Space Forum / Space History / May 2008

Law enforcement is now intercepting text messages,
as proven by Operation Sudden Fall in San Diego.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/sd050608.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20080506-1338-bn06sdsu2.html

Y A O H Ú S H U A
 FACTS SHOCKING BUT TRUE!
 1. The real, original and genuine Name of our Creator in the
 original Hebrew Holy Scriptures is 'YAO-HOO' and that of the

Forty years ago today in D.C. .
Technology detected in the film still as good as gold.... but still
probably 50 to 100 years off in the future.

Soyuz TMA-11 with Yi So-yeon, Yuri Malenchenko and Peggy Whitson has
landed in Kazakhstan, 400 km from its intended landing spot.
Was this another ballistic entry? I take it that horseshoes isn't a
popular game in Russia :)

Here's a short video I took of the SLC-40 launch tower demolition:
http://www.spaceflightvideos.com/special/042708/slc40_demolition_short_042708.wmv
(copy/paste to your browser if the link displays on two lines)
CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, FL - It took just 200 pounds of high explosives to

    Assignment: Earth was this weekend's _Star Trek_ Remastered New
Special Effects edition, and while there was apparently too much stock
footage of the Apollo 4 launch to make practical replacing it with, say,
a totally awesome Saturn V-derivative something caught my eye:

NASA will be releasing 100 hours of historic film footage from the space
age tomorrow in High Definition video.
You can see some previews here:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#24472246
Pat

South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon has been admitted to hospital
with severe back pains caused by her rough return voyage to Earth,
officials said Tuesday.
So the landing was pretty rough, even with a nominal retrorocket burn

A real howler here:
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080502_tj_whitson.c0f41cbc.html
First, the writer implies that an off nominal ballistic Soyuz reentry
features an upside down reentry module.

The latest issue of Aerospace Projects Review has a 71-page article on
the late 10-meter Project Orion vehicles designed for the USAF and
NASA by General Atomic. This article is packed with diagrams taken
from official reports, as well as data, performance graphs, all-new

I was at Seal Beach recently with one of the engineering guys who helped
build the Seal Beach Facility and I'd like to know and see more about the
involvement of the facilities there as part of the Apollo project.
Does anyone have any pictures of Seal Beach in the 60's when they ...

...Just a quick update on my status for those concerned. I'm at home,
and I'll be honest, kids - it's been pretty rough getting adjusted to
one leg here at OMWorld Central. I've had two nasty falls already,
both of which impacted the stump pretty hard. No major damage, but

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=busav&id=news/A
TK04098.xml&show=us
Okay, that makes Atlas V, Delta IV, and Ares I...three rockets to do one
job, with NASA funding the development of a competitor to commercial
vehicles that were partly funded by the ...

Remember how NASA Watch said there had been recent firings in regards to
the Ares/Orion contractor process, and NASA said that wasn't the case?
That's probably related to this:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=27849

Good sized article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5412
He's pissed off the Russians again, who are hinting he wants to destroy
the cooperation over the ISS.