Hi everyone: Scaled Composites has selected the winner of the SpaceShipOne hybrid rocket contest between eAc and SpaceDev. This is great news, since it means...

Given that the Kistler K1 is designed to be fully reusable, and that 6 g's is the maximum g-force for both ascent and re-entry, is there any particular reason...

Beal Aerospace's web site has quite a condemnation of NASA from Beal himself accussing NASA of attempting to monopolize commercial space industry. Is this...

On 14 Sep 2003 16:30:51 -0700, in a place far, far away, (Mitchell Burnside Clapp) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way...

For amusement, see http://inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=336_0_3_0_C for nefarious Pentagon plans to rule the universe.

I am not a particular fan of SSTO, but it appears to me that SSTO has long been within our grasp. The best figures that I could get for the Titan II 1st...

With three recent ILS launch signings, Krunichev's Proton/Briz M has, at least temporarily, nosed ahead of Arianespace's Ariane 5 in the race for...

1. What fraction of a population has to be living or travelling in space regularly or simultaneously for the whole population to be called a "Spacefaring...

According to an article in the journal Science (Aug 15), the Russians are planning for a manned flight to Mars in 2018. They pick that year because of the...

I'm not sure if this has already been posted, but below is an interesting article from the October 2003 issue of Scientific...

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:04:18 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Ultimate Buu" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to...

Chaps, Maybe this is old news, but here's a picture of that dropped satellite (courtesy of a website very relevant to today's business...

Check out http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2003qo104.html 2nd guy to be a Torino Scale 1, in the last few weeks. It may go away too, but 2009 is a lot closer...

Jacques van Oene wrote: ISS On-Orbit Status 12 Sep 2003 Work continues at both MCCs on the identification of mutually acceptable procedural safety...

Has there been any proper work done for a human mission to Mars yet? i.e. a rough design on the type of spacecraft that will be used, or some small amount of...

PR With Universal Appeal The Hubble's amazing but drab images of the cosmos are being digitally enhanced as a splashy sales pitch for the space program. By...

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:27:35 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Paul F. Dietz" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate...

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10299 STATUS REPORT Date Released: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Missions...

Was anybody at the World SF Con in Toronto? I understand there was to be a showing of some MCS footage... anybody see it? -- Scott Lowther, Engineer "Any...

There are a few lying around. Was NASA should do is get one of its Saturn Vs ready for launch, whatever it takes. But instead of putting people on it, you put...