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About Us 
Gary Streeter and Diane
Earhart have teamed up to
form the General Aviation Space Group
(GASG),
an
organization with not-for-profit status pending, to
demonstrate that general
aviation can compete in space commercialization and
growth.
General aviation is defined
as all facets of aviation
distinct from commercial and military flying or
government flight
operations.
The St. Louis-based General Aviation Space Group (GASG) plans to prove that a group of enthusiasts and professionals in general aviation can launch a satellite into space on the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11. To promote space research and continued space exploration by general aviation enthusiasts, GASG was established in March 2007. The organization will show that the future of space travel and indeed colonization on other celestial bodies will be possible and affordable. GASG will demonstrate that space can be accessible to those who are not millionaires and that a Congressional mandate is not necessary to make it happen.
Our mission is
to:
With primary attention to safety, static testing is ongoing with various rocket motors. Results (positive and negative) will continue to be carefully documented with subsequent improvements made based upon those results. A rocket motor designed by the Executive Director of the General Aviation Space Group, using innovative techniques, will carry a satellite into space on July 20, 2009, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first man on the moon. The satellite will be smaller than the Prosteshyy Sputnik satellite that launched the space race in 1957. Yet the GASG satellite, known as Astra, will carry telemetry to record its location in space and send important data back to the Group at ground base. In much the same manner as Sputnik, Astra's radio transmitter will relay inside and outside temperatures at its locations in space. Astra will orbit the earth several times before it destabilizes and disintegrates attempting to reenter Earth's atmosphere. Astra will also carry a DVD bearing the names of those who have elected to be part of the General Aviation Space Group by purchasing a commemorative certificate.
click here to purchase certificate
Some of the areas in which you are invited to volunteer include these committees:
