I'll answer that question with another one: why is it that we all think Apollo was a wonderful achievement, while many of us (myself included) think ISS should...

In case my excessive consumption of "Icehouse" beer, and the overspeedy sending of my last posting by my joyfully inebriated fingers has resulted in it's not...

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 01:08:02 +0200 (CEST), Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: I am not an entomologist so don't...

The Science Channel will be running two programs on Rutan's SpaceShip 1 on Tuesday, October 12th, stating at 8 PM EST - the first of these is "Black Sky: The...

Would nayone care to guess at the design relationship betwen these two Rutan designs? In particular I'm curious as to whether Burt really intended to...

"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message ... There are those who...

im aka and im a firefighter in Doveton vic 3788, give me a time and place to meet. I'll even buy you a beer and then we can look for...

Would a gas turbine attached to a large rocket such as the space shuttle provide enough additional thrust to make it worth having for the initial take off. It...

"william mook" wrote in message ... William, what do...

"Scott Hedrick" wrote in message ... "Simon Templar" wrote in...

Gigantic scandal: The AP has already published the detailed results of US election and Dumbya Bush has won! All this three weeks in advance! Look...

Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: You're wrong. Please go...

The other day I was watching the first part of "Black Sky: The Race for Space," the Discovery Channel documentary on SpaceShipOne and the X Prize. There was a...

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:33:57 GMT, (Derek Lyons) wrote: (George William Herbert) wrote: Derek Lyons...

Jim appears on 'Daily Planet' TV show re SpaceShipOne Re Rutan's SpaceShipOne and the X-Prize.... My on-the-scene video report from Mojave, California, was on...

The Hunchback of Notre Dumbya: outgoing president hooked to radio remote...

With reason of late... -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real...

Any news? First launch, according to their website (http://www.apsc2orbit.com/) was due "mid 2004". -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five...

Oh here comes the Internets Biggest DIPSTICK of all times with his basket full of BULL**** that he trys to sell as girl scout cookies. I said it once before...

This it: the end of the shuttles, and with them the end of the arthritic NASA bureaucracy.