Space Forum / Space History / October 2008

A couple of weeks ago I was looking at the wikipedia article on
China's Shenzou programme and I noticed that all the flights were
orbital. How come no unmanned sub-orbital flights were conducted? As
far as I know having sub-orbital flights first for a new manned space-

...I leave it to Pat to pull up the apropos articles on Mark Wade's
site.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/22/copenhagen-suborbita.html#comments
                              OM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_sc/as_india_moon_mission
Those involved in India make the same claim as those in the US do -
that space exploration helps develop technology.  But what about those
in need in those 2 countries?  They receive no benefit from it.

...Guys, pop me an e-mail at the usual addy. For some reason, my
e-mails to both of you keep bouncing back as undeliverable, and
they're getting stuck on my ISP's side, not yall's.
                              OM

Why reading the following two pages:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/research/microgex.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlessness
I realized that I misunderstood the notion of microgravity in space and

Unlike my concern over the five things on the end of the Shenzhou-7
orbital module (which don't look like the ones shown on these artist's
conceptions BTW...not the centrally-mounted rings atop them in the
on-orbit photos - like small squat cylinders projecting from their tops)

Unlike my concern over the five things on the end of the Shenzhou-7
orbital module (which don't look like the ones shown on these artist's
conceptions BTW...note the centrally-mounted rings atop them in the
on-orbit photos - like small squat cylinders projecting from their tops

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/video-virginia-techs-impass-robot-has-spokes-
but-no-rims/
...Mattel should sue :-P
                              OM
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Well, since that posting to all the space newsgroups apparently went
nowhere, let's try it again:
"I've been batting my head against the wall for the past week about this.
Take a look at this photo taken by the XS-1 subsatellite of the front

Space flight WW I style:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/10/asteroid_2008_t.html
At the top of their ballistic arc, the gun's shell were nearly out of
the atmosphere.

The performance figures being described for it always did sound too good
to be true:
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,177162,00.html
And I think it might have ended up being another X-33 debacle.

Seen from 1923:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/18/how-our-earth-was-formed/
Based on the artwork, the Yerkes refractor telescope could shoot out
some sort of ray that could destroy stars.

I have some birthday thoughts for the space agency:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/nasa-turns-50-%e2%80%94-so-now-what/

New program on Columbia loss on Tuesday:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/columbia/
Pat

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/S
ubsat101008.xml&headline=Subsat%20Orbiting%20Empty%20Module
Here's some photos taken by the subsatellite BTW:
http://www.cctv.com/english/20080927/108554.shtml
I'm not sure if that's the front end of ...