i Alan Erskine alanerskine1 im a girlie boy and all my words are true lies and you can find me at the park and schools looking at little boys & girls because i...

The next nearest star 4.3 light years away, Alpha Centuri A is a million miles across or 1,227 times the size of our sun. It could have a very large solar...

British Interplanetary Society a book calle Space Environment a simple simple straight foward look at the problems one would face. But the projects they...

On September 1, 2004, Scott Hillis contributed the story "One Small Step as China Opens Space Center" for Reuters. It describes the rare open house for...

Other than the immediate response of "Lots!", try to list _all_ the little problems inherent in it: http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~jsisson/gifs/spacema.gif Starting...

We have to design an orbiter. By an orbiter I mean a second stage of a TSTO, or the orbiting stage of a MSTO. What shape should it be? It has to survive...

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While reading articles about the Moon-to-Mars plan, I've seen frequent mention of the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Unfortunately, even after looking through some...

See http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/08/ap_083104.asp From the cover page blurb: "As Gridlock Grows, Scientists Look at Adding Lanes in the...

Fred Whipple, of the "dirty iceball" comet theory, passed away Monday (2004.08.30) at age 97. Whipple was also the the inventor the space debris protection...

Lets start this as a new thread. Gactimus wrote: How many people can the earth support? A related question: How does this compare to the number of people...

This request for discussion deals with creating a newsgroup on astronautics and space exploration. Many people are very interested in these topics in all...

Dear David Woolley: "David Woolley" wrote in message ... In article...

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/super_earth_040825.html #begin quote In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers have found...

I came across a few references to the idea of a light sail composed of dust in a plasma, but all of the references I can find seem to be from the same small...

Sirion wrote: I Think Australian Should Be Part Of The USA This Australian,USA-AU Would Be A Good Thing. If Kerry becomes president, America and...

Has anyone heard any news on whether NASA has decided a new or derived heavy lifter is going to be needed for the Vision for Exploration, or whther they still...

The existing junk (also known as orbital debris) is difficult to remove because it has been lunched into unpredictable, precessing orbits. Polar and equatorial...

Instead of making saving Hubble dependent on the successful design of an elaborate telemanipulator device that will completely recondition the...

(Eric Chomko) wrote in message ... Mike Walsh ) wrote: : Newsweek...