Space Forum / Space History / February 2006

The MERs are going a centimeter per second or so and won't come very
far. But the Lunokhod rovers covered about 100 km on the Moon. Actually
speed is not that crucial in that type of research but would certainly
expand the reach of each rover. So, why could the Lunokhods go fast

Apollo post-TLI immediate return-to-earth possibilities
I recall that the first crew and MCC actions after lunar touchdown
was to assess LM health, with the option of immediate liftoff and
return to lunar orbit. There was, I believe, a contingency procedure

...Here's one that hit me this evening, and I'm surprised none of us
have ever asked this before: When the CSM stack was put into the
Passive Thermal Roll - or BBQ Roll - was it done clockwise or
counter-clockwise? And was there a preference, and if so, why?

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v170/status.html
Musta been those reused parts, eh, "ian"?
Still waiting on that verifiable data on Ariane reuse of parts.

Re Cronkite and his moon chip gift -- To the
best of public knowledge, has Cronkite made ANY
public supportive statements about VSE? He
came out for the elder Bush call for return to

Seek source of Dan Goldin quote,"I'm White House's man at NASA"
I'm seeking the source, accurate text, and context of
a quotation attributed to Dan Goldin during the Clinton-Gore
years, to the effect that "I'm not NASA's man at the

does anyone know if there is a market for space artifacts?
say I (somehow) get a private space program going, grab a few dead
satellites and bring them to earth, is there a market for them? or should I
just go to EBay?

JimO I'm not, but following his example I'll be so bold as to check
with the collective s.s.h.  wisdom before sending an article off...
The Astro payload, first flown on STS-35, was notorious for launch
delays, with a team T-shirt showing 17 planned or attempted launch

The piece I wrote last year on a pilot's eye view of flying the LM
has wound up linked from an internet site -- here:
12/2004: Flight Journal - "TO THE MOON AND BACK (Flying the LM)"
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200412/ai_n9469601

I'm working additional 'old' URLs for
articles of mine, for a major home page
update, and came across another URL of a seminal
historical piece I published 15 years ago (you

   I don't know much about Von Braun except for what I've seen on TV.  I
have some questions about him:
   1.  How much credit does he get for the development of NASA?  Was he the
driving force?  If he was not around back then would NASA have progressed at

What is the name of that planet that telescopes discovered some tome
ago?

Score: Truth-1, Deutsch-0:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/politics/08nasa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The Big Bang wasn't a theory when it was the sound of the door slamming
behind his a.s.

Another useless boondoggle that will cost the American taxpayer about 10M
per picture.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8F5VRO86&apc=9009
An unmanned NASA spacecraft the size of a piano is set to lift off Tuesday

I like this usernet group, I just wish there was more talk of actual
events, plausible events.
I'm sorry if I tend to comment a little too often on Moon Hoax
people, but the mind set just amazes me, there is FAR more Proof that