Space Forum / Shuttle / September 2005

Ignoring cost factors can this been done, assuming a 5 Tonne payload? I am
guessing the only real restriction is the weight of the fuel. How much more
fuel would this require than the current shuttle? I am guessing it would be
over 1,000 times more.

Greetings, all..
I used to be a long time reader and occasional participant in s.s.h...
I'm hoping you guys can give an authoritave answer to a question that
doesn't deserve one. :-)

Dean Acosta/Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington                     Sept. 19, 2005
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I see in all the hullabaloo today (e.g, all the repeated press
releases), that the lunar portion of the CEV has a couple of
odd/interesting design choices.
The first one that comes to mind is that CEV is apparently going to use

2 shots in the KSC gallery about Rafaello bing opened on Sep 7.
Here's one:
KSC-05PD-2128 (09/07/2005) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the
Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the

   What is the purpose of NASA's existence?  I say its number one purpose
is putting people in space.  If the organization does not do this, it should
not exist.  It is a waist of NASA's ability for it to be limited to only
putting unmanned spacecraft and satellites into space.  ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4261522.stm
Gareth

Just in case there is an emergency, are astronauts allowed to eat the flesh
of other astronauts to survive?

Just how rough is a shuttle reentry?  I've read a lot of reports in the
press over the years about "buffeting" during reentry, but I've never heard
any crews mention it.  I've also never noticed any buffeting on onboard
videos shot during reentry.  It always looks smooth as silk ...

"On May 15, 1618 he discovered The Third Law:
The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the
mean distances.
This law he published in 1619 in his Harmonices Mundi . It was this

What do all of you think of Bush? With Iraq, gas prices, storm response
and everything else....
How do you rate his job performance?

We must create giant space-surfboards to surf on gravitational waves. This
will allow spaceships to travel through time and matter very fast and is
much better than rockets based on fossil fuels.
Because space is just a giant black ocean and you can sail it with solar

I was thinking about the various talks that I have attended over the years.  
And then I got to thinking about the talks I would like to hear and started
putting together a list with some friends.  
Now I thought I'd toss it out here to see what ideas you all have.  So, if you

After seeing a comment that the modules are good to around 2015 it got
me wondering, what is its life expectancy?

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/hurricane-05w2.html
Shuttle External Tank Factory Facing Catastrophic Ruin From Katrina