India to orbit, attempt retrieval of capsule in january Countdown begins for Indian in space Pranab Dhal Samanta Posted online: Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 0000 hrs
...I'm stuck in SA doing a DJ shift, so I'll be busy when 2006 expires. Here's hoping all of you have a safe and happy new year, and that all the trolls on the group try out Saddam's new autoerotic asphyxiation techniques before midnight!
Modern Mechanix strikes again: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/12/30/how-youll-fly-to-the-moon/ How we'll get to the Moon from the March 1947 "Popular Science" magazine. Nesting stages... the BIS would approve. :-)