Space Forum / Space Policy / January 2004

First of all, I think Dr. Robert Wilson does an accurate job of
describing the amount of time it will take to make Mars Inhabitable -
Although he still does not provide and facts that such can be done!
But he says that the earth will have no room for any more people or

Note the article on Bush & NASA at
http://my.core.com/~carhart/
While it is a humor site, this sadly smacks of the truth.
Dave S, Chicago

OK, just a quick question about where CCAFS ends and KSC starts [or vice-
versa if you prefer :>] I tried searching google, came up with plenty of
references talking about the history, and the naming between the two,
but none as to where one ends and the other begins.

I saw it and liked it.  Its tooken from a Japanese one called RingU that was
done 4 years earlier.  I'm going to go find the english version and watch it
too.  Funny Ring 2 is out for buying here and the imdb says it doesn't start
getting filmed till March 2004.  Ohhhh... Spooky!

I predict that tonight's Mars landing will be another disaster.  Scientists
have publicly stated that sharp rocks can cut the airbags and ruin the
bounce-and-roll landing technique, which is really more of a crash than a
landing.  And I am personally skeptical about the ability ...

If anyone out there doesn't have NASA-TV and would like to watch the
coverage of tomorrow's landing, you can watch a live stream right
here: http://nasa-tv.yi.org
We're testing some new streaming video technology, and we would

Any speculation on which space contractors will get the additional NASA
funds?
Aside from space transportation expenses, there will be new unmanned probes
in the next few years. Who builds them, and who may get new contracts?

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20031217-091233-7785r.htm
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Mark R. Whittington
http://curmudgeons.blogspot.com

Somewhere in near Earth space, there must be some asteroids That NASA could
retrieve with a modified version of the Lunar Crew Exploration vehicle for the
amount of propellent required to land and take off from the Moon. Perhaps their
as a small asteroid due to make a near pass ...

Hi all...
I got bored this weekend and decided to throw together a little
experiment... I set up a loop in my living room made of ordinary clear hose
(diameter of loop about 1.5m, hose thickness about 1mm with a diameter of

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/hubble_future_040121.html
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Mark R. Whittington
http://curmudgeons.blogspot.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/international/asia/22SPAC.html?hp
I told you guys so, but no one would believe me. The lunar and Martian
initiative by the Administration is for a large part influenced by the
Chinese drive to put a man on the moon and maybe even Mars. Bush extended ...

http://slate.msn.com/id/2093579/
Jim Davis

We should send men to mars.  We need to spread out in order to increase
the survival chances of the human race long term.
But like all Bush projects his mars project is nonsense.
Our current goal should be to keep a small crew in orbit for about 1.5 years