Update from Defense Tech on how the program's going- Mach 10 on combined turbine engine/scramjet power, with first test flight in 2008:...

I should have trimmed that url- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/arts/23wyatt.html

My previous postings/questions about the methods used to gauge the propellant quantities in the tanks of space vehicles resulted in a lot of good information...

Lovell, Aldrin Reunited With Spacecraft http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2645040 Astronauts Lovell, Aldrin Reunited With Their Gemini 12...

You read this carefully. If you think shooting rockets out of your rear is dangerous, just try shooting stars out of your crotch on for...

I got a kick out of this one : http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1995/11/10/ The Delta IV Medium rocks. Did anyone see how much toast was burned at...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/13/mars.probe.reut/index.html ....Even if they can't figure out how to get MGS back up and running, this should at least...

Is Apollo a cruel god? In some stories said Apollo is gentle but in other stories said Apollo is cruel. Is Apollo really a cruel god?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.html ....The only thing that would have made this more fun was if John DeLancie was the...

For those of you interested, there are about 3 hours of CBS Radio News coverage posted @ the following web site. It is run by Don Swaim who worked @ WCBS...

What happened with David Sander's Man Conquers Space project? Thanks, David

We were having a discussion in the pub last night and the subject veered off to NASA's reuse of Orion as a project name, thence back to the original Orion and...

....I'm surprised nobody here posted anything about this one yet: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=21260 OM -- ...

http://149.142.139.138/Web/LE/SoundsOfSpace.mp3 OM -- ]===================================== OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld ...

Was the DC-Y intended to be tail-heavy upon atmospheric entry? I'm wondering what problems of weight and balance the design had to contend with during it's...

Man injured by launching firework from his bottom http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1943543,00.html Mark Oliver and agencies Thursday November 9,...

David Spain wrote: Project Orion was a concept study. And a test program. that lead into the Casaba Howitzer test program, that was the secret core of...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6133712.stm -- Gareth Slee http://www.meroffice.com

http://home.wavecable.com/%7Erogerservice/rrships%20announcement%201.htm From Jon's press release: "The Spaceship Handbook examined the evolution of the...

In 1958, the Air Force directed, STL constructed Able-1 lunar program was initiated. It's goal was to put a spacecraft in orbit around the moon for...