Space Forum / Space Policy / September 2008

Mars Phoenix, the NASA probe now resting in the Martian Arctic, has
detected snow falling from clouds two and a half miles overhead,
according to NASA. Mars Phoenix has also found more chemical evidence
of the past presence of water in Martian soil samples.

Launch is scheduled for Sunday, September 28 from 4 to 9 pm, Pacific Daylight
Time.
--Damon

Everything forms a  sphere. Atomic particles are spheres. Atoms are
spheres, water forms a sphere in space. Moons and planets are spheres.
Why aren't galaxies spheres? Why aren't galaxy clusters spheres? The
total universe is depicted as a sphere.

Proving that the 4th time really is a charm, a private company called
SpaceX launched its new rocket, the Falcon 1, into low Earth orbit.
Falcon 1 is the first privately built and operated liquid fueled
launch vehicle to achieve orbit around the Earth.

700 billion. Banks bailout
+
   200 billion Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
+

How Safe is Space? New Study Spotlights Anti-Satellite and Space
Debris Risks.
http://www.spacesecurity.org/SSI2008.pdf

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might Odissey-Moon be the Google's expected, preferred, designed,
"chosen" and (maybe) "funded" GLXP team to WIN the prize?
...with ALL other teams that just play the "sparring partners" role?

I just got my latest issue of SPACEFLIGHT, and it had an article about
SpaceX's third failure.  The Usual Suspects have long since said and
resaid the usual things.  But I'd just like to throw this in:
It is Rocket Science and things don't always work right.  

There was a lot of skeptics out there about my theories about how a
shuttle can be sent to the moon and back. I am still convinced it can
be done. I decided tp do a little more research to prove my point. I
was around during the Apollo days and I remember the burn of the

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STOP the Hubble Servicing Mission 4 now!!!
It's TOO dangerous!!!
There's no ISS "safe haven" near the Hubble!!!

Apparently one of the superconducting magnets wasn't superconducting enough:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCqnqRP6YAgUhtibUBZ3qqUI2GrwD93B8MNO0
Pat

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091702874.
html?sub=AR
Pentagon approves spy satellite program
By PAMELA HESS
The Associated Press

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today I've updated my "Space Solar Power hoax/illusion DEBUNKED"
article [ http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/038sspdebunked.html ] with a
VERY DETAILED analysis/evaluation of SSP's weights, dimensions and

Replace each EAP solid booster with an uprated cryogenic booster EPC+
This puts 72.5 metric tons into LEO and 39.5 metric tons GTO - with
return and recovery of the kick stage.   A 20 meter long landing stage
that masses 39.5 metric tons lands and returns 4.2 metric tons of

May you read my article please? I know it has nothing to do with this
group but it may open your mind about something that you don’t know.
Islam.thetruecall
http://islam.thetruecall.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=363