Space Forum / Space History / July 2008

little alan erskine and
are making harassing
Ku Klux Klan phone
calls with obscene,

Resolution 34/68.
Agreement Governing the Activities of States
on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
The General Assembly,

The Apollo 11 Slow-scan TV and the conversion is pretty well known.
What about the TV on the later Apollo landings?  I know it was in
color and transmitted 60 frames per second, alternating through red,
blue, and green filters.  Was a scan conversion made for broadcast on

COTS seems to be moving toward a unmanned space cargo delivery system only:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1179/1
Pat

...Testing again from primary system. I *think* it's this new firewall
software that's munging things up.
                OM

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKHC0ZZ4jtpYhxoUItN3l38i2SOgD927QM780
Pat

Why here? Well, this is really a aeromedical query but folks here will
have some data, I bet.
Quantas had a minor problem with a small hole at altitude.  It descended
with haste to 10K feet.  

You don't have to quote everything that came above in the postings in
regard to your replies; simply state the person that you are replying to
in your posting, and what exactly they wrote that you are responding to.
It certainly saves anyone reading your postings a great deal of ...

...Test post from a different system, same network & internet access.
Let's see if this gets out or not.
                              OM
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Launch window opens on August 1; hopefully they'll make orbit on this
third attempt.  
A Falcon 9 with the full monty of 9 engines is being prepared for a test
firing soon; reports are that the launch pad work for the Falcon 9 is

Commemorating the X-15: A new patch that is designed to honor the men who
first flew a winged rocket ship to the edge of space. The central theme of
the patch is the launch of the X-15 from its carrier aircraft (A Boieng
B-52) It flies to where the sky turns black. The twelve men ...

Ares I - NASA's Big Turd!
I read it on NasaSpaceFlight.com

    Somehow this sort of thing seems like it should come with the
risk of being made a moral lesson in an Oompa-Loompa song:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1641363920080716
    Air hostess picks up chocolate bar, wins space trip

http://www.nasaimages.org/   ..................Doc

Manned spaceship design unveiled
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News
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