Space Forum / Space Station / July 2004

Soyuz-Shuttle Schedule conflict in Sep '05?
A recent planning manifest for 2005
(http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=13498)
shows both a Russian Soyuz mission and a NASA shuttle mission overlapping.

I hope my posting of this suggestion is not a rehash of something that
was considered and rejected. It may be a solution to two or more of
NASA's current problems. I will appreciate the group's evaluation and
opinion of it. I am a retired engineer who worked on space problems in

msnbc.com (Oberg): Russians scramble to fill spaceship seat
Military cosmonaut vies with young Russian tycoon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5480996/

With the station partners agreeing to a six-person crew and no details
on how that will be atchieved may actually be good news. The good news
is that maybe the U.S. design will not be completed, but the
technology supporting it will (that's what the partners did agree to).

I've gathered the ISS On-Orbit Status reports for the past couple
of years, and it appears as if the total on-board fuel supply has
been kept between 3500 and 4000 kg, once or twice going under or
over (there also were a couple of reports that seem to be in error).

http://space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=h_iss_config_07
2304_02.jpg&cap=Graphic+released+Friday%2C+July+23%2C+2004+that+shows+the+techni
cal+International+Space+Station+configuration+agreed+upon+by+the+project%27s+par
tners.+Image+Credit%3A+NASA
I haven't ...

http://www.floridatoday.com/topstories/072304isshelp.htm
HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Can any of our associates from Oz tell us more about this guy,
and how serious are his plans and/or chances?
From 'Novosti Kosmonavtiki' (News of Cosmonautics) page, news by Aleksandr
Zheleznyakov,

'Jules Verne' arrives at ESTEC
After a long and complicated journey by air, land and sea, the Automated
Transfer Vehicle (ATV) christened Jules Verne arrived at ESTEC in Noordwijk
on 15 July. Jules Verne is the first of seven European supply ships for the

LOCKHEED MARTIN SCORES SUCCESS WITH LANDING TECHNOLOGY TESTS FOR A FUTURE
ASTRONAUT CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, July 19, 2004
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully performed a series of drop

ISS On-Orbit Status 16 July 2004
All ISS systems continue to function nominally except those noted previously
or below.
Update on SM cooling pump failure:   The failed pump panel of the Russian

ISS On-Orbit Status 11 July 2004
****Jacques van Oene note: This NASA Headquarters internal status report, as
presented here - and is only for NASA internal use !!!, is the Report as
posted by NASA, and that has NO ???  copyright... If it has any copyright,

Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington                   July 15, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Doug Peterson

 We're told, that this spacewalk, is to replace a "failed power component".
  So, given the risks of spacewalks, why are any sub-system modules placed
outside?  Offhand,  it would seem best to maintain and change replaceable
units, from within.   If you have circuit boards,  ...

I'll be doing two TV appearances late this afternoon for
my prime client, NBC News. The subject is the Cassini
probe arrival at Saturn (almost seven years en route)
and the repair spacewalk from the space station