Space Forum / Space Station / October 2004

From ISS On-Orbit Status, October 17: "Yuri Shargin used the Nikon D1 camera
with f800 lens on his first session of observation and imaging of selected
targets for the Russian Environmental Protection Service as part of the Ekon
(KPT-3) experiment, today performing photography of ...

MSNBC - NASA mulls early retirement for space shuttle
Preliminary studies look at off-loading station building to rockets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6357772/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

Do the ISS crew get to *see* 15 sunrises and 15 sunsets every 24
hours?! How is the ISS' crew hab rotation synchronised between Earth
observation and direct exposure to the Sun? Is there a window that
lets in sunlight directly into the crew quarters?

I think someone mentioned something about whether RCC repair was the
long pole in the tent for shuttle return to flight.  Well, I thought
I'd check on this.  The short summary seems to be that tile repair
should be ready, and RCC repair indeed is much more of an unknown at

Elektron back up and running full time
With new control software, and weeks of repairs,
the Elektron is up and running round the clock for
the first time in a month. Congratulations to all

The DART automated rendezvous mission
(possibly tomorrow) is a very exciting new
technology.
But as far as I can tell, NASA's manned

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington                        Oct. 26, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-4769)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-170

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:54:51 GMT, "Jim Oberg"
<jameseoberg@houston.rr.com> wrote:

Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington                 October 13, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Kelly Humphries

Admit it, the ISS is pretty lame.If aliens attack the Earth, they will
blast it to pieces in less than a microsecond.
So we need the Death Star in our orbit and should start to build it
NOW!

Imagine if this could be done in the next 30 years, we'd have not only
established a foothold at a single location like the Moon or Mars...
but the whole solar system could become within reach!
http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagent/restricted/earth-ring.html

I've seen the figure '38' for the
estimated number of shuttle missions to complete assembly
and stocking of the ISS. Where is such a number
officially documented?

Question -- most space-spinoffs seem to be mythical, how about these
claims from a nice Jim Voss school speech, including pacemakers
and Velcro?
"Most astronauts don't bring anything back to earth except knowledge, Voss

Subject: Re: " Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com for school board
From: "Alan Erskine" alanerskine1@bigpond.com
Date: 10/22/2004 4:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <9S3ed.35157$5O5.17866@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

Recent news item about Russian plans to put a 'crew' inside a spaceship
simulator
for 500 days of isolation, to simulate a mission to Mars and back -- but no
women