Space Forum / Shuttle / October 2004

Does anyone here know where I can find pictures of space-shuttle re-entries,
preferrably giving a good rendering of the the red or yellow-hot bottom as
it enters the atmosphere  (will have to be artwork, I suppose - difficult to
get external photographs of this)

Scientists from Africa just invented a Cold Fusion Reactor.
This will enable cheap space-voyages in the next five years and
replace all the old-fashioned shuttle-engines!
Meet you on Mars in 2009!

I didn't expect this, since SS1 has nothing to do with NASA, but
they're carrying the X Prize attempt live right now. Don't be
concerned if you tune in and it looks like a pre-recorded event
of some time. Evidently the X-Prize folks have put together a

Will it ever fly again?
Sam

Why is that? Too  busy talking politics?
It's passe'?
It's been done to death?
Asking about it is redundant?

CRY BABY "Alan Erskine" (alanerskine1@bigpond.com)
we all know Alan Erskine eats BURGERS but the burgers Alan eats
come out of his nose.

Michael McDonnough, CEO of Betavoltaic, will be speaking on the Kevin
Smith Show on Monday, October 25, 2004.  During the interview, he will
be discussing his work in developing electromagnetic space engines.
Since Burt Rutan has proven, with basically old rocket technology,

I just saw on the KSC Nasa site a small video about the Cupola module. At
the end, it said it wouldn't be launched aboard the Space Shuttle until
2009. Now I can understand that there must be a bit of of a backlog of items
to be transported by the Shuttle, but why does it have to ...

Russia Prepares Launch of New Space Shuttle
The Moscow News
(Color picture of "Kliper" under construction in article)
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/09/16/kliper.shtml

Take a big montain, and add to it. The project would be bigger than the Panama
canal project.
So we have a 60 mile high mountain and add a set of steel rails for a launcher
thats powered electrically perhaps super conducting magnets.

These are actual space shuttle mission ground track map discarded from
NASA, post mission.  They are in excellent condition, in color, without
extraneous folds or markings.  The maps are labeled with printing date,
orbital flight paths, degrees, latitudes, longitudes, political ...

We could cryogenically freeze the crew and have the computer wake them up
when the ship is almost there.

im alanerskine1@yahoo.com.au aka alanerskine1@bigpond.com and im a
firefighter in Doveton vic 3788, give me a time and place to meet.
I'll even buy you a beer and then we can look for niggers in and
burn then like i did with my mom.

http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/000301.html#more
There will be just 10 more shuttle flights at most, US apparently backing out
of ISS shuttle.
Seems to be conflicting reports but I REALLY hope this is true!!!

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington                    Oct. 21, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-4769)
Nicole Cloutier