Is there a good place (book, Website, etc.) offering a balanced analysis of the different approaches to heavy lift and the pro and con concerning the need...

Space Station News /////////////////////////////////////////// NASA, Boeing Announce Crew Changes for Starliner Crew Flight Test Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:51 AM...

After seeing the Armadillo crash, I thought to myself why didn't they just have a fuel guage and monitor it? Then I thought some more and realised that it...

In article , Jake McGuire wrote: The air in the airlock (at STP, or some approximation...

I'm trying to get a handle on aerodynamic heating. I'd like to be able to answer questions like: How fast could the space shuttle go at sea level to...

I posted this in rec.arts.sf.tech a while ago and only got 1 reply. I was reading a thread in this group about star-power and thought that it might get more...

wrote in message ... I went to watch SS1 this morning. While I can't add...

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Hello, I'm a member of a group building a CubeSat based Pico Satellite. I am attempting to find a standard GPS reciever, perhaps one with multiple antennas to...

Hi all... The recent uproar over the shuttle no longer planning to service Hubble since it doesnt offer a "safe haven" like the ISS does got me...

NASA Vessels up on 5711 kHz USB ------------------------------- It is Sunday 10:09am EDT (1409z). The NASA SRB recovery vessels "Liberty Star" and "Freedom...

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Ian Woollard wrote: That's not correct. They do laundry on the ISS. The equipment includes laundry detergent and a plastic bag. It is done by hand. ...

The Lunokhod rovers covered a lot of lunar terrain but both eventually stopped working. Specifically, what was it that stopped them working? Did their...

Space Station News /////////////////////////////////////////// NASA, USDA Sign Agreement to Improve Agricultural, Earth Science Research Posted: 16 Dec 2020...

I'm curious, now that the Spirit Rover is on it's way to some sizeable hills, just what the climbing abilities of the rovers really is and if the...

shuttle C dreaming http://www.slepsummit.com/IIStrategy.pdf Read down to page 17 through 20 and you can see shuttle c dreaming again. The best option for...

In an an article in space.com, Harrison Schmitt said, "potentially substantial amounts of solar wind hydrogen are present everywhere on the Moon along with...

I was reading yet another web site with the old saw that you can't turn off a solid rocket motor once it has ignited, save for destroying the motor. Then I...

It's been reported in many places that the MER teams are operating on "Mars time"..i.e., days that are ~24 hrs. and 39 minutes long. Does anyone know the...