Space Forum / Space History / December 2006

It looks like an early Dyna-Soar concept with the Hermes orbital module
attached to the back, riding on a Centaur stage:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/1534782.html
Internally, it seems to resemble Kliper to some extent.

Found this is sci.geo.geology
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6178213.stm
By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter, BBC News, San Francisco

I saw on a video where a small spacecraft was heading for Pluto and
would do a loop around Jupiter on the way for a little boost.  Does it
have to do a burn to get into orbit, then another to get out of orbit,
or is its path only being slightly bent by the pull of Jupiter?

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:19:03 GMT, "Greg D. Moore wrote:

So by my count, this last shuttle mission (Discovery STS-116) included the
996th through 1002nd times that a human being went from the Earth into Earth
orbit.  (Not "space" but all the way into orbit).  Those seven people put
the world over the 1000 mark, but I didn't notice NASA ...

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Here's part of what Immanuel Velikovsky had written in the Preface
to the paperback edition of his best-seller, "Worlds in Collision,"
in the early 1960s:

I just wanted all of you to know what a great joy I've had shooting the
breeze with you, agreeing with you, disagreeing with you, being
killfiled by you, and writing down the names of those who I thought
might have killfiled me in the "List Of Doom" during the past year.

That of course being the "Most Valuable Space Newsgroup Contributor Of
The Year Award".
And we know why we forgot it also.
Because, let's face it, it's inevitably you-know-who.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/27/ford.dead/index.html
http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10949314/
                OM

Does anyone know how we navigate our deep space probes?  I know we use radar
and GPS in LEO.  What do we use for deep space?  My guess is we use Doppler
shift a lot -- but that is just a guess.
My understanding is the navigation system of the probe that had the unit

COLLECTIVE INSANITY
http://members.shaw.ca/eye-openers/collectiveinsanity.htm
"When we remember that we are all insane, the mysteries disappear and life
stands explained." MARK TWAIN

Anyone read this?
http://tinyurl.com/tq6cr
Based upon the reviews, sounds like I should give it a pass, but just
wondering if anyone on the group has read it and has an opinion.

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/toysoldierhq/Marxzspa.html
                OM

Best Buy is having a one day sale on HBO product today.
Including From The Earth To The Moon, going for a mere
$29.99. Best shot is on their website.
And thats the newer 5 disc edition. Good hunting.