Space Forum / Space Policy / October 2007

A quick bit of research indicates that Longlou is at 19.652 N, 110.963
E ; Dongjao is at 19.567 N, 110.867 E.  These are some 14 km apart,
and each is next to a point of land/minicape.  Perhaps two launch
areas for different kinds of missions are planned, or one area for the

Now I ask....why would anyone build a "missle defense system" facing
AWAY FROM THE PLANET ??!!
Alien attack my friends !!
Note Tom Cruise building a bunker in his backyard because of an

Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

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just read the (October 26) kkattula2's post here:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10462&posts=13&start=1
"Launch an unmanned, but fully fueled Orion (1) + LSAM + EDS on an

More information on this hypthetical moonship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_core_reactor_rocket
A gas core nuclear rocket sustainer with chemical rocket boosters for
take off and landing built out of Apollo era hardware, to build and

I haven't seen it (it's cloudy here tonight) but I heard there is
a new star in the direction of the Pleiades star cluster.
Does anyone have more info?
Alain Fournier

Mars, like Earth, is a climate-fickle water planet. The main
difference is that water on the frigid red planet is rarely liquid,
preferring to spend almost all of its time traveling the world as a
gas or churning up the surface as ice.

I am not sure if this is a real progress or just media hype
but it seems that reasearchers at the University of Cambridge/MIT
have made "a single filament, with a diameter of around five microns"
in a continuous process that produces "several centimetres per second":

Why isn't he banned for his discriminatory comments

More information on this hypthetical moonship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_core_reactor_rocket
A gas core nuclear rocket sustainer with chemical rocket boosters for
take off and landing built out of Apollo era hardware, to build and

In 1215 King John was forced by rebellious barons to sign the Magna
Carta - the big paper - restricting the rights of the King and giving
rights to individuals.
The barons of the 21st century must be the 9.5 million High Net Worth

Weaponization of space: who's to blame [for rising tensions]?
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/976/1
by James Oberg, The Space Review
Tuesday, October 9, 2007

lunar craters used as ISRU water stores:
http://www.gaetanomarano.it/articles/035moonlakes.html

I keep wondering whether this is a possibillity in the not so distant future
as the rewards for them would be great, whilst the cost and engineering
challenges are within their realm. There would be a certain risk in having
two astronauts living in a cramped spaceship for 9 ...

i was surfing the internet for potential degree programs that i could
apply for. i am interested in studying human rights, in particular as
applied to genocide. could anyone advise me of any suitable undergrad
courses in genocide studies? i know that there are many schools that