Space Forum / Space History / August 2005

I want to ask a lazy question. I say "lazy" because I could search the
answer by myself, since I know I have read it somewhere, but it is
easier if someone here remembers the answer without having to go
through a lot of books.

MESSENGER Completes Successful Earth Flyby
The MESSENGER spacecraft swung by its home planet today for a gravity assist
that propelled it deeper into the inner solar system. Mission operators at the
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md, say

I'm doing research for an article on (fictional) treatment of the
various planets in the mass media; and while I've found plenty of
movies or television shows dealing with Mars or Luna, some with Venus,
several with Jupiter (or its moons), a couple with Saturn, and even one

Do Baikonur Launchings Trigger Aral Sea Sandstorms?
I'm particularly interested in the comment at the end that suggests
a connection between Baikonur launchings and increased sandstorms. My
question -- is this just local folklore, or has there ever been any

I have been wondering whether the Russian commanders have discontinued
the practice of chosing a unique callsign to be used during their
mission.
I haven't seen one mentioned for the last three Soyuz Commanders

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-114/hires/s114e6412.jpg
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-114/hires/s114e6421.jpg
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What if any consideration has been give by our friends in Europe to
designing and procuring a manned version of their Automated Transfer
Vehicle (ATV). Obviously the vehicle is already pressure and
temperature controlled, so beyond the design challenge of fixing an

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/blue.angel.obit/index.html
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NASA's rebuttal cancelled
In early November 2002 NASA announced that it was cancelling
publication of a manuscript by Jim Oberg that was intended to refute
the claims that the Moon landings were a hoax. NASA said that this

Antonio Fabrizi : "the Russian and European space agencies are plannin
to jointly develop a new type of carrier rocket."
From: http://en.rian.ru/science/20050816/41166463.html
What could it be?

A. Fabrizi : "the Russian and European space agencies are planning t
jointly
develop a new type of carrier rocket."
From: http://en.rian.ru/science/20050816/41166463.html

Here's one I hadn't run across before: a modern theater production of a
fictional Apollo 18 mission. The reviews make it sound like good drama, but
thematically another poke in the eye at NASA.
Anyone in southern Cal seen this production?  Reactions?

I checked with the Southeast National Archives and they have no
drawings or plans in storage for the Saturn V rocket. Personally, I
think that when you try to build a vehicle that is part airplane and
part spacecraft, it will perform neither role as well as it could if

Working on the Moon
by Dwayne A. Day, Monday, August 22, 2005
When President George W. Bush announced that the United States would begin a
new effort to eventually return Americans to the surface of the Moon no later

Aloha
Is there a good website or newsgroup on space hardware collections seller
and buyers ?
Freddy