Space Forum / Space History / October 2005

I'm looking for a made-for-tv movie, "Apollo 11," 1996,  approx. 93min
running time, directed by Norberto Barba, aired on The Family Channel Nov
17th 1996, re-aired several times up to jul 20 1997.
I believe MTM Enterprises, Inc. [Mary Tyler Moore] had the rights to the

Sen. Byrd's book: "Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields."
talks about Sugar Grove, the National Radio Quiet Zone, and the plan
to use moonbounce for communications to Navy ships.
{There's background at <http://coldwar-c4i.net/Sugar_Grove/history.html> ..}

What are the best telescopes for home use?
I hae my eye on an inexpesnive telescope.  I think it might be nice to
use on a boardwalk as the moon rises.  I might be able to generate a
small tip income by allowing tourists to have a look at the moon.

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Astronomers-Discover-C.frontpage_th
umbnail.jpg
...Pat? Was this your doing? :-P
                OM

This is a really interesting design for a two-stage-to-orbit reusable
light satellite booster/transatmospheric hypersonic attack aircraft.
At only 123 feet in length and capable of reaching Mach 9-10, the
flyback booster packs a lot of performance into a small vehicle.

NASA PDF documents from the NASA NTRS server. Some just added to the
server, some have been there a while. All are interesting.
Caution, some of these PDF files are many megabytes in size.
- Rusty

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8191
...Looks like the chute sighting was a trick of the light, alas.
                OM

Sincde the board's rather slow right now, I thought I'd ask something
I've been wondering about- at what point did ISS surpass Skylab as the
largest space station? Either in tonnage or habitable space? Did Mir
ever beat Skylab in either?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051013/sc_afp/afplifestyleusrussiaspaceissolsen_05
1013155934
"US astronaut John Phillips had to be revived with smelling salts after
the capsule carrying him, Olsen and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev

Unfortunately, Dan's accidental death was already programmed By God.
Everything is programmed in God's Master Plan. I, Jologicon, ordered my
Angels to take Dan's Soul. I'm not kidding. Dan died because Jologicon
(God) needed his soul for a noble cause.

How many different spoken languages have been used in space?
Obviously English, Russian and Chinese are on the list.
Others?
Gareth

can anybody give me an even very rough estimate of how many r7-derived
rockets (sputnik, vostok, woskchod, soyuz)were launched by the
USSR/Russia?
Regards and thanks in advance!

Interesting article on the faults of a PowerPoint presentation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901444.html
Pat

Rocket launch to end era of Titan
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051018-105419-8721r.htm

From NASA Watch:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2005/10/griffins_lunch.html#more
"Editor's note: Mike Griffin recently had lunch with the President's
Chief of Staff, Andrew Card. According to a number of poeple, in his