Space Forum / Space History / September 2005

"The author of this book, a distinguished member of the
Interplanetary Society of England, explains to you the scientific
facts that prove that Saucers have been sighted. In clear and simple
language, he shows his theory of space travel... how man can overcome

Just  wondering  if  anyone  knows  the  fate  of  the  lem  aquarius?
did it  eventually  fall  and  burn up in the atmosphere?  if so is
there any documentation of when and where? thanks  dave

I'm going to be giving a public lecture about the Apollo program. I'd like
to show JFK giving his "I believe that this nation should commit
itself..."-speech, but I can't find it anywhere on the web, and Google
hasn't been very helpful, to say the least.

There is plenty of room out there, I think it should be used to earn
$$$ !

I remember a project I read a website in the late 1990s. A private US
company was developing an impressive new aproach for a large low price
expendable rocket. It had pressure feeding, carbon(?)-filament tanks and the
extreme cheap ablative nozle was already tested by the Air Force. ...

Spirit has reached the top of Husband Hill and taken a great panoramic
shot of the surrounding terrain from the summit
Here's the panorama in medium size:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050901a/Summit_240deg_L256
T-A590R1_br2.jpg

I just got a 1980s book "Warplanes of the Future" that mentions a proposed
Trans-Atmospheric Vehicle.  That obviously never happened.  But I have seen
it depicted elsewhere--a spacecraft and tank atop a 747.
Can anybody point me to better sources of information on this?

NASA X-15 pilots awarded astronaut wings
From: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-082305a.html
"Between the years that NASA flew its first unmanned Mercury
sub-orbital space flight and when its Apollo astronauts trained for

This is from Mark Wade's "Encyclopedia Astronautica" website update:
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/kliper.htm
Neat flip-down seat design:
http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/z/zklip376.jpg

I have "Googled" this question with no real success so I offer it
up to you folks.  Looking at the drawings and descriptions available on
line, its seems that it was intended to continue using ejection seats
in the Gemini that was to be flown with the MOL.  Several references