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Just wondering .. about mode?	12 Jan 2006 16:46 GMT	25
What is / was the about mode / contingency plan like, if one SRB ignited OK but the other one failed to ignite? Thanks for any feedback Soren
NASA HONORS LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT VANCE BRAND	11 Jan 2006 22:20 GMT	2
Jan. 10, 2006 Dean Acosta/Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1400/1600
NASA Celebrates Crawler Transporter's 40th Anniversary	10 Jan 2006 23:59 GMT	10
01.04.06 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Phone: (321) 867-2468
60 minutes and rutan on space	10 Jan 2006 22:58 GMT	24
Anyone see that excellent article? If he is correct what does NASA do?
Former Shuttle Astronaut to be on Survivor	10 Jan 2006 22:09 GMT	2
Daniel Barry, a former shuttle astronaut, is going to be one of the contestants on the next Survivor. Now I have a reason to watch the show... http://www.survivorfever.net/s12_daniel_barry.html NASA Bio for Dr. Daniel T. Barry
"Sonic Boom" photo	10 Jan 2006 19:26 GMT	11
Once again the "myth" that the photo linked from http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/2735/Rare_photo_of_Space_Shuttle_Sonic_Boom shows the shuttle at the moment of a "sonic boom". The photo itself is cool and Mary can explain why that has nothing
SRB sea level thrust	10 Jan 2006 17:52 GMT	1
Does anybody know an absolutely confident figure for SRB sea level thrust, both max and average? I've checked many references, which give varying numbers. Often it's 3.3 million lbs per SRB, but sometimes it's 2.65 million lbs,
NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S06-001	08 Jan 2006 22:32 GMT	8
Jan. 6, 2006 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-5241
Shuttle Statistics...?	05 Jan 2006 18:01 GMT	12
Mainly out of curiosity, I was trying to put together some statistics (per Orbiter) with the shuttles... After every touchdown, you always hear how many million miles was flown during that particular mission.