The upcoming 4/25/05 Zenit 3SL launch by Sea Launch will boost the 6 metric ton Spaceway 1 satellite directly to geosynchronous transfer orbit using a single...

"Brad Guth" wrote in message ... As a topic offered by; Seth / Dec 20,...

Everybody seems to get excited about this event. I wonder if anyone ever think that it may be a "pandora box"? Are there any precautions to make sure that it...

Proposed system to launch raw materials from the lunar surface to escape velocity: At the top of a 160 meter tall tower is a platform rotating at 100...

Less than two hours now: http://www.spacex.com/?content=webcast

I couldn't get onto the streaming video. At least it didn't take out the launch pad. Wait, it doesn't have a launch pad! http://cosmic.lifeform.org

I'm interested in the on-board GPS navigation system that Surray Satellite Centre has been producing. Does anybody have a list of foreign satellites that have...

Is there a commonly used rule about how much EVA costs per hour per astronaut? Thanks, Matt Bille www.mattwriter.com

Gorshkov: Russian manned Mission to Mars by 2020 is Feasible Here is the article in russian: http://www.mk.ru/numbers/2166/article75047.htm Here is a link of...

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051203_xcor_flight.html I really can not believe that this really is a record. Surely during WW2 some of the German Komet...

I am still trying to understand the implications of this, but there is something about the Falcon 9 that disturbs me. It is a big leap and perhaps for the...

Interesting tidbit in the following story: "http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1115371155134860.xml" "Boeing spokesman Dan...

In the post copied below I discussed tying together nanotubes to get arbitrarily long nanotubes. If simply tied together, the longer nanotube would be weaker...

Considering that last year amateurs launched a rocket to 70 miles, what would you think the probability of them launching an amateur satellite within 5 yrs?

I support manned space flight and space stations but struggle to find reasons to justify its cost. I'm looking for some specific tasks that can not be...

I have been wondering about a turbo pump that consists of a rotary sprinkler come Catherine wheel physically situated within the combustion chamber. This...

There was a lot of talk a few years back about progress in using helium 3 to produce energy and having an abundance of it on the moon, but it being rare on...

NASA is proposing the stick to launch the CEV. This seems to have a capability of about 20-25 tons to LEO - about the same as an EELV Heavy. NASA is also...

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/latest/DS.p37cr/si.kamx.shtml As I type from the Dade-Broward county line. I must be doing something right. In all my...

For what it's worth, here's the reply I wrote out a couple of years ago to somebody else who had asked about the Lunar Power system proposal. === I like Dave...