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Saturn 1/1B Extant Hardware	09 Jul 2005 03:01 GMT	6
For those interested, here are images of all of the existing Saturn 1/1B test and flight stages/vehicles that I'm aware of. I believe that two of these have been off limits to general public viewing since
Astronaut/Cosnonaut Deaths	08 Jul 2005 23:45 GMT	6
Does anyone here know if there are any studies of the rate of former astronaut (and cosmonaut, of course) deaths from cancer vs that for the rest of the population?
New NASA chief begins major shake-up	08 Jul 2005 18:47 GMT	7
It looks like Michael Griffin is cleaning house at NASA. In some stories, the comment has been made that science and engineering in NASA leadership has been eroding to politics ever since Apollo. I'd like to get some comments from people inside the agency on this. Jim
Teleportation knowledge analizer of the internet matirx! IT's a	08 Jul 2005 18:11 GMT	4
Teleportation knowledge analizer of the internet matirx! IT's a real world a real network qunatium. Teleportation is nothing more then quantium decypher of an object into the atomic weight,energy signature,magnetic adress, and total
NASA PDF's - Shuttle-C, J-2S, Advanced Launch System studies	08 Jul 2005 07:40 GMT	4
Summary document of tasks performed on the Shuttle-C/NLS contract Jan 10, 1993 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930013806_1993013806.pdf An oil flow study of the reference Shuttle-C configuration Oct 1, 1994
space probes to/past Venus in last twenty years	08 Jul 2005 04:53 GMT	11
Only one space mission visited Venus in the past 20 years, by my count (T-shirt for corrections), but a number of probes made Venus-fly-bys on their way elesewhere --
NY Times: Donald Buchanan, 82, Designer of NASA's Rocket Carriers, Dies	07 Jul 2005 08:46 GMT	16
Donald Buchanan, 82, Designer of NASA's Rocket Carriers, Dies By JEREMY PEARCE Published: June 28, 2005 Donald D. Buchanan, a mechanical engineer and NASA official who played a leading role
UPDATE: Deep Impact now renamed Roadkill One	06 Jul 2005 19:47 GMT	18
...One word to describe the success of this mission: POW!!! OM Signature "No bastard ever won a war by dying for \| http://www.io.com/~o_m
Apollo 13 Mission Plan?	06 Jul 2005 15:02 GMT	2
I know that when Apollo 13 aborted, A14's landing site was changed to the intended Fra Mauro. But was 14's entire mission a "do-over"? Were Lovell and Haise supposed to go to Cone Crater, for instance? I can see how the basic mission was a copy; but some details must have have been
The Right Stuff Update	06 Jul 2005 03:42 GMT	18
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/trivia "Trivia for The Right Stuff The closing narration states that Gordon Cooper was ". the last American
New X-planes book	06 Jul 2005 03:28 GMT	20
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/real/jl_sky.htm Pat
Re: Countdown of Fear and Distrust	05 Jul 2005 23:09 GMT	3
>How do you view the prelaunch situation at this point? > >Challenger's Ghost The odds of success are exactly 50-50. The vehicle will either explode or
From The Earth To The Moon DVD News	05 Jul 2005 04:47 GMT	6
Theres a five disc set of FTETTM coming out on Sept 20. Its the FTETTM Signature Edition. No idea as of yet what extra goodies will be on the 5th disc, but I thought you'd all wnat to know... Save those sheckels.
UPDATE: Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Update - Spacecraft Signal May Have Been Detected	04 Jul 2005 17:30 GMT	76
...A more official update from the Planetary Society: ------------------------------------------ At 12:46 PM (PDT) on June 21, 2005, Cosmos 1, a project of The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios, was launched from a submerged
Heinlein's Role in Pressure Suits?	01 Jul 2005 20:07 GMT	61
What did Robert A. Heinlein do with pressure suits in World War II? With whom did he work at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and what contribution did the group make to high-altitude suit development? I can't find a good on-line source about any such Navy work during the war, and I ...