I think I remember reading that Russia was hard pressed to meet the ISS resupply requirements, and that the Shuttle was returning to flight just in time. ...

NASA's rebuttal cancelled In early November 2002 NASA announced that it was cancelling publication of a manuscript by Jim Oberg that was intended to...

A little over a year ago K2 asked this group a series of questions about the future of space tourism (Rutan's Spaceship One had just made its first flight...

8th INTERNATIONAL MARS SOCIETY CONVENTION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, August 12, 2005 Spacesuit Symposium 1:00 - 1:30 Suited for Mars, Advanced Spacesuit...

.... on the July 26 edition of Comedy Central's "Daily Show." -- "The only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is how unoriginal it...

I have been thinking a bit about how to make kitset habitat modules requiring minimal payload size and orbital assembly. One thought that occurred is that it...

The christian plot to destroy public tv science programming and kill interest in science moving along well. They are using something called EAS (emergency...

Hey, how about that -- I remember people saying years ago that NASA should sponsor a contest to develop a better space glove, as existing ones tend to inflate...

Reed Snellenberger wrote: Henry Spencer wrote: By the way, why would this white elephant (*that's* its name -- the...

Why do they have pre-planned "built-in holds" in the countdown for a Shuttle launch? It seems strange to stop the countdown clock for a planned 3-hour hold,...

The New York Times July 26, 2005 NASA Puts Shuttle Mission's Risk at 1 in 100 By WILLIAM J. BROAD With a new realism born of disaster, NASA says that the risk...

The first SpaceX Falcon 1 is supposed to launch from an island at Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and fly toward a low earth orbit inclined 39 degrees to the...

They have some good data on the problematic sensors here, including illustrations: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/050716ecographic/ Pat

The Space Review: The real lessons of international cooperation in space http://www.thespacereview.com/article/413/1 by James Oberg // Monday, July 18, 2005

With the shuttle maybe launching tomorrow, we're at the cusp of a new era i space flight: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3279959

Jim Davis wrote: Brad, just out of curiousity, did you ever take Physics 101? What year? What school? The school of hard knocks...hard knocks on the...

http://tinyurl.com/8d8m9 Because the members were presidential appointees, they had to meet the same rigorous background checks any other appointee faces....

For the last few days I have not been able to access NASA Watch or any of its related sites, Space Ref etc. Anyone aware of any problems there? No problems...

In China, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles are against the law. How many baby girls are aborted or drowned every year as a result? "When a son is...

last time the shuttle made re-entry, the coyotes and other critters had a flesh feast. the meat was already barbequed. and shuttle parts on ebay within 24...