... James F. Reilly, II (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Naval Reserve Association, Tailhook Association, Reserve Officers Association, Association of Space Explorers. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in December 1994, Reilly reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995, has completed a year of training and evaluation, and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. ... Reilly retired from NASA in May 2008. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Week of September 13, 1999 . ... In 1975, a new science fiction series aired its first episode: ``Space: 1999''. ... For Some Unknown Reason (a plot device used over and over in the show) the nuclear dump built up a huge magnetic field, which exploded, hurtling the Moon out of Earth's orbit. ... Space:1999'' was bad, sure, but it did something I still appreciate: it helped me along my way of loving space even more. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

marked with yelow asterisk are sites that have links to the VSM . Russian/Soviet Cosmonautics History . interesting site (Russian language only) and ABSOLUTELY STUNNING photos! Russian mirror of Mars Pathfinder site . Space Technology Images . big collection of photos and drawings including some rare and exotic . ... excellent site of spaceflight history . ... Astronomy 105 . ... Some interesting things plus a brilliant collection of astronomy and space links. Space Frontier . ...