Space Forum / Space History / February 2004

I'm searching my records for any previous cases where a kink in a water line
(the current 'best guess' for the cooling failure) was so serious that a
Russian EVA was curtailed.
Also, I need a list of other curtailed EVAs and the reasons for them -- I'm

Rand Simberg started a thread in sci.space.policy
"Working Hand In Glove"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,111821,00.html
He points out that gloves of pressurized space suits are very

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/hubble.telescope.ap/index.html
Not good news; here's hoping Bush follows through with the replacement
telescope!

The other shoe just fell regarding what the Bush space plan is really
about; it seems to indeed be the militarization of space as outlined in
the Cheney/Wolfowitz "Rebuilding America's Defenses"* report from 2000;
and is called the Air Force Transformation Flight Plan:

...Kids, I've gotten an RFI through OMWorld that I'd like some help
responding to. If you've got the answers, post'em here so I can pass
them on to this guy.
Thanks!

X-URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/17/science/space/17TOWE.html?pagewanted=print&position=
February 17, 2004
On Last Legs, Old NASA Tower Gains Supporters
By STEFANO S. COLEDAN

I hope that most of you caught the nice nod to space history that
appeared a couple of days ago in the newspaper comic "Safe Havens".

From page 99 of Heinlein's _Orphans Of The Sky_, 1st published 1941:
"From the time that the first rocket made the little jump from Terra to
the Moon, the spaceship pilot has been the standard romantic hero whom
every boy wished to emulate."

Back in the good ol' days of Soviet space exploration, the Russians
designed a "Super Soyuz" named Zarya:
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/zarya.htm
Now they've announced work has started on a six person crewed "Super

Here is a short article with an illustration of
the new proposed Russian manned spacecraft "Clipper".
The original article in Russian is listed
below.

One is " Lost In Space; The Fall Of NASA And The Dream Of A
New Space Age ", written by Greg Klerkx, and " Comm Check;
The Final Flight Of Shuttle Columbia ", by Michael Cabbage
and William Harwood.

The guy has some questions, if anybody's interested.
----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Cameron
To: joberg@houston.rr.com

What may be a drawing of the Kliper spaceplane has been identified.
It's at the updated page at:
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/kliper.htm
As regards payload capability of a Soyuz modified for an Lox/LH2 upper

I am writing to ask for your support in my campaign as a "write in"
candidate for President of the United States.  As an engineer and
published author in several fields, my platform focuses on technical
issues, as you will see at my web site.

On 15 Feb 2004 21:19:19 GMT, hallerb@aol.com (Hallerb) wrote: