Space Forum / Space Policy / August 2004

Lets start this as a new thread.
Gactimus wrote:

A related question: How does this compare to the number of people that

Has anyone heard any news on whether NASA has decided a new or derived heavy
lifter is going to be needed for the Vision for Exploration, or whther they
still hope they can do it with just Delta and Atlas?
Thanks

The existing junk (also known as orbital debris)
is difficult to remove because it has been lunched
into unpredictable, precessing orbits. Polar and
equatorial orbits do not precess, so they are

Instead of making saving Hubble dependent on the successful design of an
elaborate telemanipulator device that will completely recondition the whole
telescope... and probably wreck it if it does one thing wrong...
if it is possible to launch a simple robot probe to Hubble to cause ...

Spacenews  August 16   Page 9
"On Falcon 1 alone I'm unlikely to re-coup my investment, but with
Falcon 5 and Falcon 1, together I think that I probably will." Said
Elon Musk of SpaceX

Is this another of Bob's flights of fancy or is Kerry about to pull
another flip flop?
http://www.spacepolitics.com/archives/000280.html

P&C
   The two Mars rovers weigh about 387 lbs each.  By having separate
functions, two lunar rovers might give greater flexability for the
same weight.  The sample prospector could be lighter and outfitted

Predictions?
   Obviously most contributers to this group have an interest in
space policy.  Most have a better grasp of the technical aspects than
I do.  What will happen in space in the next fifty years?  What should

From 1984
   The movie "2001" was not just a movie, it was a phase in my life,
the summer of '01, 33 years early.  It started with the April '68 LIFE
magazine article on "... a fantastic movie about man's future".

If you had 'sufficient resources' what is the best way for people to go
into space for tourism within the next ten years?
Guidelines:
1) No current unobtainium/wishalloy permitted

I was at the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference in Rhode
Island earlier this week and saw Peter Diamondis speak at the awards banquet
on Tuesday. Very interesting guy. As you might expect, the oft-quoted Futron
study was shown, the latest status from the leading ...

On the remote chance that anybody noticed, I decided to walk away from the
flame wars.  I'm travelling at the moment and might read some usenews, might
now.
It had got silly(er) in here than normal.

Space Race II: Bangs, Bumps and Drops
By Irene Mona Klotz
United Press International
A weekly series by UPI exploring the people, passions and business of

http://www.space.com/news/hubble_mission_040810.html
The robotic mission to save Hubble would cost up to $2 billion, several
times what a human-run Shuttle mission would cost. I predicted this and I'm
wondering if it wouldn't be more prudent to make an exception for Hubble and

http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_9817.shtml
Alas the answer may be disheartening.