Space Forum / Space Station / December 2004

Just heard on NASA TV that the docking time will be about 6:30 pm EST -- moved
up about 1/2 of an hour.

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-04zzzu.html
China's Second Manned Space Flight To Blast Off In September
Glory be our Shen Zhou
by Cindy Sui

Prelaunch processing of Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-51 to fly to the
ISS is in progress.
Baikonur Cosmodrome, 17-12-2004
Designers inspection of the Progress M-51 cargo vehicle and payload shroud

The long-awaited Delta-4-Heavy test flight has just
blasted off from Cape Canaveral, looks good so far.
Boeing is the manufacturer -- a good day for them.
The liftoff video is mighty impressive, see

NASA's overlooking US space history -- the Skylab repair EVAs (1973)
From NASA Headquarters: ISS On-Orbit Status 2004 December 20 -- All ISS
systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or
below. Underway: Week 9 of Increment 10.

I did my Masters in Space Studies.
While off topic, I'm posting this to warn people.  I'm not the only one this
has happened to.  I'll grant it's the holiday and busy, but check your
credit card or debit card records if you've shopped at Wal Mart.

"Sean O'Keefe will soon step down as NASA Administrator. Where O'Keefe
will be heading and exactly when he will leave remain to be determined
however he does intend to stay on the job for several months while a
successor is identified by the President and then confirmed by the

I originally wrote:

As the year draws to a close and I review some of my often fun (and
sometimes frustrating!) delvings into space science research, a few
criticisms have been levelled at me by certain individuals whom I need
not name here...

Attention ........
There is a vote underway on a new newgroup proposal that will change
the face of Usenet if it passes. This new group would be a moderated
version of a popular unmoderated group. The current group has a single

I was wondering if anyone could suggest any easily accessible books or
journal papers which contain an overview of Rad-Hard techniques, I have
a reasonable amount of information but I am in need of some hard
sources.

How is the laundry done?
Christopher
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"Never take anything for granted."

Derek Lyons (fairwater@gmail.com) wrote:

Russian, European Scientists Postpone Test Launch of Space Parachute
Moscow ITAR-TASS in English 1239 GMT 14 Dec 04
     MOSCOW, December 14 (Itar-Tass) - A test launch of a "space parachute"
developed by Russian and European scientists has been put off until the