What aerospace companies are there in the Seattle area? There's obviously Boeing and Blue Origin... what else? -- Scott Lowther, Engineer "Any statement by...

You all have probably seen this news item: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12454 Note: 2003 QQ47 went from 1 to 0 on the Torino scale (those...

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:35:05 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Ultimate Buu" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to...

I had a chance to drop a question into Vernon Loeb's online session today, and he answered...

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ... I have some more commentary on the Gehman...

"Spencer" wrote in message ... Hello, I am extremely interested in a career in space policy,...

wrote in message ... I posted here last February, my opinion on what...

Lost in Space: NASA Badly Needs a Mission That's Worth Dying For http://www.timesdispatch.com/editorials/oped/MGBBM3JA7KD.html

I want to simulate attitude sensor's noise in attitude control of a three axis stabilized spaecraft. In attitude sensor's catalog the noise of sensor is...

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst.jsp First pictures (small) of three assembled CBCs; one apparently will be the cover of this week's...

A potentially interesting new journal: http://www.astropolitics.org/currentissue.htm I do like their statement of intent and purpose, particularly As well...

So it is. Let's list a few of the obvious problems: Choice of fuel. Liquid hydrogen is so cold that, unlike any other fuel, its tanks must be insulated. ...

Hop David wrote: Rand Simberg wrote: I have some more commentary on the Gehman report, and why we should not build "the" next generation launch...

Lynndel Humphreys wrote: Graphite epoxy with a little quartz fiber and hypothetical diamond titanium alloy thrown in would be much much ...

This is the weekly Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) posting for sci.space.tech and sci.space.science . It is crossposted into sci.space.policy to explain...

http://www.space.com/news/military_space_030904.html Report: U.S. Military Space Programs in Turmoil By Jeremy Singer Space News Staff Writer posted: 12:45 pm...

(Christopher) writes: Does the $14 billion it gets go into research or does the lions share go into pay cheques, and its research...

Richard Schumacher : Better is the enemy of good enough. Holding out for the perfect space launch system is not going to bring...

Actually it all comes down to cost. It was possible for kooks of another era (puritans) to fund their own colonies. This is not yet possible in space...

There is a direct benefit from military expenditure. It's called freedom. Which you don't get in the US, which has the biggest military budget in the...