Space Forum / Shuttle / July 2007

I'd like to hear some opinions from some the experts.  How much is NASA
gaining by re-using and updating the Saturn era J-2 to the J-2X for the
Constellation Program?  If one extreme was just using the original J-2
as is (which would involve moving the design drawings to a modern ...

Big Bertha Thing uniform
Cosmic Ray Series
Possible Real World System Constructs.
http://web.onetel.com/~tonylance/uniform.html

So this new experimental aircraft had to be built by us over here?
Blended wing and all that.
Two X-48B research vehicles were built by Cranfield Aerospace Ltd.,
in

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts118/070716tcdt/
It seems they arrive all together aboard one plane, what happen to the T-38?

Supermassive black holes have been discovered to grow more rapidly in
young galaxy clusters, according to new results from NASA's Chandra X-
ray Observatory.
http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/g2010.htm

In the film classic, "When Worlds Collide," a mile-long ramp was fitted
with a rocket propelled sled upon which the spaceship-plane was given its
intial "impetus."  This makes a lot of sense to me.
In the first phase, the ship goes down hill via rocket-sled, with wing

Big Bertha Thing features
Cosmic Ray Series
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I think a number of you are being overly nasty in your comments
against Danny's book draft.  This is a man who has suffered greatly at
the hands of PEOPLE -- not thunderstorms.  People can willfully harm
someone -- thunderstorms can't.

Here is a link to a great letter from the NASA Shuttle Program Manager,
Wayne Hale.  With people like Wayne in charge, NASA may have a chance of
getting to the moon.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=24762

on the 7th August I'll be in Clearwater on holiday from the UK.  Does
anyone know if any tours to view the shuttle launch that day are
running from the Clearwater area? I've done a quick www search but
can't find anything.  Any help is really appreciated.

Live shots from the ISS always show a lot of naked cables and whatnot
strung haphazardly all over the place.  This seems strange to see.
Ordinary home building codes require wiring to be concealed in the walls or
protected by armor.  Look at your car.  Not only is wiring out of ...

You can download a draft of my book, "Houston, You Have a Problem" from
http://www.dannydeger.net.  You can also get a copy of my shuttle entry
simulation, Deger Dots from the site.  Enjoy.

Big Bertha Thing retrenchment
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A new oxygen generation system tested between July 11 and 14 aboard
the International Space Station will allow the orbiting laboratory's
crew size to increase in 2009
http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/g156.htm

Nowak Agreeable to Sharing Oefelein with Other Woman
By John A. Torres
FLORIDA TODAY
posted: 10 July 2007