Space Forum / Space Policy / June 2007

As I've noted, I feel somewhat skeptical about the idea of the space
elevator. It depends on technology we don't have now, so it's hard to
tell how long it will be before such technology becomes available.
A book about the history of rocketry and aviation had claimed that the

NASA investigates into the real causes of Ozone depletion. The details
are available at
http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/124.htm

The 25-inch telescope used apparently has a tip-tilt corrector
available, but it's not clear that it was used for this image.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070628.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0706/atlantisISS_dantowitz.jpg

The USAF FAST program, is moving towards a mate with NASA's COTOS!
This is the same stuff that happened with the Space Shuttle
Development program. NASA ran out of cash, (So the contractors started
cross-breeding with like programs in the Air Force). Andrews is gonna

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm
I wonder if they'll be able to compete with Virgin.
Will this prompt Boeing into the market?
Could this be used for high speed point to point flights? The cabin

Given a few extra billion dollars, and a year or two for preparation,
what sort of sustainable launch rate could the shuttle attain?
-Curious
-Charles Talleyrand

About time! Our national symbols are important.
Sex symbols doubly so.

In order to achieve even .01c for a reasonable mass payload, one needs
lots of fuel (understatement).  Rockets are problematic because the
same engine that accelerates the payload is normally used to
accelerate the fuel too making the engineering of the engine that much

.
five months ago I've developed the idea of a "BigelowOrion" (a smaller
Orion capsule with a Bigelow-like inflatable module to have MUCH MORE
internal space and LESS total weight) that I've published here:

How Our 'Brothers' From The Pleiades Are Helping Us...
                                                       24 June 2007
                                                           Issue II
                                              {HRI note 20070624-II}

NASA - National Atmospheric and Space Administration
I like the sound of that. That's going to be your new NASA in 2009.
That gives direct overlap with NOAA, where is counts the most, and puts
the agencies at the forefront of atmospheric research and remediation,

See:
http://nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2007/July/PentagonPushes.htm

Forget deep space human exploration people....forget about it.
Without wormholes or someother instanteous transport...the distances
are simply
too large for the human body.

See:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_Dwarf_Planet_Known_As_Eris_Is_More_Massive
_Than_Pluto_999.html

I just noticed that Google Earth has a good picture of the Krona radar/
lidar space surveillance site at Storozhevaya in the North Caucasus:
43.8260 N, 41.3434 E.
However, and I didn't know this, it appears to be just one part of a