Space Forum / Space Station / February 2006

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1087
"According to industry sources, NASA has encountered some problems with
its planned CLV (Crew Launch Vehicle) design as spelled out in the yet
to be (formally) released Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS)

If an astronaut gets hit in the foot by a micrometeorite, 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?

But, not by NASA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202721.html
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Many described Cobb as abusive to subordinates and dismissive of

If you were asked what station is currently orbiting 400 km above the Earth
at 28 000 km/h you may be tempted to answer the International Space Station
(ISS). This is of course correct but if you were to look with a good
telescope behind the ISS (or tune in with the appropriate ...

In some respects I not suprize to see it happen.  Though the
requirement was a little much for a lunar craft.  Bit suprized they
dropped the requirement for unpressurized payload deliverly to ISS, but
it didn't say anything about deleting the ablity for pressurized

Space Review has had a two part article on using Medium lift to use EOR
to assemble a Lunar or Mars mission.  And I was wondering if it was
possible to design the TLI or TMI stage to be made up of multiple
smaller stages that fire and drop off as you go.  Instead of trying to

This earth is moving box for mankind with no hope to make it even to
mars. Forget other stars, galaxies.
We need speed.

suitsat launched today (well yesterday)
anyone see it? I invited a couple of my friends over to watch NASA TV over
my broadband connection. was quite awesome.
and great material for jokes.

While I could try to continue to convince every one here that funding
the space station may not have been the best approach until I am blue
in the face, I know it will not do much good. So what we could do is at
least contact the NASA adm. & request that they resume manufacturing &

Spacesuit goes overboard for unusual mission
Worn-out suit recycled into miniature satellite sending out a radio beacon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11102068/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC