Space Forum / Space Policy / September 2003

I want to simulate attitude sensor's noise in attitude control of a
three axis stabilized spaecraft.
In attitude sensor's catalog the noise of sensor is whritten in term
angle, for example (2'). I dont know what this means and how i should

A potentially interesting new journal:
http://www.astropolitics.org/currentissue.htm
I do like their statement of intent and purpose, particularly
 As well as fulfilling our stated aim of publishing rigorous

www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/aap/20030903/19/international/iraq-occupation
-mid.inp
That's how much Iraq is costing just the U.S. - almost enough for a new
manned Moon program every month.

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst.jsp
First pictures (small) of three assembled CBCs; one
apparently will be the cover of this week's AW&ST.
--Damon

http://www.space.com/news/military_space_030904.html
 Report: U.S. Military Space Programs in Turmoil
 By Jeremy Singer
 Space News Staff Writer

I tried posting this to sci.space.tech, but it didn't go up.
My Concept for a fully-reusable 2 and 1/2 stage design:
1) The Zero-Stage: Modified 747-class turbojet
  Carries a 120-150 ton rocket to 12km altitude, 300m/s

Actually it all comes down to cost.  It was possible for kooks of another
era (puritans) to fund their own colonies.  This is not yet possible in
space exploration.   The cost of getting into space is currently so high
that if gold bars were found floating in orbit and NASA used the ...

The Space Policy Digest BBS is now displaying a page saying
it is 'offline'.  What's going on there?
    Paul

But will his decision matter if all America's high-tech jobs get
exported to India?  Maybe that's the best solution: have NASA step aside
so that private industry in India can do the job right.

When NASA first proposed a permanent space station they were going to
have a simple design called a 'power tower' in that it was a cylinder
shaped station with one end pointed towards the earth for stability as
the gravity pull at earth pointing end would be higher then the earths

I've been reading usenet for years now, and these groups definitely
have a much higher kook ratio.  Any theories on why this is so?
   Byeeeee.

With today's (8/29/03) Boeing exemption exception announcement
by the Air Force, we have an up to date data point for a
Delta II/GPS launch.  A Delta with nine solid strap-on motors
and a third stage costs $56.7 million.

I'm interested in seeing what you guys would come up with if you were
writing the requirements for the OSP.  Any takers?
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Ok, a question for the fertile minds in this news group.
What will space flight be like by 2020?
My ideas:
Shuttle until 2012-2015

There is one thing I have thought about lately. What if finally we
observe (within the next 20 years) an Earth-killing asteroid that will
definitely zonk us in 5 or 10 years?  I mean it is calculated dead
smooth sure to be the case.