Space Forum / Space Policy / March 2007

They actually got past T-0 this time.  The camera (which has been having
a lot of trouble today -- not in the camera per se but somewhere in the
transmission) cut out briefly right after ignition, but there clearly
was a lot of flame and smoke coming out the back end of the ...

If you had a time telephone who would you call?
Physicist Ronald Mallett recently wrote a book TIME TRAVELLER wherein
he describes his desire to build a time machine.  He has written some
papers recently that details how this might be done, with a stream of

http://www.spacex.com/updates.php
Good luck to them.
Interesting statement here:
I know it has been a year since our last launch and some people are

<http://www.stoneaerospace.com/news-/news-press-release-1.php>
"Stone announced his intent to be the first explorer to lead an
industrial team to the moon to explore for water and other fuels, and,
if found in sufficient quantity, process the fuels on the moon, then

http://tinyurl.com/28a2mc
Griffin: NASA Budget Requests Could Fund 3 Apollos
Mar 15, 2007
By Frank Morring, Jr./Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

At that 200 mile low orbit could a terrorist take it out somehow? SCUD
type missle?

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/opinion/123739
While I agreed with most of it, it was news to me that Shoemaker Levy 9
was on a crash course for earth.
Hop

Thank you in advance for your time. I found a neat project to do with
my 14 year old son, but would like to know the science behind it so it
will be educational.
Here is the video link.

Consider the following subscale airframe looking a lot like the
Concorde having these dimensions and capacities;
Length    42.65 ft
Wingspan    17.71 ft

According to news reports, a large LOX leak during recent wet
dress rehearsals resulted in very serious damage to the Delta
4 launch stand.  It's made of sheet steel, which suffered

Anybody want to talk about Atmospheric Flight to Orbit and what it takes to
get to Orbit?
Personally, I think Atmospheric Flight is the way to get to Orbit.

There is discussion of space suits starting on the long-running Three
R's thread, but I thought I'd carve it out as a separate topic.
Is EVA both necessary to national space programs for its compelling
image value, *and* a drag on efficient orbital activity compared to

Lunar tourism doesn't have to be profitable.  It just needs to be less
expensive.  Compare two plans:
A. Send 20 astronauts to the moon.
B. Send 10 astronauts and 10 tourists to the moon.

Looks to me like that side-effect mentioned in the Cialis commercials.
discussion: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/category/north-korea
picture: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/images/890.jpg
OK, my mind is the only one in the gutter, I admit it...