Space Forum / Space Policy / November 2003

" ESA's second microsatellite, Proba-2, is under development for a launch
early in 2006. Like Proba-1, in orbit since October 2001, Proba-2 will be no
larger than a domestic washing machine and will weigh only 100 kilograms. "
Maybe it IS a washing machine!!

Mike Combs <mikecombs@nospam.comchgnospam2ti> :

Can anyone please help me?
I have been trying for several months now to find a high quality audio version
of the last minute of the Apollo 11 launch countdown. Unfortunately, the
versions i have found have either had music played over the countdown (the

As I'm sure most of you know, Rep. Nick Lampson reinstroduced his
Space Exploration Act last month.  The bill would set long-term goals
for NASA, authorizing a return to the Moon, visits to near-Earth
asteroids, and a human mission to Mars within 20 years.  I believe the

I'm doing a research project for my Computer Networking class and I
need to find some information on the X-Prize.
I would love it if you could possibly tell me more detailed
information about what the X-Prize is, what they hope to achieve, who

...Once again, the Old World demonstrates why it'll always be in last
place where space exploration is concerned:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/esa-general-03u.html
...Not just idiots, but cheap idiots.

Satellite launch could go Dec. 20
Florida Today story at
"http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2003b/111303satellite.htm"
says, of the upcoming Delta II launch of GPS 2R10, that

Not Burt, but his brother Dick.
He was just elected to Mojave East Kern Airport District Board.
Being elected to a government body makes him a politician.
Of course, if he had lost then you might be able to say that

Do you think Robert Zubrin would ever consider working for the Chinese? Perhaps
he'll get tired of trying to convince NASA send men to Mars and go with the
Chinese and help them with a Mars Direct Program, they seem to be interested in
going to the Moon and Mars. NASA keeps on ...

http://www.translunar.org/Raffle_Orbital_Vacation_Main.htm
"Welcome to the inaugural "Trans Lunar Orbital Vacation Raffle"! A
drawing will be made when 20,000 raffle tickets have been sold. Each
ticket costs $50.00. One winner will be chosen per raffle. This gives

On 6 Nov 2003 09:26:35 -0800, bchan@cheapdisposable.com (bchan) wrote:

I do not want to get into the politics and ethics of this but if it
was decided that the rest of the universe was lifeless what would be
the most efficient way of bringing intelligent life to the rest of the
universe ?

I've read that JPL is hiring about 100 new college graduates. This is a
huge amount of new people compared with other NASA centers.  Does anyone
know why?  Are there any new programs that JPL is embarking upon?

I would guess that the first person to walk on Mars would probably be
Chinese in about 2020.
My odds would be
Nationality of first person on Mars :-

That's the question I ask in this week's Fox News column.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102318,00.html