Space Forum / Space Policy / July 2003

Costly astronauts wield too much clout
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By James Oberg
A recent NASA (news - web sites) inspector general's report criticized

Here are an interesting pair of articles to read:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/extrasolar-03m.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey/index.html
Back to back, they extrapolitively imply the existence of a very large

Two articles of interest:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/29/europe.usa.reut/index.html
"Europe takes aim at U.S. space monopoly"
"Because the United States has focused on its military applications, Europe

I see from a recent announcement (on sci.space.news) that TransOrbital
intends using wireless communications aboard its Trailblazer spacecraft.
For example, between the cameras ("tethered on the outside of the
spacecraft") and its other systems.

For your information and/or entertainment,
The Greenpeace Report, Part II: NanoWars
http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_07_20_nanobot_archive.html#105915612210166946
Howard

I was just thinking the other day that if there was a Moon Base and
this Moon Base had several telescopes systems on it, needing Earth
control and data feedback I should add, then what is the best way to
handle Earth / Moon communication?

Starchaser once seemed to be something of a gimmick to sell merchendise and
website access, with nothing much to show but a few launches that wouldn't
have raised eyebrows at Black Rock. Lately though, they seem to have
actually been getting serious, especially since the XPrize has ...

USAF announced the decission to transfer 7 Delta-IV launches of the EELV Buy
1 to Atlas-V. Additionally 3 Vandenberg launches of EELV Buy 2 will be
granted to Atlas-V.
So it is now 14 Atlas-V vs. 12 Delta-IV for the Buy procurement.

Some months ago the European press (along with American leftist nuts)
had a field day with a move in the House of Representatives to have
"French Fries" renamed "Freedom Fries" in the House cafeteria. It was
pointed out as evidence of stupid American flag-waving patriotic

I wonder how long it will take them to figure out that the OSP is a step
backwards and that without a specific plan to put all cargo on a) ELV's or
b) a new shuttle derived cargo vehicle will put the safety of Shuttle pilots
even more at risk (NASA engineers are already complaining ...

Now I have been following NASA's odd ideas on space policy for a few
years now, where if you can forgive my desire I just need to make
myself heard.
These days of course it is all about the Shuttle and how this is a

EADS May Put Tourists in Stratosphere
The Moscow Times - Tuesday, Jul. 22, 2003
By Lyuba Pronina - Staff Writer
Thrill seekers with $10,000 to burn may soon get the chance to take

sorry for the distraction, my posts aren't getting through. This is a quiz,
only a quiz...

In sci.space.policy Jose M. Arnesto <jarnesto@nospamplease.computer.org> wrote: