Space Forum / Space History / October 2006

Via Boingboing.net, I learned that the artist Coop apparently knows somebody
who scored a Gemini space suit in a Kansas antique mall:
<http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com/2006/10/ultimate-craphound-score-gemini-spa
ce.html>
Leakage from the Cosmosphere, perhaps?

I had a grand time at the Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls, NY last
weekend.
I've posted some notes and pictures on my Livejournal,
<http://beamjockey.livejournal.com>, in particular the following entries:

From the Times in the UK
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2384628,00.html
Cheers
Andy

Did anybody else see this?
I was watching a NASA video about Challenger.  They said it didn't
explode.  It was torn apart by aerodynamic forces.  Apparently, as the
SRB was burning through the ET, the entire thing changed shape enough

"As loud as a Saturn V at lift off" is sometimes quoted as one of the
loudest man-made sounds. Are there any published noise measurements for
the Saturn V launch?

Apollo-11 missing syllable discovered
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/4225505.html

It was very sad to see Scott Crossfield pass, (not long ago). The
X-Flyers, and the early Merc/Gemini/Apollo guys, are all getting up in
age. This world needs heros! That is something NASA has lost, in the
drive to make all things P.C. in spaceflight.

Picture of Shuttle and ISS Silhouetted against Sun
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/09/sunspot_636x700.jpg
A spot in the sun
Daily Mail

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Russia, China May Sign Pact on Joint Moon Exploration - Official
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/09/11/russiachina.shtml
Created: 11.09.2006 15:19 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:19 MSK, 16 hours 8
minutes ago

Branson unveils Virgin spaceship
BBC News
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 11:36 GMT 12:36 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5388482.stm

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http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/proof10.jpg

Okay, I know the Russian program isn't as sophisticated as ours, but do
they always rest returning cosmonauts on animal pelts?:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060928/060928_ansari_hmed_8p
.rp420x400.jpg
Or are those things _alive_? =-O