Space Forum / Space Policy / July 2006

I've been thinking some more about containing air pressure in a space
habitat, and concluded that I (and most authors) have been making too
much of this.  Please check my reasoning and let me know if I'm
overlooking something.

What were the Reinforced Carbon/Carbon (RCC) "panels" on the leading edges
of the wings of the space shuttle replaced with?  What exactly *was* RCC,
including especially the density?  In a ceramic material, what parameter is
used to describe when the ceramic fails, equivalent to ...

Would be fun, and something new.
Plus, they would have to buy a commercial ticket home.

can any body give me information about indian space science. ie about
scientists like aaryabhata,chandrayan and also about space missions.
plz send it to
tarun4physics@gmail.com

Chris Carr will be at the second annual Spacesuit Symposium at the 9th
Mars Society Conference held August 3-6, 2006 at L`Enfant Plaza Hotel
in Washington DC...--Chris Vancil
Spacesuits - Your inflexible friend

<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1040912006>
   "Everything is progressing on time and on budget. I think
   we will be pulling it out of the hanger next summer,"
   Whitehorn told reporters.

I recently bought, cheap, second-hand, an old issue of a British
astronomy magazine. It had reviews of the Meade RCX400 telescope, and
the Cape Newise telescope, both very interesting telescopes with unique
optical systems.

source: New York Times, http://tinyurl.com/gt35w
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: July 22, 2006

I am in the process (along with a partner) of writing a science fiction
novel. In this novel I want to create a very unique binary or twin
solar system that utilizes a very complex orbit system. I need someone
to consult about astronomical laws on gravity, gravitational forces on

On the web site, Musk quotes:
"On the business front, SpaceX now has ten launches on manifest and is
on track to be cash flow positive in 2006, our fourth full year of
operation."

http://markshea.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_markshea_archive.html#115021906885707716
Proof that Even Geniuses Can Say Dumb Things
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060613/D8I7ADB81.html
The notion that colonizing space is the only thing that can "save" the

Launch is set for Monday -- take a look at
the unusual ascent trajectory, and follow the
plot out a few more thousand miles....
April 7, 2006

Some airlocks in lunar or O'Neill colonies will need to be huge, with
doors 10m or so across, to allow small ships, surface vehicles, large
cargo items to enter.  I doubt these will look like the metal hatches
we're used to seeing.  What possible designs are there?

A thought occurs that the N.Koreans did their testing
of various rockets (with fake second stages etc) in order
to fill the ether with rocket angst and chaff...
Thereby giving their friends Hezbollah and Hamas

Clueless Brit press -- time for email campaign?
Naw, this guy -- and this newspaper -- is terminally clueless.
Shuttle fears over foam lost in blast-off
By Harry Mount in New York