Space Forum / Shuttle / March 2005

Am I the only one puzzled by the fact that NASA hasn't yet announced a
launch date for STS114 and still uses a very big launch window measured
in weeks ?
Is this some form of anti-terrorist measure where the launch date not be

National Air and Space Museum to Acquire SpaceShipOne, First Successful
Privately Built Spacecraft
The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum will later this
year become the permanent home to SpaceShipOne, the first privately built

Doc Mirelson/Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1600)
March 10, 2005

I am trying to locate an astrodynamics  book title. The following passages
were in the  Introduction
Originally published as "Space Guidance Evolution " by the present author in
the Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics for March April 1982 ....AIAA

http://www.rense.com/general63/shut.htm
This is the photograph of the Columbia entry fireball that was talked about,
but as far as I know never released, in the months after the disaster.
Ignore the mega-lightning gobbledegook from the crackpot URL,

I was a subscriber to this newsgroup several years ago and someone was
asking if anyone was available to volunteer at the AF museum.  At the time,
I lived up north and was working at Goddard.  I'm now living here on the
Space Coast and would be interested in volunteering.  Is there ...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6853009
So much for O'Keefe's departure bringing some hope for those who wanted
to see a Shuttle-based HST servicing mission. Some notes...
1) "both robotic and shuttle-based servicing options expected to cost

Just been reading the news, can anyone tell me why the ATV needs all this
complex and different hardware to dock, when the Progress seems quite safe
using the existing technology?
Brian

Kubrick 2001: The Space Odyssey Explained
http://www.kubrick2001.com/

How Many Hubble Spacewalkers Still Active Astronauts?
It would make training easier -- and delay the final drop-dead
date for a decision on a shuttle servicing mission -- if veteran
spacewalkers were assigned.

Two years ago today on January 16, 2003, a piece of foam accidentally
ripped loose from the External tank. Tumbling into the supersonic
slipstream between the External Tank and Orbiter, the wedge shaped piece
of foam flew and accelerated into the Orbiter's wing. In the short time

I may be in Fla for a vacation next week. I see some schedules list an
Atlas 5 launch on March 10.
About 3 years ago I watched a shuttle launch. How does an Atlas 5
compare?

Rev  2 Mar 2005
The following is the Unofficial Space Shuttle Manifest. This file gives the
launch dates, orbiter, and payloads for upcoming shuttle launches. The launch
time and orbit parameters are also given where available. Note that the

Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington                            March 1, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1979)
RELEASE: 05-063

Well that would be the first thing *I* would do now that O'Keefe is gone.