Space Forum / Space History / March 2005

Voyager design study. vol. i- design summary  - Oct 15, 1963
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650022570_1965022570.pdf
Voyager design study. volume ii- mission and system analysis  - Oct 15,
1963

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/navyslv/htm
Says here this craft was to have landed a dog on the Moon by 1963.
Well, fan-damn-tastic. So, what was supposed to happen then? Was the dog
supposed to have gotten out and "marked" a rock? And how would they have

I'd like to thank those who helped me with my recent quest for '60s and
'70s era information. (paulo, did you get my e-mail reply?) I suspected
the NASA archives would be a help, but I wasn't certain how to do a
fruitful search; I didn't even think about the various tech manuals. I

Forty years ago today, March 23, 1965, Gus Grissom and John Young were
launched into orbit aboard the Molly Brown (Gemini 3). Gus performed
the first orbital maneuvers with a manned spacecraft and John offered
Gus a corned beef sandwich. I remember reading somewhere that the

What is our heavy lift capability now? Excluding the Shuttle? I think
the Saturn V could heave 100 tons into low Earth orbit, 52 tons to the
moon. Is it also true that the Apollo CM could have been modified for
six people just for transfer to orbit and back?

Anyone know of any podcasts on space history or the like anywhere on
the net?

Internet Home Business
Minimum financial requirements:
    Any credit, debit or bank account with at least $6.00 balance.
Minimum computer literacy:

Since I'm sure this has been done by people here many times...
Soon after A11 left earth orbit for the moon, the xmitter at the
Tidbinbilla wing station failed and burned, taking out the transmitter.
This left only the main Honeysuckle Creek transmitter for the scheduled

I just came across a three-year-old posting about space junk from Baykonur.
Sorry for the delay or for my not noticing (or forgetting -- it's happening
more
often these years!!) that somebody else had already posted it.

This book was talked about in some posts last December, I think. I'd like
to know who the author was of this book on Apollo, and some posts mentioned
this book in regards to landing sites, their selection, etc. Can anyone provide
the name of the author? TIA.

ABC TV (US) had a special on this evening about UFOs (I think it was
titled "Seeing is Believing" or something. The last few minutes of ABC
news was devoted to a story/teaser for the special. I've been down with
the flu today, so I'm afraid I slept through most of the actual show. ...

Interesting paper ...
"Stereo Vision and Rover Navigation Software for Planetary Exploration"
http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/mwm/visnavsw/aero.pdf
... goes into an overview of the algorithms and their implementation, looking

http://www.want-to-be-sure.blogspot.com << Click On Link

"McGwire mum on steroids in hearing"
...So, what was his dad on, then?
                OM

Aside from the Apollo, Challenger, and Columbia astronauts,
O'Keefe just read the list:
Bassett
Carter