Space Forum / Space History / August 2005

Lightwing, you are not more a single human. You are now a GOD. You are
now one of the 6 New Gods I, Jologicon, Selected.
You are now eternal. I'll send you instructions for the Ceremony of
Your "Revelation". You'll receive unlimited powers, knowledge and

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=3526
                OM

To All,
First of All, Please read my EXPLANATION ABOUT OUR REALITY.
One of the most important points discussed certainly is this: Every
Logical Thinking HAS A MAJOR FLAW!

these announcements came in the mail today ...
-- rk
new NASA History book and Web sites
The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the availability of a new

Just wondering if anyone has a link to the piece of video of Buzz Aldrin
punching out Bart Siebrel? I found it a while ago but never backed it
up.
Thanks

This PDF book is 21-mb, but it's worth it.
"On the frontier: Flight Research at Dryden 1946-1981" has listings for
the X-1, X-2, X-3, X-4, X-5, XF-92A, X-15, lifting bodies, YF-12A,
YF-12C, XB-70, Shuttle Enterprise, etc. flights at Dryden from 1946

Since there's going to be a ferry flight back to KSC, are they going to
remove the trash module first, and fly that out later, or do they leave
it packed in the shuttle and fly the whole thing out at once?

The next astronauts on the moon will be Americans.
The first man on Mars will be, of course, an American.
The first man on Venus will be, of course, an American.
...

As you all seem to be so interested in this great man, I'm sure you'll
all be pleased to hear that it was announced today that Peter
Jennings was awarded Canada's greatest honour.  Article at:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/11/Jennings-Order-050811.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081002167.html
Jim Davis

Just curious. In a report by the BBC-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4134300.stm
"Thursday's attempt was abandoned because sensors that monitor fuelling
of the rocket were giving a "dry" reading even though the rocket was being

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/10/news/funny/moontrip/index.htm?cnn=yes
...I wonder what Alexei Leonov would say about this mission profile

                OM

http://www.kissimmeeprairie.org/index.html
It's up.  I have several CCAFS pictures on the pages labeled - you guessed
it CCAFS.  Unfortunately 2 misfires delayed it just long enough for the
mid-day sun to wash the color out a little but overall they didn't turn out

Has anyone ever found cites and the exact quote for the much-mangled Urban Legend
going roughly:
Reporter:        How do you feel about the integrity of the spacecraft?
All-American Boy    How would YOU feel -- sitting on millions of parts, atop tons of explosive,

This showed up over on sci.space.policy; The Orlando Sentinel has gotten
its hands on the basic plan for the new NASA CEV/SDV plans for the
manned moonflight.
The CEV will be a simple ballistic return capsule with a separate