Space Forum / Space History / January 2008

Eugene Cernan said near the end of this movie something very true,"No
one, and I mean no one, is going to erase those footprints I made on
the moon, and no one is going to take that from me!"
This is a superb movie - a treat for everyone who was there when it

Interesting "Powerpoint" style PDF examining close calls on various
spaceflights:
http://www.wylelabs.com/content/global/documents/Health%20Threats%20-%20Clark.pdf
Pat

Recently, I published a new book which is about the Apollo 11 mission.
I have been posting press releases on various sites. To my amazement,
I have received e-mails from moon hoax believers that accuse me of
misinformation!  At first, I thought I had made a mistake in my press

One of the cool things I got for Christmas was a DVD with a
compilation of film from the Gemini program.  While watching, I heard
the oddest sounding screech immediately before first stage ignition of
the Titan II launch vehicle.  I heard it on a couple of occasions, and

http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3866
Pat

HAVANA,May 20 (www.cubanet.org) - Cuban authorities have implemented
strict security measures at the embarkation points for the small
ferries crossing Havana bay.Now, before boarding, all passengers must
go through a metal detector. Newly posted signs warn passengers they

The fear that never grows old... the end of the world at the Hayden
Planetarium, via Modern Mechanix, natch:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/10/machines-that-destroy-the-earth/
The five dooms are:

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:06:14 GMT, simberg.interglobal@org.trash (Rand
Simberg) wrote:
(in response to Ian Parker)

This is probably THE most unanticipated failure mode in NASA history.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010708a.html

Happy Sputnik Day Henry Spencer, wherever you are.
In honor of Henry Spencer's Day, we took our beloved eMachines 300k,
rescued from certain Waste Management destruction on Mifflin Street
during Hippy Christmas 2007, a humble 300 MHz K6-2 system complete with

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003943.html#comments
I read a book about him: "Thread Of The Silkworm"; his is a truly
amazing story.
Pat

Was just rewatching this the other day. Fine movie, but I must say that the
rocket footage they used was pretty inaccurate, especially the montage of
launch failures. Off the record, the failures were:
Titan I August 1959

Look, is a bird, it's a plane... no, it's SuperHacker!
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,23017377-5014090,00.html

This what happens in you stand under the looneytoe instead of the
mistletoe - a report on the latest "ETs on the Moon" conference:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1022/1
(and I love that photo on the first page of the article). :-D

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