Space Forum / Space History / February 2005

Islamic Science: Neil Armstrong Proved Mecca is the Center of the World
http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=545
     The following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Abd Al-Baset
Al-Sayyed of the Egyptian National Research Center. Al-Majd TV aired this

ATK-Thiokol had a static test firing of a Shuttle RSRM yesterday. As it
was the first one they've had since I started working here, it was the
first one I attended. I took a number of photos, but nothing is quite
as impressive as the sight and sound of the thing live and in person.

1 Mhz. 1 kB RAM. Hobbyist built a replica from scratch in his basement:
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/02/moon-computer.html

Audio Quicktime file of the the Huygens probes signals to Cassini; four
hours compressed into one minute...the last part sounds like the
whistling of a tea kettle coming to boil: http://uanews.org/media/agcfm.mp3
More info: http://spaceflightnow.com/cassini/050214sounds.html

I'm wondering how many SSME's there currently are, how many were built
total and how many have been retired.
Thanks.

Project Apollo drew on foreign policy needs and a blank cheque budget to
take step after groundbreaking step to put a man on the moon.  What drove
the thousands of individuals, who made it happen, to put in the 110%
effort?

From: Alan Erskine  alanerskine1@bigpond.com  FAKE EMAIL
Once I do that, I can take legal action.
sh.t ALAN YOU HAVE NO ACTION YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE YOUR
MOM HOLD YOUR 1 INCH DICK WHEN ON TRY TOO HIT THE TARGET

Yesterday, February 12, was the official opening of my electronic art
gallery. Regular visitors may have seen some of my paintings of Apollo
scenes. With the help of Jerome Bascom-Pipp I have now opened a site
where prints can be ordered of the various artworks I have made over

Now, all you wise-a.ses out there, don't fall all over each other at once
coming up with jokes about _this_ one:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nigeria-05a.html
<spacedaily lead>

Finally had a chance to see one of the Apollo 14 moon trees. This one is in
Perry, Florida. It was moved from a prominent place next to a museum to a
well-hidden spot in the woods next to the ranger's mobile home.
Officially, it's a loblolly pine. Looks like a sex tree to me.

In some vids being posted to alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation. Seriously
good stuff.

180 degrees shortly after liftoff?
Thanks!
Tad Danley
k3td at arrl dot net

http://apolloera.blogspot.com/
Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Project Apollo. Manned Space Flight
from 1961 until 1972.

I only post this because I know they've actually been able to recover some
samples from Genesis. (;^>
But, anyway...which _is_ more impressive?
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20050203a/Sol330B_HeatS
hield_L257-B367R1_br.jpg

  Just been having a read of the MA-8 Flight Plan, and have a few things
I'd like to get straight.
When Schirra has to report BECO  does the B stand for booster ?  Similarly
at SECO does S stand for Single ?