Space Forum / Space History / August 2006

Here are a few ESA publications that are available for free download in
PDF format:
Tania European Astronaut (COMIC) (Down Pat!)
http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br219/br219_e.pdf

The first two PDF files are not about heavy lift launchers. The first
is a monograph about the history of NASA KSC up to July 1, 1962 (I
know, it wasn't KSC yet). The second PDF is a 1964 study about the all
up testing concept for the Saturn V.

News descriptions speak of a wide, deep crater
where the intact Dnepr booster, half its fuel still
on board, hit the ground. A shepard nearby, who
witnessed it, has been interviewed from his

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:33:18 -0500, Pat Flannery <flanner@daktel.com> wrote:

AMERICA IN DANGER!          - sci abused
Secret Gas-Aerosol Rooms operated in US
(in Philadelphia, Narberth, Lower Merion, PA)
(in Wilmington and Newark, DE)

With all of this talk about Columbia I'm intrigued by the book
"Columbia - Final Voyage".
I've seen a bunch of Phil Chien's stories online and always enjoyed his
insightful questions in the press conferences, but hadn't heard that he

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/09/saving.skylab.ap/index.html
OM must be asleep at the switch to not have caught this one.

The response to my reprint of "The Moon-Maker" a few months ago was
very gratifying. The result is a line of similar reprints, which can be
found here:
http://www.black-cat-studios.com/books/My_Homepage_Files/Page9.html

Bill Kaysing said "... the Air Force had 13 consecutive failures with
the Atlas D, E, and F in the summer and fall of 1963".  Is that true?
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Replace you know what by j to email

JimO: This is baffling -- Phil is a GOOD researcher/writer and
I can't understand why -- if this story is even true -- he would NEED to
do what is claimed.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/media/0,71562-0.html?tw=wn_index_3

I think a "home is wanted" sign should be posted for this troll.

Former astronaut, senator Glenn hurt in car crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060805/pl_nm/glenn_dc_2
Reuters
Former astronaut and senator John Glenn and his wife are in fair condition

OM?  Are you there?
I haven't had luck with the email address at your blog, so I'll try
this route.  I'd like permission to use and expand on several points
you made in a 2004 posting in this group in a work of my own.  You

Fact one!
Everyone in Lebanon, if not the entire planet, knows that
the minute Hezbollah fires a rocket that a precision bomb
will be coming back in minutes. EVERYONE knows that!

Voice of America radio program... August 8, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-08-08-voa1.cfm
"Today, Shirley Griffith and Tony Riggs complete a report
about America's second manned space program, Gemini."