Space Forum / Space Policy / June 2004

I thought that SpaceX was going to launch the Falcon I in May.  It is now
nearly July.  Does anyone know if there has been a  serious problem?
 -- Larry

OK, the only solar system body that can be terraformed realistically
is Mars. Venus is too hot, and has too much CO2. Titan is too cold,
and too reduced - we'd never get n oxygen atmosphere.
The #1 problem on Mars is the lack of surface water. A lot of it is

This will probably seem obvious for most of you, but it's only sunk into
my head gradually over the last year or two: for a craft that needs to
both take people to orbit and return them safely to Earth, the reentry
part is perhaps just as hard (or harder) than the launch.  All ...

They supposably had several cameras attached to SpaceShipOne.  Anyone seen
any sites with good video?

"N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)" <N: dlzc1 D:cox T:net@nospam.com> :

Hey everyone, I was at the launch of SpaceShipOne and was with some
people who videotaped the whole thing on their digicams.  We wanted to
dub in radio transmissions from mission control, but their radio
scanner died before it even took off under White Knight.

I just read the space access 04 review on RLV news
<http://www.hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/RLV/2004/SpaceAccess04.html>. It
seems that JP Aerospace plans to build a high altitude airship that can fly
directly to orbit using low thrust electric propulsion.

On Monday on NPR Alex Roland of Duke University noted that both of the
Kremer
prizes for man powered flight were won by Paul MacCready. The last in
1988, yet were is MPF today?

henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) :

Not everyone is a billionaire but some people are. They
have millions to spend, and they can amuse themselves.
They make a "price". Just some millions thrown away,
who cares when you actually do not know what to do

Sounds like a 'Space Woodstock'! Bring your own food, water, shade, and
toilet paper.
I'll be there, in the press area. Anybody else going? Let's swap cell phone
numbers so I have agents in the crowd to call for stories and impressions.

This was news to me, maybe it is to you too: SpaceDev is planning to
leverage its experience with the SS1 motor into a small orbital launcher
called "Streaker."  From <http://www.spacedev.com/newsite/templates/subpage_article.php?pid=475>:
'The SpaceDev StreakerÔ is being ...

For the X-prize, there have to be three.  Who are the Other Two?  Are they
the other crew who's bios are on Scaled's page?

June 21st, 2004. Mark down this date, because today space travel
passed from the exclusive reserve of governments and government
employees to the private sector and the common man. Mike Melville's
successful flight is as epochal as the first moon landing. Perhaps

Launch Site Operator License # LSO 04 009 (17 June 2004)
And the Voyager Restaurant here has a liquor license. Yes, it is...
THE WORLD'S FIRST SPACEPORT BAR AND GRILLE!!!!!!!!
WHHHO-HOOooooooooooo!!!!!!!!