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Space Center Lecture Series www.SpaceCenterLectureSeries.com Update: Russian Space Program James Oberg Mar 25, 2010 Houston, TX Not long ago Jim Oberg had the unique opportunity to visit a top secret Russian military base where a converted military missile was used to orbit the Genesis-2 inflatable habitat prototype for Bigelow Aerospace. He describes his experiences at the southwestern Siberian base called ‘Yasniy’ (known to the CIA as the Dombarovskiy ICBM base) watching a ‘Dnepr’ launch vehicle blast off from an underground silo normally used for nuclear-armed ‘Satan’ ICBMs, and also ‘nosing around’ to see what else he could see without getting shot at. James Oberg, 63, is one of the world’s leading popularizers and interpreters of space exploration. As the NBC News ‘Space Consultant’ he often appears in broadcast and website assessments of space events, explaining them and placing them in broader context, and usual breaking ‘inside stories’ far ahead of other news media sites. As guide for public-access expeditions to space-related locations for the American Museum of Natural History, he interprets space achievements as manifestations of human ingenuity and creativity, painted on metal and concrete and plastic rather than the more traditional canvas and marble and textiles. As contributor to numerous space technology publications he assesses in depth the important accomplishments and trends of developments in space activities around the world, not only in the US but …