Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2004

"Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<Vbcod.90020$K7.23900@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
I Alan Erskine LOVE TO f.ck TURKEYS THIS TIME OF YEAR

In sci.space.policy "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote:

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Inside the Wing
11.10.04
Returning the Space Shuttle to flight is so important to Lisa Campbell,
she's willing to spend 10 hours a day crawling around on her hands and knees

We still seem to have a collection of people about who delight in the
childish pastime of pretending, very poorly, to be known posters, then
having nothing interesting, even remotely controversial to say, resort to
being coarse and downright silly on the group.

SpaceRef has a new story about Spacehab suing NASA for $79.7M damages in the
loss of their Research Double Module in the Columbia disaster
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15462
NASA wants to settle for $8M, per a contract liability clause.

On March 15, 2001, Roger Balettie wrote:
"I, personally, believe that I have all of the facts necessary to state that
the Rogers Commission investigation provided the correct and accurate
summary of the events of 28 January 1986 that led to the destruction of the

Alright. With the preamble/apology about this being written late at
night...

With all our worries about enemy technology in orbit--

The Chinese are not sleeping and if we get too lazy, they may conquer
space first and in a few years, we'll have to learn Chinese!
We must conquer space first or our society is doomed !

Bob Bigelow really raised the bar on this go-round.
It's not so much getting to low earth orbit (LEO) or carrying at least 5
crew/passengers. A modified and resized version of the old 1960s Big Gemini
(Big G) might be the most direct way to go and probably could be developed

Pictures of OV-101 in its newly opened museum show that its OMS pods
have been removed sometime in the last year.  Anyone know why?
Now you seem them:
http://imageevent.com/ralf/virginia/airmuseum

What's the difference between Aussies and pigs?
Pigs don't turn into Aussies when they drink.
What's the difference between an Australian and a computer?
You only have to punch information into a computer once.

From: "Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com>
im having a Halloween party  Doveton, south of the park.
Alan Erskine alanerskine1@bigpond.com  im in the phone book

Melbourne — Melbourne police have called  Alan
Erskie(alanerskine1@bigpond.com), 37, the most prolific killer in the
city's history and later this week police are expected to hand
over evidenceto prosecutors that could lead to Turner being charged

Up Close and 'Awesome': Space Shuttle Mesmerizes Visitors to Dulles Museum's
New Hangar
Up Close and 'Awesome'
Space Shuttle Mesmerizes Visitors to Dulles Museum's New Hangar

Are Berndt and Balettie having credibility problems again?
<http://www.challengerdisaster.info>
"Note to visitors looking for quality NASA historical videos on the
Challenger Accident.  They will return to this site on November 6th,