Space Forum / Space History / October 2006

U.S. Air Force considers pilotless U-2
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061012-030641-7016r
By PAMELA HESS
UPI Pentagon Correspondent

New hi-res Google-Earth images of Baykonur city
The old 5-m res images of the residential areas
of Baykonur have recently been replaced with
0.5 m res imagery to match the resolution of the

I discovered this incredible statement on the Asronautix website:
From http://www.astronautix.com/flights/apollo13.htm 
“When the Apollo 13 Command Module was examined after its return, i
was found that the crew had tried to wire up a manual deployment switc

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4859
...So, anyone got the "extras" available for download so those of us
who want to see the spreadsheets don't have to pay for what our taxes
already have paid for? That "L2" access is total bullshit.

I've just noticed -- many space-launch areas
are now about 1-meter vice 8-10-meter res,
but town of Mirniy still seems lo-res, as well
as the new airport.

Old NASA room assigned a new mission
09:18 AM CDT on Thursday, October 12, 2006
By Rick Cousins / Galveston County Daily News
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou061012_ac_nasaroom.2f18d6a2.html

"Mike Combs" <mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti> wrote in message
news:...

In a recent editorial opinion, Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on
the moon, says that we should commit America to 'Return to the Moon'.
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/OpEd/091906_cernan.html
Well, with all due respect, Mr. Cernan, f.ck you.

Various types of flying
Water Rocket Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXN70LJ_HWg
Yet Another Water Rocket Man

Future missions could damage lunar 'environment' - New Scientist
NewScientist.com news service - 19 September 2006
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn10110-future-missions-could-damage-lu
nar-environment.html

Who could identify the astronaut and the mission ?
http://www.astrosurf.org/luxorion/Sciences/astronaute-helmet-closeup.jpg
also displayed on Lockeed Martin Corp website.
Thanks you

According to the local NYC channel 7 (ABC) news, North Korea set off
their nuke test at about 9:30 PM east coast USA time Sunday night.  Or
about 01:30 Greenwich mean time Monday morning.  Seismic measurements
around the planet should give an estimate of the yield.

Northrop Grumman To Sponsor NASA Challenge
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_284135056.html
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Northrop Grumman Corp. will be the title sponsor for
NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge, a competition to develop vehicles to

Maybe it's because I don't understand the dynamics of newsgroups ( a
newbie), but I'm a little suprised I didn't get one comment, question or
heckle about anything on my website, most importantly my opinion that NASA
completely missed Rick Husband's comment of concern, 45 seconds ...

Suppose NASA had balked at building a launch vehicle as large as the
Saturn V and insisted on going to the moon with smaller vehicles, as
was discussed.  What would have been likely outcomes if, say, it had
been decided to launch each Apollo mission with two smaller vehicles?