Space Forum / Space History / June 2006

    I watched an advertisement for a movie, Deep Rescue, which looks
so awful I may have to watch it.  The plot: a space shuttle ditches in
the ocean, and promptly sinks; the crew has to get out alive from the
ocean floor.  

NASA caught the impact of a meteor on the Moon on May 6th of this year
on videotape: http://www.spaceweather3.com/swpod2006/14jun06/movie450.gif
It's thought to have created a crater around 14 meters in diameter and 3
meters deep.

I've been keeping track of the goals in this WC.
Of the 61 goals scored to the end of ITA/USA last night, 23 of them (38%)
came after 75 minutes, including 5 in stoppage time (91+).
Would that be unusually high? I have no idea.

Interesting concept- launch penatrator probes from lunar orbit:
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/aw060506p2.xml
Pat

TORTURE IN USA: Secret Aerosols Rooms
Look at this!!
US Scientist needs legal help dealing with the secret aerosols rooms
(SARs) operated illegally in Philadelphia area, Newark (DE), Hampton

Hey Everybody,
I never posted to this group before, I just have read it once in a
while, but I thought I'd post something at least some of you might find
interesting.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/HONG_KONG_HAWKING.sff_XVY104_20060613070611.jpg
No, that's his nurse back there....I swear it's his nurse...okay, the
weather in Hong Kong was hot so she unbuttoned her smock.
There's a perfectly good explanation for this....she was due at the

http://www.sacredcowburgers.com/leftovers/showpics.cgi?its_still_rocket_science

...From CNN:
"CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- The 109-year-old Yerkes Observatory,
where astronomers discovered the Milky Way galaxy's spiral shape and
made other advances, will become an anchor for a spa and luxury homes,

I just saw the account of a Dan Aykroyd interview
on CNN a few days ago, about his new UFO video,
that included one of his own UFO experiences -- that
can be shown to be total fantasy because the case

...Well, the reports of my death again were somewhat exaggerated, but
I'm sort of back. I'm still tied up with a ton of website work and a
lot of travel, which has kept my time for ssh'ning to damn near
AbZero. However, last Wednesday I blew out my left ankle big time, and

An idle question: could the X-15, with the XLR-99 engine, fully-fueled
(with or without drop tanks) could have launched itself vertically from
a launch pad?  And if so, how high could it have gone?  A quick google
search did not show anything.  Any pointers will be appreciated.

A lamentable waste of 4 hours, in my opinion.
And I'm not referring to all the condescending commercials depicting BP as
responsible corporate citizens...
The producers paid painfully little attention to fact checking, chock full

NASA Lunar Outpost and Transportation Studies 1962-2006 - PDF format
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Advanced lunar transportation system studies Progress report
NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)

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