Space Forum / Space Station / January 2004

Possible Last Words Spoken on the Columbia:
-"Dont be silly.  If this was really the ships "Self-Destruct Button",
    do you think theyd leave it lying around where anyone could press it?"
-"Hmmm...the sign on the door says, "AIRLOCK".  I wonder whats inside."

Interesting discussion this morning about whether or not they can put urine
bags into Progress or not. Foale warned that if they can't put it into
Progress, those bags may have to wait until shuttle returns.
Seems that this progress will be loaded to the brim with rubbish if the ...

NASA said the current crew marks 100 days on ISS on Monday and will perform
traditional celebrations. What are they?

Today, 25Jan2004, marks the 20th anniversary of President Reagan's State of
the Union speech that got the ball rolling on the permanent space station:
"Tonight, I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station
and to do it within a decade. A space station will ...

Anybody with special questions I should raise, email me at
joberg at houston.rr.com

****Sorry This is in Dutch only !!!!*****
Dagboek van André Kuipers - Deel 5: Trainen in de Sojoez
8 - 14 januari 2004 Ik zat nog in de auto van het vliegveld in Moskou naar
Sterrenstad toen ik door mijn baas gebeld werd. Hij vertelde dat mijn

Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington                     January 22, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1753)
RELEASE: 04-029

UPI Exclusive: Bush OKs new moon missions
By Frank Sietzen Jr. and Keith L. Cowing
United Press International
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- American astronauts will return to the

... apparently manned missions to the moon & Mars are being politically
resurrected again but I am beginning to wonder if the huge cost of the
resources/overhead of putting human crews onboard is really worth it.
Obviously we now have the technology to go & land on other planets but ...

The International Space Station is so Over Powered that the people managing it do not even know how to listen to the crew working there!
There are 4 Solar Panels that are 75 feet long and collect energy on both sides.
In Space - Solar Energy can be collected at 400 times the rate ...

After the U.S. leaves the ISS program around 2010, I see two likely
scenarios:
1)  The Russians and Europeans resent being left holding the bag and
decide to bailout too.  The ISS is abandoned, left to drift, and

msnbc.com (Oberg): Space station leak caused by crew, experts say
Russian officials claim crew members used flex hose as handhold
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3969567/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

Hi there John Doe..
Sea Level pressure is only 14.7 psi at the equator or just above it - around
NASA - for example. Where I am it is 13.6 psi. - Don't you guys even know
what's out there?

How does a Vacuum work?
It sucks!
Now, if there is a Vacuum on the outside and pressure on the inside - What happens? You have more Vacuum. That is exactly what is happening to the International Space Station. The whole dam place is under too much stress because those bozos at NASA ...

Well, at least they will have the sacrificed astronauts from
Challenger and Columbia up there to keep them company.
My guess it will implode rather than explode as Challenger and
Columbia did. So much for modern technology.