Space Forum / Space History / August 2007

Another gem from Modern Mechanix; the Reds will own the Moon by
1970...but we an beat them there!:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/30/lets-claim-the-moon-now/
If we can put a flag there before them, the place is ours!

Get your inert Mighty Mouse rocket here:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/CollectAir/missilesspace.html
So, what would you pay for a Topping model of a LM?
And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping

The American Astronautical Society (AAS) National Conference will be
held at the South Shore Harbour resort near Houston on November
13/14.
This year's theme is "Celebrating 50 Years - But, What's Next?"

New & Improved Menu of Jim Oberg's Space Lectures
Please pass this around to program committees and agenda definers!
Jim's Speaking Program for 2007-2008 Filling Up
Conferences, conventions, industry seminars, university activities, private

One thing that I've noticed on shuttle flights as well as ISS expeditions, is crew members
wearing a watch on each wrist, or two on the same one. I assume they have one on GMT and one on Houston time? Or is it something else? It's not earth-shattering, but just curious.

Poor Colleen Shipman. She is very afraid.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I just can't stop laughing. The big ol' Unity
States of aMerka sure has itself a bunch of fine, brave astronuts, now,
dontcha. No wonder your f.cking prima donna astronauts want a shitty

What do you think?.  To a layperson it certianly looks like some
changes took place, but then again......Doc, see mid-page here,
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

My theory: A long time ago there was a planet at the center of this
place, and they had a supercollider like CERN; and they though it might
be fun to make a quantum black hole, like CERN is planning to:
http://www.sciam.com/article ...

Out of curiousity, I checked through this group to see what was being
said about the latest foam debacle.  Amazingly, the answer is, not
very much.  Is this just supposed to be the new routine?  Foam falling
off the external tank, slamming into the space shuttle hull, NASA

50 years ago October 4th, the Soviet Union launched a 183-pound,
basketball-sized, polished aluminum ball into an orbit around Earth.
Sputnik not only ushered in the Space Age, it spurred a massive
investment of intellectual and physical capital into science and

Speculative and sci-fi authors often assume humanity will eventually
take a long-term interest in space, and develop military spacecraft.
But they don't agree on the form such spacecraft would take.  I've
seen "space battleships", relying on one or more "big guns" installed

ABC news just had a breaking story that states that the tile damage on
the Shuttle goes clean through the silica layer of the tile  and that
the felt attachment layer is exposed.
Pat

Rogue planet find makes astronomers ponder theory
October 6, 2000
Web posted at: 8:03 AM EDT (1203 GMT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Eighteen rogue planets that seem to have

...Whulp, here we go again:
"Should someone note that I *again* haven't showed up in sci.space.*
lately, feel free to let folks know that it's *still* not because the
bozos have chased me away -- this time, the news server just upstream

...You don't see too many clips with this guy singing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro
                              OM
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