Space Forum / Space History / June 2006

Can anyone identify the following:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimdavis2/Images/Asset.JPG
My guess is that it is one of the Asset tests but I was under the
impression that X-20 shapes were used for these and the payload looks

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Hudson:
The lab is reported to be extremely sophisticated, and in one case,
Target was able to successfully repair a tape that not even NASA could
repair.

As a collective whole, the human race has been sending probes into space for
several decades now.  We've got landers on the moon, Venus, Mars, and even
Titan.  We've got hardware orbiting the sun, Venus, Mars, etc.  And of
course stuff headed for interstellar space.

Hillary's own story:
After determining she'd never be an athlete, she set her sights on becoming
an astronaut.
"So I wrote to NASA and said, 'How do I sign up to be an astronaut?"' she

We all get those annoying "Buy Stock Now- Will Be A Millionaire By
Tomorrow Morning!" spam messages,  but at least this one was a little
creative, as the sender seemed to know my interests (more so than
Longsun Alloys and their exotic dynamo windings for my hydroelectric dam

"What began as a desire and need to carry mail by air
became today's global system of passenger airlines."
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Government_Role/1930-airmail/POL6.htm
There can be little doubt that the efforts of the US govt

I have just finished watching the first 24 crew recap films from the
early shuttle program.  After watching all of them, I can't help but
feel that NASA still had some of that "we can go to the moon" drive
(despite their programmatic shortcomings) during the early program.

China to build a space station after Shenzhou VII
http://english.people.com.cn/200604/26/eng20060426_261377.html
UPDATED: 08:51, April 30, 2006 - People's Daily Online
China will launch Shenzhou VII with three astronauts in September 2008,

In the TV show "First on the moon: the untold story", Jack Garman says
that the screens on the consoles weren't computer screens showing live
data, they were TV screens showing data that had been printed on
slides.  Is that true?  

Rutan Faults NASA on Apollo-Style Capsule
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401681.html
By ALICIA CHANG
The Associated Press

Mexico set to join space race
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/28/mexican_space_agency/
By Chris Williams - The Register U.K.
Published Friday 28th April 2006 10:56 GMT

No room for Indians on US craft
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1523059.cms
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:57:11 pm - Times of India
BANGALORE: The possibility of an Indian being trained at NASA's

May 4, 2006: New Release: ORBITER 2006 Edition
http://www.orbitersim.com
Includes A better physics model, flight recording and playback feature,
and support planetary textures with 10 times more resolution than the

NASA Announces Plan To Launch $700 Million Into Space
May 3, 2006 | Issue 42·18
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL-Officials at the Kennedy Space Center announced
Tuesday that they have set Aug. 6 as the date for launching $700

In the book "Moon Shot" (hardcover edition) there is a two-page photo
of Shepard in a golf swing.  Shepard is on the right page.  An
astronaut is just left of the center on the left page.  Is this a
combination of two photos, or is it a single photo?  If it is a single