Space Forum / Space History / August 2005

What boosters are under consideration for the CEV? Titan or Atlas family, or something that's
shuttle based? I noticed in a Washington Post article one idea is for CEV to be on top of a
SRB-is that really under consideration? Any thought of recycled MX ICBMs as boosters-not
just ...

Now that it looks like the crew probably won't make it back safely,
does anyone think they will try to have sex with each other to feel
pleasure one last time?  Opinions?

Any day now we will be hearing the public announcement of a veteran
astronaut who has just retired from NASA.  I expect that they are
holding off until the RTF buzz simmers down.  Until such announcement
is made, I'll just say that (by rough calculation) this astronaut faced

A sad anniversary:  25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970, all hope of
restarting Saturn V production was finally abandoned.  It had been looking
unlikely for a couple of years, but that was the day when NASA gave up on
it, and -- among other things -- sent out a "stop work" order on ...

Is it true that anyone who got sick in flight during a Gemini or
Apollo mission was grounded permanently? Rusty Schweikart, Frank
Borman, etc.

A retired Pratt & Whitney engineer told me that during
the conceptual design phase of the space shuttle, there
was consideration of giving it turbojets to allow it
to fly itself back to the Cape.  One design had 4 - 6

Awesome background image for your PC Desktop from the current Shuttle
Discovery mission.
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So, we have a number of proposals for the NASA CEV request.
The boosters will have to lift more than 20T, based on the last set of CEV
specifications that I have seen.
So, for the lifting body CEV designs - How will NASA transport the CEV from

I don't believe that NASA has yet posted these ISS-Discovery shots.
Pretty damned spiffy! One of the advantages of not being a Maxson is
that you can get hold of these thigns...
http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extras/STS114/STS114.htm

Since the shuttle is on its way out, even if there are more flights,
how is work going on the CEV hardware? Shouldn't we be developing that
now? Is Lockheed the prime contractor for the new LM?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4128828.stm
Sunday, 7 August 2005, 09:39 GMT 10:39 UK
Russian regional governor dies
Mikhail Yevodokimov (from Altai official site) A Russian stand-up comedian who was

I've seen this on a orbital chart in the Space Shuttle Operator's Manual and on the map in Mission Control in Houston showing the SAA. The former calls it the South Atlantic Anaomly. What exactly is it? Just curious.
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Here is a chronological list of X-15 rocket plane PDF documents found
on the NASA NTRS server:
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Research-Airplane-Committee Report on Conference on the progress of

NACA 1942 reprint of a 1934 Eugen Sanger rocket plane paper:
Recent results in rocket flight technique - December 1934
Sanger, Eugen
NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)