Space Forum / Space Flight / April 2006

http://www.navytechmatch.org/DOD/Patent/PatentView.aspx?id=5597947
Interesting, Aluminum-Argon, after the argon falls off (very nice
propellent), the aluminum is available to be burned with oxygen.
Preflably, from the atmosphere. I wonder if the reation AlAr-> Al Ar is

In case anyone missed this"
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2006/06-053.html
or
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060418010238.htm

Hi I have two question
1.    The CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation) Scientist say that it
isotropic through out our universe , could it be just left over radiation of
Nebulae which founded our solar system so its just locally

Most studies of O'Neill type colonies assume that we would get the
millions
of tons of material from the moon via a catapult.  However, there are some
Near Earth Asteroids where the return dV to the earth-moon space is

I have been looking for a rugged laptop that will work at 30,000ft
without much luck.  It seems that MIL-STD-810F only requires hardware
to be tested at 15,000ft while operating (I think this increases to
40,000ft if the hardware is turned off and stored).  From what I've

This is partly in answer to the Scientific American article about cosmic
rays likely preventing human spaceflight.
I have long believed that O'Neill colonies are vastly superior to Mars
or any other planetary surface as an abode for human life and development: