Space Forum / Space History / February 2007

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1195
One-sided? Contradictory? Self-serving? I won't complain about
editorializing -- hell, I do editorial cartoons, and it's all _about_
editorializing -- but perhaps this piece should've been clearly labeled

This has _got_ to have military applications.
And he must have real confidence in it, because he's buzzing around in
the Alps with it:
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/cat_fast_movers.html

msnbc.com (oberg): Veteran NASA doctor says agency must do more
Personal situations could detract from ability to handle stressful jobs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17049013/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

The Criminal Liability of Lisa Nowak
By Philip Averbuck
Spec./Capt. Lisa Nowak faces serious legal jeopardy in Florida.
After reading the arrest/charging affidavits, I have to wonder

Back when walking machines were thought to be easy to make:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/11/combat-vehicle-walks-like-a-man-2/#more-368
Speaking of Space General Corporation, remember this gizmo?:
http://wildtoys.com/moonsuit/index.asp

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/23/astronaut.plan.ap/index.html
Pat

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt6w6_snackbar-space-rocket
                OM

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMFTZM0LYE_index_1.html
(Click to download the hi-res image to get the full effect.)

...sweet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17298809/
...a must-have item for his planned April 7 launch toward the international
space station...

First let me say I am certain we went to moon.  I worked with NASA for 15
years and met many, many people that worked on Apollo.  I don't think they
were lying to me.
But there are some still photos that are very questionable.  It is my

Khrunichev's history photo archive
NK (Zheleznyakov) notes a new history archive at
http://www.khrunichev.ru/, specifically the six pdf files
labeled 'foto' (with 'phi' for 'f', for non-cyrillic readers).

Remember the famous "God's Eye" Helix Nebula Hubble photo?
http://www.snopes.com/photos/space/graphics/eyeofgod.jpg
Well, here's a new close-up of it from Spitzer:
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/12/54579.aspx

The Rehabilitation of Astronaut Lisa Nowak
By Carey Roberts
Feb 21, 2007    
It was one of those stories that not even a Hollywood

What was the location of the thruster that failed and caused gemini 8 to go
out of control?
Was it on the capsule that reentered or one of the white adapter sections?
If it was the adapter how did nasa figure out what happened since it would

Rand,
It was good to hear your voice. I have to agree with your comments vis-a-vis
Apollo 2.0. Aligns with a lot of what I've been reading here.
Expensive and unsustainable. COTS makes a whole lot more sense and if we're