Space Forum / Space Policy / December 2003

Take a look at the rollout of Boeing's Delta 4 Heavy
on Spaceflight Now:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/09delta4heavy/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/09delta4heavy/01.html

Hi, my name is Roger and I study astronomy/space science at the
University of Kentucky.
This is the last piece of coursework I have before Christmas.  It is
proving really hard 4 me to figure out, so I wondered if you could

http://www.msnbc.com/news/988554.asp
It seems awfully early to say that space tourism has fizzled.
Jim Davis

(foxnews)
WASHINGTON  ? President Bush (search) wants to send Americans
back to the moon ? and may leave a permanent presence there ? in
a bold new vision for space exploration, administration officials

how do astronauts sh.t in space?

In another thread, someone (I've lost track of who) claimed that it
would be easy to design a $10/kg launcher that can lift only 1000 kg,
but that such would not be useful.
I didn't get much sleep last night, since I was too busy thinking of all

(I'm looking for info, links and criticism to strengthen the case of SPS vs.
terrestrial solar and wind power that I present below so I appeal to the
resident experts who frequent this group.
I've just finished a debate on this over at the SSI Yahoo!Group. Rather than

From Reuters on 11/11/03:
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co.(NYSE:BA - News), banned in July
from launching government satellites for illegally acquiring a
competitor's documents, on Tuesday unveiled a new internal ethics

Frank Redd, one of the driving forces behind the annual AIAA/USU Conference on
Small Satellites and the Space Dynamics Laboratory, has died of respiratory
failure after a long illness in Ogden, Utah.  I worked with Frank many times.
He was a dedicated proponent of space, especially ...

The latest H-2A launch from Tanegashima failed minutes
into flight and the vehicle was destroyed.  The payload
was two reconnaisances satellite intended to monitor
North Korea.

...is the title of this week's Fox News column, in which I discuss the
difference between the Russian and American space programs, and
propose moving ISS into a useful orbit.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102931,00.html

US official confident about Boeing spy satellite
 Reuters, 10.28.03, 5:10 PM ET
 By Andrea Shalal-Esa
 [EXCERPT]

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/59/1
Jeff Foust writes a good review on the recent buzz over the new vision for
the possible new space policy directions. I found one aspect severely
lacking in the article, though.

Adaptable solid-hybrid rocket for crew escape and orbital injection propulsion
United States Patent  6,629,673  October 7, 2003  
Woo!

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2051
A proposed new "vision" for the US space program current being
developed by the Bush administration will offer little change from
current policy, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday. That report