Space Forum / Shuttle / May 2004

    At 5:14pm EDT (2114z) Range Control announced on 157.1 that the Atlas 2AS
will launch in about 40 minutes.  The window is from 5:52pm to 8:46pm though.
    At 5:24pm, Cape Control announded a launch time of 2222z. But it is common
for "holds" to delay the count.

NASA's Finances in Disarray; Auditor Departs
May 14, 2004 — By Arindam Nag and Deborah Zabarenko
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As NASA sets course for the moon and
Mars, the space agency's finances are in disarray, with significant

Full story posted at:
http://www.spacearchive.info/news-2004-05-09-di.htm
Regards,
Brian Webb

O'Keefe said NASA engineers are vetting several suggestions for a robotic
mission to replace the gyroscopes and batteries aboard the scientific
instrument. The mission would allow the Hubble to continue scanning the
universe beyond 2006 or 2007.

Private Rocket SpaceShipOne Makes Third Rocket-Powered Flight
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&e=1&u=/space/20040513/sc_spac
e/privaterocketspaceshiponemakesthirdrocketpoweredflight
By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer, SPACE.com

http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004a/spacestoryN0501SHUTTLE.htm
NASA details risks to astronauts on mission to Hubble
_FLORIDA TODAY_ - May 1, 2004
CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA for the first time Friday detailed its reasons

Anyone got a take on what the single, bright object is here:
http://www.lyle.org/mars/imagery/stereo/1-137691267-P.jpg
Just another rock?
Jon

Here are some pictures of todays flight on the Scaled Composites
website:
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/New_Index/photos/photos_text.htm
Image of flight 13P boost from Chase aircraft video

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington                    February 17, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1979)
Leslie Williams

I may be a skeptic - having been expelled from UT Austin's Aerospace
Engineering a semester short of my Ph.D for having found a faster,
safer, more efficient Earth to Mars trajectory - but I doubt very
seriously that any reforms at NASA will last even into the next

If Bush doesnt get reelected whats the future of nasa with Kerry in charge?
HAVE A GREAT DAY!

http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004a/spacestoryN0513SHUTTLE.htm
Wonder what the potential RTF is on this?
Inquiry starts to find whether critical shuttle landing system problem exists
BY TODD HALVORSON

The safety and serenity of alt.guitar.amps provided an atmosphere
conducive to deprogramming, despite the pandemonium that ensued.
Willie
Whitaker was the first man who not only did not abuse us, but cared

Melissa Mathews/Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington            April 29, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1272/1726)
Doug Peterson

Interesting tidbit this morning regarding the newest crop of ascans:
"UPI also learned the original class of candidates consisted of 12, but
when informed they would not be flying the space shuttles, one candidate
withdrew."