Space Forum / Space History / July 2007

Caltech News Release
For Immediate Release
July 13, 2007
Caltech, JPL, Northrop Grumman to Celebrate 50 Years of Space Exploration

Fourth one in:  http://www.up-ship.com/drawndoc/drawndocspace.htm
A giant compilation of reports (763 pages), translations and interviews
with the German rocket scientists while under detention by the US Army
in Garmish, Germany, circa 1945-1946.This covered virtually everty

From time to time I see people say things like:
"Put it at the Earth/Moon L1"
etc etc.  Most recently was in the context of powersats.
Just how many things can dance say at the Earth/Moon L1 point before

Hey gang, I'm starting a new podcast which will be on iTunes later
this week. It's called Conversations with Apollo and it seeks to
interview anyone who was affiliated with the Apollo program.
The first episode features Eric Jones, editor of the ALSJ.

can anyone point me in the direction of the STS Hi Res Images CD's that Ed
Hengeveld  et al have for sale. I'd like to buy some.
Cheers
Andy

Google maps hasn't been updated since the complex was finished.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=51.026254,59.846435
Only the hotel part of the complex was started since Google updated
the last sat-pics for the area.  They had not even laid out the foundation

Henry Spencer (henry@spsystems.net) writes:

Fifth and sixth ones in: http://www.up-ship.com/drawndoc/drawndocspace.htm
The "Improved" Saturn IB with Titan or Minuteman strap-on boosters. Lots
and lots of power on tap.

I've just returned from a ten-day eleven-time-zone
expedition to attend the Yasniy launch of Genesis-II.
Details to follow.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/27/cap_troopers_r_go/
Spacesuit entrepreneurs plan parachute jumps from orbit
The ultimate in high fashion
By Lewis Page

Tim Furniss e-book on 'The Challenger Coverup'
Jim Oberg notes: "Tim was for many years a respected space journalist at
'Flight International' magazine. Was that all counterfeit, or has he only
recently gone off the deep space end? Like, where did he EVER get the

...Egads, did a decade pass quickly or what?
* Official NASA Mars Pathfinder Site Index:
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/
* Dryden Image Suppository:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20070628a.html
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20070628a/Traverse_Near
_Victoria_Sol1215B_br.jpg
So, they're going for it. Like, none of us doubted for a minute whether
or not they would.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/29/astronaut.arrest.ap/index.html
...No sh.t, huh? :-P
                OM

While reviewing this excellent link: http://planet4589.org/space/logs/launchlog.txt
I recall that I was going to create a subset list of the missions that
I have supported. Well, now it is done. See this link:
http://home.comcast.net/~pne.chomko/my_missions.txt