Hi, I have read that the people working behind the Mars missions, appear to have successfully upgraded the Mars Relay to transmit at 256 kilobits/sec,...

Why did the Spirit Mars Rover controllers decide not to visit the site of the crashed heat shield? Would it not have possibly dug a small hole suitable for...

Hi It's been a LONG time since I last heard of Scaled Composites and their X-prize attempt. At some stage the guys seemed to fly at least once a month. Now,...

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message ... 26,000 miles? Less than 3 Earth diameters? First...

Can anyone update us on the status of mini magnetosphere plasma propulsion (M2P2)? The website, http://www.geophys.washington.edu/Space/SpaceModel/M2P2/ is...

Not long ago it looked like the Medium lift market was over-subscribed with Proton, Ariane-5, Sea Launch, Atlas-5 and Delta-IV. Now with the retirement of...

So, from deep within the peanut gallery come a couple questions/comments and such that will perhaps sound absurd but if nothing else I suspect the responses it...

Now that bubble fusion appears to be panning out, as least as a neutron source, can anyone design a "bubble drive" to take direct advantage of it - beyond the...

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Where would I find info on the sort of college degrees and skills the people that are going to be sent to Mars (and the Moon) would need to have? What should...

Suppose we want to bring a small sample back from Mars. The Mars rovers mass around 180 kg. If 10% was reserved for the return rocket it would mass 18 kg. We...

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Is it possible to be in Mars orbit and collide with Olympus Mons?

Folks: I am looking for an exact description of the different US LRRR experiments left on the moon. While I can find pictures and attendant science papers on...

"Matti Anttila" wrote in message ... Now that we have seen the RAT performing great, it's also time to ...

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shuttle C dreaming http://www.slepsummit.com/IIStrategy.pdf Read down to page 17 through 20 and you can see shuttle c dreaming again. The best option for...

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In another thread: SSTO propulsion overview Gordon D. Pusch wrote is basically a big high aspect-ratio sailplane-like design with a couple of jet engines...