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Best Expected 2004 Space Events? by
JimO
What are some of the best space events expected in 2004?
I'd include shuttle return to flight (maybe), Cassini arrival, Messewnger
launch, maybe X-Prize win,...
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Pro Space Editorials by
GMW
Most of the news and opinion about bush's plan return to the moon have been
negative. Some good reviews have been posted. Here are several:
Wall Street...
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NASA needs to move quickly by
Blurrt
NASA needs to impress the hell out of congress by moving quickly on the
CEV - have it ready for human flights by 2010, whilst doing it under budget.
The rest...
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lunar colony prototype by
GMW
Here is a blast from the past which might blow down some of the barriers
standing in the way of progress. In 1959 Uncle Sam carved an artic base out
of an ice...
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by GMW
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Hubble Economics - modern math? by
Bill Clark
So NASA cancels a shuttle maintance mission and says it's cheaper to
(1) re-write the shuttle software program to work with three gyros
operational instead of...
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Duplicate Rover Missions by
Blurrt
NASA should fund two more identical rover missions using the Spirit rover
design but drop them into more challenging places. They could be ready for
launch in...
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New plans not too dissimilar to SEI? by
Steen Eiler Jørgensen
Come to think of it, this new plan of Bush's reminds me quite a bit of his
fathers SEI - the Space Exploration Initiative from 1989.
The most prominent...
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Good Article on Columbia Break-Up by
John Schutkeker
It was the cover article in the November 2003 Atlantic Monthly, and it's
very well written, very long and detailed by lay standards. I highly
recommend it to...
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Did Bush even acknowledge JPL? by
Eric Chomko
During Bush's speech yesterday at NASA HQ (I didn't see it), did he
even acknowledge JPL and the recent Mars landing of Spirit? Did he
offer even the most...
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(OT?) a little bit of Humor by
Cesareo
Dubya excitedly runs into Dick Cheney's office to tell the vice preznit
about the great idea he just had. "We gotta do somethin' that no other
administration,...
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Serious X-Prize contenders by
Sander Vesik
Ok, so the following seem to be teams moving towards usable
hardware and a launch:
* Armadillo
* Scaled Composites
* Canadian Arrow
* Starchaser
* ARCA
* HARC
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Bush as screaming Dean on space venture. by
Hop David
Neil wrote:
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Well, really, that was the scream
of me when I saw more heavily cross posted crap. Did you follow...
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? Which of these events will happen next? by
Explorer8939
Please rank these chronologically (earliest to latest):
A) Space Shuttle Return to Flight
B) ATV launch
C) Spaceship One Space Flight Attempt
D) Falcon...
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