Space Forum / Space History / March 2005

Theory of Everything
Once upon a time there was a discussion among the gods over where to hide
the key to the Theory of Everything, so that their children would not find
it, and use that secret knowledge for undesirable purposes. Many proposals

Well after Francis messed up my chances to visit KSC last year, I'll
finally get a chance to make my first visit in May. I'll only have a
day there and was hoping for recommendations on how to pre-book the
tours and what tours to recommend (don't think there is enough time to

http://www.spacedaily.com/2005/050228060737.vytckl0s.html
Pat

Is it true that Laika was picked up as a stray on the streets of
Moscow?

Someone on Ebay is selling what they claim to be a sample of Apollo 16
moondust:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3959307456
Ebay auction #: 3959307456

At www.apolloarchive.com, here's Gene Cernan training for the original
manned flight order -- just the day before the Fire, in fact, at:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/misc/apmisc-S67-23082.jpg
...boarding the CM for an F&F test, and...what's the deal with that suit?

Git'cher motor runnin' head out on the...d'ah, nevermind:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/misc/apmisc-S69-41519.jpg
Now, a lunar ATV sounds feasible -- and was, of course -- but did they
honestly expect an astronaut in full EVA gear to maintain his balance on a

...at least Borman and Lovell were in zero-g, and actually going someplace
-- more or less -- which is more than I can say for poor Joe Kerwin in
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/misc/apmisc-S68-39811.jpg
...in the midst of the 2TV-1 vacuum-chamber CM qualification ...

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06193
Best viewed on a monitor with 8888 x 4544 resolution.
(Or at 300 pixels/inch, printed on a 29" x 15" print.)

Report: Japan Eyes Manned Base on Moon
February 28, 2005, 1:22 PM EST
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-japan-
space,0,3652136,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines