"Avril Poisson" wrote in message ... The Role of Lift Demons and Thrust Pixies in Heavier Than Air...

Dale Reed, the driving force behind the lifting bodies and a number of other concepts, passed away last week. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace...

2005-03-28 12:55 * PROBE INTO GAGARIN'S DEATH MAY RESUME MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti) - Former member of the State Institute of Exploitation and Repairs...

Geez, have a little class and wait a day or two before sending out crap like this. Dale Waiting a respectful 7 days before launching my election campaign :)

I keep hearing that Betty Grissom campaigned to have the ill-fated AS204 re-designated "Apollo I" after the Fire; how does that explain Gus' mission patch...

As it is known, the left SRB burned through the o-ring at the side facing the ET causing the accident. Then I started to wonder. Would it have been possible...

Afternoon all. I vaguely recognise the background in this photograph - I've probably seen photographs taken in the same museum before. However, I'm...

Somewhere on the Web, in the last few months, I saw an overhead photo of several hundred people standing in patterns to spell "N A S A". I've had no luck...

....So, is this evidence of Wencescia's worm trap? http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/99997169F1.JPG OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying...

Dear God, what next? :-) http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-05o.html

Or a slightly early April Fool's joke? http://www.spacedaily.com/news/tourism-05l.html Pat

I've sometimes been accused by people on the newsgroup of being too cynical about our space program and its political aims as presently constituted...get ready...

Voyager design study. vol. i- design summary - Oct 15, 1963 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650022570_1965022570.pdf Voyager design...

"Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another." - George...

Anyone read this book from 2004 by Don Blair? The single review on Amazon.com reads, "A poorly written and edited attempt to address a neglected chapter in...

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/navyslv/htm Says here this craft was to have landed a dog on the Moon by 1963. Well, fan-damn-tastic. So, what was supposed...

There is irrefutable proof the "mystery plate" was standard equipment on the MDC. I urge Scott and Mark to refer to page 1358 of the "Hearings Before the...

I'd like to thank those who helped me with my recent quest for '60s and '70s era information. (paulo, did you get my e-mail reply?) I suspected the NASA...

Forty years ago today, March 23, 1965, Gus Grissom and John Young were launched into orbit aboard the Molly Brown (Gemini 3). Gus performed the first orbital...

What is our heavy lift capability now? Excluding the Shuttle? I think the Saturn V could heave 100 tons into low Earth orbit, 52 tons to the moon. Is it also...