Space Forum / Space Policy / October 2008

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Could an Earth-like world actually be in orbit around Epsilon Eridani,
the sun that shines over the fictional world of Vulcan, the home of
Star Trek's Mr. Spock? Scientists differ, but recent discoveries made
by the Spitzer space telescope hold out some hope.

Islam The Modern Alternative
I know that my article is not related to this group ,but it might be
useful.
PLEASE read it.

Is there a table somewhere of the distance between Earth and Mars by
year? I'm looking for the distance in 2030.

There is no preferred imaginary deity. Can anybody expand upon this
theme? Is that atheitical relativism? Or simply heretical relativism.
Do I get an honorary religious doctorate now?
Or do I have to write a thesis?

The titan lander, Huygens, had a radio output about equal to a cell
phone, in the one watt range.  The 34m Goldstone radio dish was able
to pick up some signal from a billion miles away.  A megawatt signal,
like that of the WW2 German goliath, from a distance of four lys,

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it seems that Ares-1 has some new (BIG) problems:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-ares2608oct26,0,561055.story

The Indian Moon mission, the Chandrayaan 1, has launched successfully
from the launch complex at Andhra Pradesh in southeast India.
Chandrayaan 1 is in orbit around the Earth, preparing to be fired into
a trajectory to lunar orbit.

I want to talk about airframes and engines.
I want to talk first about the M1
Its a 1.5 million to 1.8 million lbf rocket engine developed the US
Army/Air Force back in the day, and turned over to NASA in 1960.

http://angelocracy.blogspot.com/
ANOTHER 'MODEST PROPOSAL
The text below is a copy of a column that was in a high school
newspaper. After the school principal read the column, he confiscated

I asked a question about using molecular sieves, solar power and thin
films to survive on Mars by compressing oxygen 27,000x and compressing
nitrogen and water 5,000x from Mar's atmosphere - to provide water,
oxygen and nitrogen - needed to sustain life on Mars.  Each person

Uranium 239 has a half life of just over 20 minutes. It is routinely
created with existing technology, but it has never to my knowledge
been separated out within 20 minutes of being created. Instead it
decays to Plutonium which can then be fissioned for energy.

Please forgive me for any disturbance, but I have an important subject
to address to you regarding FAITH, and I Don’t intend to overload your
email with unnecessary messages…
Some Basic Islamic Beliefs

.....the country is headed in the wrong direction
Astonishing!
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll  10/17 - 20/08
"All in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed

Long Term Ownership is One of the Risk Factors in
Purchasing a New Place to Live
The "sewer factory states" of California, Arizona,
Nevada, and Florida are primarily where most of the bad