Space Forum / Space Policy / June 2004

Besides the fact that (like with extrasolar planetary systems in fact)
it turns out comets can come it different kinds than expected, what
other implications does it have? Like for example mining volatiles
from them?

Analysis: A reinvented NASA -- again?
By Frank Sietzen
United Press International
Washington, DC, Jun. 16 (UPI) -- President Bush must order a complete

The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by Marshall T.
Savage, 1994
[1] AQUARIUS - Space Colony at Sea
[2] BIFROST - 21st Century Launch System

In terms of using lasers to transmit power thru space to solar cells are the
following silly assumations on the right track or are the real life figures
way diffirent?
Most solar panels in use of Earth convert about 25% of the power over thier

Found at:
http://www.space.com/news/commission_report_040610.html
Moon-to-Mars Commission Recommends Major Changes at NASA
By Brian Berger

IMO, this will be a mistake if it goes through -- SBR seems
like a system well worth having, though not cheap. The $30G
figure given below is a number that, AFAIK, hasn't come up
before; it's about what FIA is expected to cost, maybe a

Hello, All!
Did you know that the first human astronaut was RUSSIAN?
With best regards, Steve Barn.  E-mail: spice@anort.com

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There are still two issues to be published (V5N5 is currently being
worked on... main article will be on X-Wing high-speed helicopter
designs... issue V5N6 will focus on nuclear-powered US bombers, with an

mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu :

Boeing's thinking bigger, and MUCH bigger.
Taking the Delta 4's inherant modularity, Boeing is
considering major upgrades to the Delta 4 Heavy that
could eventually take it to a Saturn V class (albeit

I have several stupid, layman questions concerning outer space.  Is there a
web site that answers such questions authoritatively but in layman's terms?
For example:
I read that astronomers can see to the edge of the known universe or when

The Los Angeles Daily News
"http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20950~2198544,00.html"
says Boeing is thinking about selling Rocketdyne.  Could
this be the beginning of a Boeing pullout from the space

    In an article in todays Chronicle (link later), NASA Administrator
O'Keefe insists that Bush's grand space plan will not take "Apollo era"
budget increases. Indeed, he told an audience of businessmen that
"The president's vision does not require a balloon note payment by a future

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp?id=news/m
oon06094.xml
Some good info on Lunar Resource Orbiter and beyond :
Using a Delta II.
Yearly probes planned.

Having seen many reports and press conferences (on NASA TV online)
about JPL's Mars Exploration Rovers over the past two weeks,
it looks to me very much like the whole MER project is designed and
operated entirely in metric units. It is very encouraging to see that