Space Forum / Space History / July 2008

Jethro Bodine's Hillbilly Retard Retro Rocket - NASA's Ares I
Nuff said! Hahahahahhaha hahahahaha ... f.cking rubes.

Amateurs web camchat http://tubepenthouse.servik.com/view_cam.htm

Reviewing the panel photos of Saturn IB launches (en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Saturn_IB) and of Saturn V launches (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Image:Saturn_V_launches.jpg), I note that service modules flown
through Apollo 7 appear to be white, while later service modules

NASA's running a cover-up!
Trust this man, he has a BS degree!:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1037471/Apollo-14-astronaut-claim
s-aliens-HAVE-contact--covered-60-years.html
Pat

Aldrin cleaned the windows of Gemini XII during an EVA. All Gemini
windows got some sort of dirt on them, and Aldrin took the rag back
for examination of what that was.
Does anyone know what the result was?

What improvements were planned for Apollo Block II *before* the AS-204
fire took place?  Obviously, docking capability was one.  I gather
that couches with better impact protection for the crew were another.
What others were in the works?

One small step was taken for man(kind).

'First Red Scare' (1917-1920)
The 'First Red Scare' began during World War I in which the
United States  fought from 1917-1918...inspired by the
Bolshevik revolution in Russia

1940 UFO @ tinyurl.com/6m5x27

Recently I happened to be flipping through channels and came across a press
conference on the NASA channel that was talking about the spacewalk to pull
the supposed faulty explosive bolt.
I was at work on my lunch so I never got to hear WHEN the spacewalk is going

Moon passing in front of Earth, as seen from 31 million miles away:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25996
The Moon doesn't look all that big when seen in true comparison to
Earth's size, does it?

Hamilton Sundstrand does not like the Texas-based Oceaneering
International Inc. getting the Constellation spacesuit award:
http://www.aviationnow.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/Su
it071708.xml&headline=NASA%20Spacesuit%20Award%20Protested
Pat

I keep forgetting to send the "Future Space" section of David Szondy's
great website to the newsgroup (or what little remains of it anymore*):
http://davidszondy.com/future/space/futurespace.htm
* And frankly, it's getting to the point where it's hardly even worth

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1296
My favorite is still the live black bears used to test the B-58's
ejection capsules.
Boy, I'd have liked to be the person who first opened the escape capsule