Space Forum / Space Station / February 2006

Scaled Composites Hiring Spaceship Builders
By Leonard David, 24 February 2006, 06:59 am ET
http://www.space.com/news/060224_rutan_hiring.html
If you’re looking to get your hands dirty and be on the ground floor of

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter News Conference
hhttp://space-tv.mirrorz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=2
John

Of of Jacques van Oane's message indicated that ESA will be sending a
3rd permanent crewmember to the station on the next Soyuz.
Considering that we current have no idea if the shuttle will be able to
fly regularly, is it wise to begin full crewing so soon, before the next

N° 06-2006 - Paris, 23 February 2006
First long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut onboard the International
Space Station
ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter from Germany will soon become the first European

If an astronaut gets hit in the foot by a micrometer, does he:
1) Inflate the emergency tourniquet to cut off leakage from the foot?
or,
2) Use the few seconds he has left to say goodbye to his family?

Feb. 24, 2006
Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-4769

A 9 page article about space tourism. nce past the initial fluff,
contains nice pictures of training facilities in Russia as well as  Greg
Olsen's flight.

the NASP  ~ National Aerospace Plane  ~ X-30
which Ronald Reagan called " a new Orient Express"   was announced 20
years ago this week during the State Of The Union address Feb 4, 1986.
the NASP would've been a single stage to orbit space plane capable of

This caught me by surprise -- was there any advance description
that I missed?
Russia's Mission Control starts increasing ISS orbit
  MOSCOW, February 22 21:21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Mission Control near

I'm assessing some documents that 'just appeared'
at my doorstep the other day, and need help in
understanding some unfamiliar acronyms.
There is a reference to "OV-103 SSPTS mods" --

Hat tip to NASA WATCH site:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/01/west_coast_take.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nasa22jan22,0,2003961.story?coll=la-ho
me-oped
Down-to-Earth choices, editorial, LA Times

One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to
go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3rd. That's when astronauts onboard the
International Space Station (ISS) will hurl an empty spacesuit overboard.
The spacesuit is the satellite -- "SuitSat" for short, ...

- NASA Budget Press Conference
http://space-tv.6x.to/
John

Feb. 9, 2006
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

Space tourism companies aiming for orbit
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7897&feedId=space-shuttle_rss20
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