Space Forum / Shuttle / March 2004

I posted the Shuttle manifest last week. Did anybody see it as I am using a new ISP?

The 23Feb04 issue of Aviation Week reports that NASA is telling Congress
that the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), the space agencies latest and
greatest orbiter replacement, will cost $15B to develop. Earlier NASA
estimated that the Orbital SpacePlane (OSP), last year's super-duper ...

... what would it take to turn ISS into an interplanetary
craft? Engines, fuel, supplies, more fuel, more supplies,
etc? It is designed for long periods of habitability at
a time, seems like that's a big part of endurance space

http://www.sunspot.net/news/health/bal-hubble0128,0,6220079.story?coll=bal-local
-headlines
"NASA urged to reconsider Hubble decision"
The Associated Press
January 28, 2004

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                        INSTALLMENT #5:
            3rd UPDATE to "The Signalling Event"
    Five weeks ago, I posted a link to the first installment of

Has anybody else here used it? I have and I have to say that it's almost
cool in a seventh-grade science class-kinda way.
I'm even considering incorporating the 3-D image of the Opportunity crater
in an AVP map I'm trying to build.

Abrigon Gusiq <abrigon@yahoo.com> wrote:

Major question is, what if the Shuttle came down over a LARGE population area,
or maybe worse, it is not in the US?

Lets imagine for a moment our shuttle making it to orbit but because of some
trouble not being able to make ISS or deorbit.
Now the shuttle will cross ISS path in 3 days but be unable to revendous or
dock:(

Just was reading on the space dot com website that it will be a three year
mission when and if we send men to Mars.
But when I was watching the animation of the Spirit and Opportunity missions
it said it took 7 months for the rover to get to Mars.

What is the planned completion date for ISS? I presume
that this will also be the end of the Shuttle program?
And what is the planned ending date of the ISS program?
Thanks!

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040211-093526-3983r.htm
Don't desert Hubble
By Robert Zubrin
February 12, 2004

Ayear ago I proposed to name "CALYPSO" a future Space Ship. The
resonse whas overwhelming, but I wonder if either NASA or the European
Space Agency (ESA) have any plans to do so. In any case, here is the
original post in hope that someone close to the space programs at

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=11956
Could hubble be reactivated at this location in the future once we get a new
manned vehicle operational?

NASA has stated that one of the most significant dangers to the shuttle is
collisions with space debris or micrometeors. While docked at the ISS, the
shuttle must be turned into the path of any oncoming space debris or
micrometeors (which have already caused pits in the shuttle's ...

Rev  1 Mar 2004
The following is the Unofficial Space Shuttle Manifest. This file gives the
launch dates, orbiter, and payloads for upcoming shuttle launches. The launch
time and orbit parameters are also given where available. Note that the