Space Forum / Shuttle / June 2004

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120793,00.html
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA (search) ruled Monday that U.S. spacesuits
(search) on the international space station (search) are unusable and ordered
the crew to use Russian gear instead, adding considerable time and distance to

Is this significant at all? So far only the BBC is reporting it (as far as I
can see).
Amateur rocket fired into space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3724841.stm

Boeing's thinking bigger, and MUCH bigger.
Taking the Delta 4's inherant modularity, Boeing is
considering major upgrades to the Delta 4 Heavy that
could eventually take it to a Saturn V class (albeit

In the past, as I've pondered the various decisions made in the design
of the shuttle and various proposed replacement systems, I realized
the other day that I've been using various assumptions that are, at
best, questionable.