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A iinteresting idea!	31 Aug 2004 17:39 GMT	9
We aerent allowed to buy hardware from russia because of those plants they build for bad purposes. Russia does it to make money. So what we do is tell Russia clean up your act and stop immediately building
NASA Identifies Foam Flaw That Killed Astronauts	31 Aug 2004 17:38 GMT	88
NASA Identifies Foam Flaw That Killed Astronauts Aug. 13, 2004 By Broward Liston NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The foam that struck the space shuttle Columbia soon after liftoff -- resulting in the deaths of seven
valves left open?	31 Aug 2004 17:37 GMT	4
ATLAS IIAS LAUNCH POSTPONED AGAIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., August 28, 2004 -- The launch of AC-167, an Atlas IIAS mission, was scrubbed today due to an insufficient level of liquid oxygen remaining in the ground storage tanks to
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Cosmonauts in T-38s?	31 Aug 2004 09:21 GMT	2
Does anybody know if the cosmonauts assigned to NASA mission are cleared to fly the T-38?
Whats nasa thinking	30 Aug 2004 13:52 GMT	34
Ok we have a shuttle stuck at station and between the shuttle crew of 7 and 2 or 3 station crew we have 9 or 10 people stuck on a station built for 3:( Why not deorbit 3 in soyuz immediately to take the load off consumables and environmental systems?
NASA: Still No Fix for U.S. Space Shuttle	29 Aug 2004 12:38 GMT	6
Still No Fix for U.S. Space Shuttle Aug. 26, 2004 By Broward Liston CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - One year after a highly critical report urged NASA to develop the means to fix a broken space shuttle
Turbopumps	29 Aug 2004 12:06 GMT	3
Considering you guys were so helpful with the payload question i had a few days ago... i thought i'd ask about the turbopumps for the main engines of the orbiter. I found some info on google and a really cool picture at:
Discovery Milestones Set Stage for Return to Flight	28 Aug 2004 21:07 GMT	27
Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington August 18, 2004 (Phone: 202/358-1272)
Re Mountains Rush and Moore	28 Aug 2004 02:37 GMT	3
echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu (Eric Chomko) wrote in message news:<cgkuj4$7gu$3@news.ums.edu>... > Mike Walsh (mp1walsh@adelphia.net) wrote:
when they're prepared	28 Aug 2004 02:33 GMT	2
From: "Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> Newsgroups: sci.space.history,sci.space.policy,sci.space.shuttle Subject: when they're prepared X-Priority: 3
robotics	26 Aug 2004 15:51 GMT	5
What's the history behind robotics in the military? Is it an offshoot of the space program? Or is it the other way around? Ned B.
Flight Readiness Firing?	26 Aug 2004 12:32 GMT	1
Will Discovery perform an FRF prior to the launch of STS-114, as was done prior to the launch of STS-26? Thanks, Mark
Time to build a new craft	26 Aug 2004 11:32 GMT	45
If NASA immediately took all shuttle related staff and funding away, and gave it to the project of building a simple 6-8 man reusable capsule vehicle and manrated expendable launcher, how long would it take to get up and running? Could it be done without new funding?
STS-1, Tiles, A View From the Inside	25 Aug 2004 23:53 GMT	3
I'm currently working my way through _From Runway to Orbit: Reflections of a NASA Engineer_, and am a bit over 1/2 of the way through it. It's doing well as I'm putting lots of dog ears in it and lots of good sections to discuss. Now, I remember STS-1 and some issues with tiles, ...