Space Forum / Space History / December 2004

Read quite a bit now about Komarov and Soyuz-1 and something doesn't
stack up to me regarding the speed the capsule hit the ground.
We know the parachutes didn't open, but the various website and books
I've read estimate the terminal speed to be 500mph, 450kph, 40m/s,

From: "Alan Erskine" <alanerskiine1@bigpond.com> - Find messages by
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Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:02:21 GMT
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...IIRC, someone here mentioned a long while back that they were in
contact with Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Seems we've had reports of
earthquake-originated tidal waves nailing the coastline of Sri Lanka,
and IIRC Sir Art was living on the coast down there.

I've setup a website with the aim of raising £100 for the victims of the  
tsunami in SE Asia.
Please try to help in any way you can.
See

In the October issue of ACM Queue is an interview Mike Deliman. Deliman
is the guy at Wind River who was responsible for the version of the
VxWorks operating system used on MER.  He is now working at JPL.
He talks about the radiation-hardened microprocessors used on

One of my favorite passages in Thomas Kelly's book, Moon Lander, was
about a certain manager at NASA who galvanized efforts at two major
contractors to shape up their ground support equipment (GSE) programs.
I'm hoping others will share additional information or similar stories.

   I find I'm having to add more and more people to my killfile which is
sad as some of them may have useful information at some point, which I will
then miss !
   Any chance we can get the above NG up and running for the new year, so

Were any woman astronauts, past or present, smokers?

I've seen lots of spectacular images produced by the various Mars rovers and
their landers, and by the Viking landers in the 70s, but all the images
appear to be taken during daylight and 'good weather' hours.
Is this some kind of technical, lighting, or temperature issue, or have I

From SpaceFlightNow.com
"The Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket appears to have experienced
lower-than-expected performance during its initial ascent today,
forcing its upper stage engine to compensate and raising doubts about

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As Frank Borman said:
"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a
Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth."
- Peter

As the 38th anniversary of the Apollo One fire approaches, I am still
hoping someone will come forward:
ATTN: NASA AND NAA EMPLOYEES PAST AND PRESENT: This is NOT a joke. Last
week I received a disturbing email concerning the Apollo One fire which

I spent today reviewing my notes on The Fire, and I have a question for
those of you who are fond of calling me a "troll."  According to NASA's
official timeline, at 2336 (all times GMT):  "Hatches opened, outer
hatches removed.  Resuscitation of crew impossible."  At the very same

I Alan Erskine Alanerskine1@bigpond.com Have Sex With God
The Holy Ghost. Sadly,many of my sisters that i have f.cked
have died because i have AIDS.I want all my sisters to join
me in space heaven, so I encourage all Jews like me accept