Space Forum / Space History / August 2005

All Manned Lunar Bases and Expeditions! - Manned Circumlunar Spacecraft
Lunar Landers and Flyers and Rovers and Orbiters
OTRAG - Lutz Kayser's 1970's low cost orbital launcher - full technical
details and all launches - THE REAL STORY - REVEALED FOR THE FIRST

I havent been here in a long while. It's Good to see everyone still alive
and kicking and a pleasure to be back.
Dan

Did Gemini spacecraft ever do a rotisserie mode in Earth orbit? I mean,
they were in nightside half the time, but I was wondering if they
needed to be rolled much for even heating.
Apart from Gemini 8, of course...

I knew that it's a urban myth that the Saturn 5 blueprints were
destroyed, but lately, I've seen in several space history forums on
the net, that the molds for the Saturn 5 were ordered by Nixon to be
destroyed......is this true? Joe

Dear sci.space.history
This post is to set the record straight, and to correct the great deal
of incorrect and extremely old & outdated information which is
displayed on this sci.space.policy news group when the search term

There was a post here about seeing nothing but rocks from the rovers
for a long while now.  Well, a bit of space history in the making --
reaching the first summit on another planet.  Spirit is near or at the
top of Husband Hill.  Yeah, there are more rocks.  But also a *wow*

Pilot's Perspective: Flying the Lunar Module (by Jim Oberg)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200412/ai_n9469601

Hey people, there's a new show on ABC called invasion that looks
awesome.  It'll air sept 21st at 10pm ET/PT, be sure to check it out!
their site:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/schedule/2005-06/invasion.html

I'm making no claims for the veracity of this bit of trivia:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310288/combined
See under "Trivia":
"Trivia: Nick Lang and Silvia Saint's sex scene was filmed in free-fall

Why was it cold in Apollo 13?
Was it in shade the whole time? Even if so, it contained three OTG's
(organic thermal generators) which were converting space food into heat at
the rate of 100 watts each (356 BTU's per hour) while at rest, with the

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lexcorp@ix.netcom.com Wrote:

Hi,
nicely said!!!...

A rotating wheel type of space station would generate artificial
gravity through centrifugal (?) force, like the one in 2001: A Space
Odyssey. What would the problems be as far as stabilization, docking,
etc.? I take it that the internal weight distribution would have to be

The alone guy and the others...
Japan may join Russia and Europe to develop the Kliper spacecraft.
Very good news! But why not China and India too? Because with China i
the team, we could be sure to work freely: without the Great Inquisito