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| Q: For Sy Liebergot (Yeah, it's new safe CT-free topic fodder!) | 10 May 2005 01:02 GMT | 123 |
...I'm currently reading Krantz' autobiography, and right around the
chapters dealing with the A9 mission, he briefly discusses a sim that
was run where the SimSup threw an SM fuel leak in the mix during
ascent, and the Flight Controllers had to determine whether to abort
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| Stars showing in moon photos | 09 May 2005 16:16 GMT | 4 |
Following my earlier post, I've found a web site that I use to host photos.
See below for the scan of the colour transparancy of Aldrin next to the
flag, with several stars showing in the background.
http://img210.echo.cx/my.php?image=img1089sx.jpg
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| herb.schaltegger@gmail.com | 09 May 2005 15:49 GMT | 13 |
Could you tell me where in Starry Night Pro 5 can you go to the moon landing
sites? Thanks for your help.
matalog
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| FWD: S&T article on possible imaging of MPL crash site. | 08 May 2005 20:06 GMT | 9 |
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1509_1.asp
...Which no doubt CT will claim is proof that we tried to set up a
military base on Mars.
OM
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| Shuttle gets a new ET; PAO does it again | 07 May 2005 19:09 GMT | 4 |
"Okay, let's switch tanks and try it again!":
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/050506options/
And on the return to flight front, the NASA PAO introduces the novel
idea of contaminated "Return To Flight" wristbands:
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| Martian Dust Devils | 07 May 2005 12:49 GMT | 1 |
They have some better movies of the dust devils near the Spirit lander
up at:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050506a.html
There are a _lot_ of dust devils, and they really can stir stuff up, as
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| Since Boeing and LM are partnering 50/50 and Boeing already has Delta IV Heavy does that mean we'll never see the Atlas V Heavy? | 06 May 2005 17:34 GMT | 5 |
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| 44 years of humans in space | 05 May 2005 13:16 GMT | 32 |
It was 44 years ago today, folks. Yuri Gagarin R.I.P.
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| Spacecraft Films DVD Alert | 05 May 2005 06:31 GMT | 9 |
At a Florida Sam's Club, I spotted three of the Spacecraft Films
DVD box sets for excellent prices.
They were Apollo 8, Mighty Saturns, 1 & 1B, and Gemini, each sealed
and new, for the price of $14.36 US.
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| Caltech Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman Honored on 2005 U.S. Commemorative Stamp | 04 May 2005 23:42 GMT | 1 |
http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12688.html
Caltech News Release
For Immediate Release
May 4, 2005
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| For OM | 04 May 2005 22:20 GMT | 16 |
My name is Paul
I live in warrington England
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| Apollo CM Space | 04 May 2005 18:42 GMT | 48 |
Had a look inside a mockup at Canberra Space Centre in Australia a few days
ago and was struck by how small it is inside compared to what I'd expected
from watching movies such as E2M and Apollo 13. Is the one there accurate?
Thanks,
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| Opportunity is stuck | 04 May 2005 18:39 GMT | 4 |
Well, the LM may never have sunk in the dread Moondust, but Opportunity
has sunk into the dread Marsdune:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-mers-05zq1.html
Wait till they discover that those "minicraters" they've been looking at
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| Today's interesting graph | 03 May 2005 22:26 GMT | 2 |
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680009673_1968009673.pdf
has a large swathe of interesting (and long-dead) plans, but one part of
the study that caught my eye was Figure 2.1--11, on pp.68.
(Okay, not the easiest of references. There's a copy at
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