Space Forum / Shuttle / July 2004

I admit I haven't checked how much traffic there is on alt.politics, but
I'm guessing it has to be MUCH less than the off-topic political
discussions on the sci.space.* groups. May as well mess with everyone's
minds and ignore the entire naming scheme of Usenet. *sigh*

Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington               June 21, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1898/1600)
RELEASE: 04-199

A couple of years ago there was a very productive
discussion here about allegations from Dr. Oren Swearingen that
some video from STS-112 showed a UFO. It was determined
through homework that it was the elbow of the SSRMS.

Let history show that it was Reagan who said that the show must go on,
that the challenger (aka Skytrain #1) had to go up come hell or high
water so the Ruskies would not leapfrog the Amerikkkans in the space
competition.

Cassini's Saturn Orbit Insertion was just completed successfully.

I am interested in the programmatic information about the EELV program and the
MDA boosters.  What were the original budget and schedule predictions and how
did they and are they turning out?  Were there any significant technical
specification changes?

What would have been Mike Melvill's options if he would really have lost all
control of SS1?
I can't find any mention of ejection seats or similar systems in the
descriptions of SS1, neither was it clear whether he was wearing a full