – Galaxy studies
internationally are of increasing interest and value; study of our
local stellar neighborhood for familiarity; center / central 10
parsecs with supermassive black hole is most dynamic region of
Milky Way

History of Human Civilization / Archaeoastronomy

NASA, World Space Agencies – 21st Century Program and Policy
Development Advance through Galaxy understanding

Galacticity – may be as important for the 21st Century, as is
Relativity to 20th
Why Galaxy Education, Consciousness &
Awareness Are Important for the 21st Century:

15. EarthRise Photo : 1968 / Apollo 8 *** 20th
Century
ILO Imaging Galaxy Center *** 21st
Century

16. Human Solar System Exploration
Credit: ISU
Credit: Space Age Publishing

17. Galaxy Education Resources
International Space University: Graduate-level training to future leaders of
the emerging global space community at locations around the world.
- Walter Peeters, President
The Planetary Society: Inspires and involves the world's public in space
exploration through advocacy, projects, and education.
- Bill Nye, Executive Director
SETI: Mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the
origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe
- Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer
Space Generation Advisory Council: Represents students and young space
professionals to the United Nations, States, and space agencies.
- Michael Brett / Catherine Doldirina, Co-Chairperson
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space: Dedicated to
expanding the role of human exploration through education.
- Daniel Pastuf, Chair

18. Galaxy Education Resources
Challenger Center: Learning Center Network gives students hands-on
experience in science, engineering, research and space missions.
- June Scobee Rodgers, Founding Director and Chairman
Galaxy Zoo: ‘Citizen Science’ online astronomy project that invites members
of the public to assist in classifying over a million galaxies.
- Chris Lintott, Dan Andreescu, Kate Land, etc.
UCLA Galactic Center Group: Leading Galactic Center research group,
dedicated to researching the innermost regions of the Milky Way.
- Andrea Ghez, Principal Investigator
Teachers in Space, Space Frontier Foundation: Giving teachers the
opportunity to experience space firsthand via NewSpace companies.
- Edward Wright, Project Manager
Federation of Galaxy Explorers: Seeks to inspire and educate kids in space
related science and engineering, including Moon Base One Initiative.
- Nicholas Eftimiades, Founder / Chairperson of the Board

19. ILOA - 4 Missions
ILO Human Service
Mission (NET 2018)
ILO-1 Polar Mission
(NET 2016)
ILO-X Precursor Mission
(NLT 2015)
ILO – Chang'e 3 Galaxy
Imaging (2013-2015)

20. Primary and Secondary ILO
Mission Objectives:

First Light Galaxy Imaging

Initial landing site observation, local surveillance

Earth observations: albedo, geocorona, etc.

Search for Earth-like planets

Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Analyze interstellar molecules to determine origin of Solar
System

VLF observation

Observe signs of life on Mars, Europa, Titan, etc.

Search for dangerous NEOs

Sun-Earth observations, solar storm warnings

More

21. ILO Galaxy First Light Imaging

22. ILOA Chang’e-3 Collaboration

23. Steve Durst meeting with Ma Xingrui of CNSA, 8 August 2013

24. CE3 Lunar Ultra-Violet Telescope
LUT principal investigator Prof. Jianyan Wei of NAOC
Position of Chang’e-3 Lander
First image from LUT:
Draco “Dragon” Constellation

25. LUT Mission Details

26. View of Milky Way from CE3
Visualization courtesy of Moon Express

27. ILO-X: Precursor Mission
Galaxy Center
(6 min exposure)
by ILO-X Phase 2
Hardware

28. High School Students Participating in ILO-X
HS Computer Lab ILO Web Interface
Communications Link
ILO on the Moon
Instructions
Content

29. ILO-1: Observation & Communication
From the Lunar South Pole

30. Lunar South Pole – Kaguya

31. ILO Human Service Mission

32. International Lunar Observatory Association

ILOA to be Based in Hawai`i

Center of Pacific Hemisphere

Bi-directional Launch Capability

Equatorial / Southern Proximity

Maintain Hawai`i Preeminence in
Astrophysics for Next 100 Years

33. Mauna Kea Summit Observatories
4206 meters / 13,796 feet elevation – tallest mountain in Pacific Ocean
Global center of Earth-based astronomy
14 nations represented – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Japan,
The Netherlands, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Hawaii / USA, India, China
Gemini North: above
Gemini South: left (located
at Cerro Pachón in Chile
30m Telescope (TMT)

34. ALOHA!
For more information about the ILO / ILOA, contact:
65-1230 Mamalahoa Highway, D-20
Kamuela, HI 96743
Phone 808-885-3474
Fax 808-885-3475
Email info@iloa.org
Web http://www.iloa.org
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