Space Forum / Space History / January 2007

Restoring Old Glory and a Massive Meatball
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/vab_flag.html
The star-spangled banner will shine a little brighter in the rocket's
glare -- at least at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the

Since the Apollo 1 fire happened on January 27th, the Challenger
disaster on January 28th, and the loss of Columbia on February 1st,
all within a week's timeframe, though obviously different years, why
no Space Memorial Week?

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-012707a.html
Forty years ago today, Stephen B. Clemmons was assigned to Launch
Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The events that would unfold on
Jan. 27, 1967, would forever change the course of the United States'

Today I saw in Pima Air & Space Museum two names, new to me. In the
Space Exploratorium there is small booth Germany(means nazi Germany)
in Space, with models of America Bomber of Eugene Sander and manned
rocket of Erich Bachen. Anyone knows something specific about these 2

The 40th anniversary of the first real punch-in-the-gut
astronauts fatality event comes up in a few days. It's
not something you forget, or get used to.
BTW -- seems Scott Grissom's old email address

There Are No Free Rides to Outer Space
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2830165
For Contest Winners, There's No Such Thing As a (Tax) Free Ride to
Outer Space

While NASA has chosen the lunar base concept for returning to the moon, the Orion and
LLV will be designed with a sortie capability a la Apollo for visits to other regions of the
lunar surface. Any chance that the Apollo sites that were considered but not making the
final ...

Hi;
Unlurk briefly to let Ontario-based people know that the new BMV
used/remaindered books store at 471 Bloor St. W. (west of Spadina) has
quite a selection of remaindered/overstock Apogee books.

Why Explore Space from the NASA administrator, Michael Griffin.
tom
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/main/griffin_why_explore.html
"Why Explore Space?

I still regard apollo 13 as most difficult resue mission successfuly
completed by grou of people. I was not in this world when explosion on
apollo 13 took place but just when it was approaching moon I came in
this world. 15 April 1970, 04.30 UTC.

If you ever wonder why the call Grumman "The Ironworks" it may refer to
the strength of the TF-9J Cougar's arresting hook:
http://www.micom.net/oops/DamnGoodTailHook.jpg
Somehow, I don't think the trainie pilot got his wings that day. Can't

After I read a lot about the Columbia accident I`m still lost how the
crucial decisions during the mission evolved. The origine was not the
action by Linda Ham. The most early piece I found was a NASA managment
e-mail published by the CAIB. This e-mail contained a lot of (obviously

Jan. 19, 2007, 6:11PM
Teacher preps for June shuttle mission
By RASHA MADKOUR Associated Press Writer
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/4484246.html

Gee, great.
As reported pretty much all over the web, but here's the most interesting
writeup I've yet seen:
<http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1359/chinese-test-asat>

Just as climate change begins to take hold
the oil will start running out.
Europe devastated by a mini ice-age.
Droughts in the Americas.