On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:19:03 GMT, "Greg D. Moore wrote: "Jorge R. Frank" wrote: "Danny Deger" wrote: The shuttle has once in its history, launched...

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:48:51 +0100 (CET), George Orwell wrote: Is it feasible to utilize a winged parachute to pinpoint land a...

How often is the Shuttle checked over for Cosmic dust/ray penetration,and does it pose a threat however small to the crew or to the vehicles intregrity ?

The shuttle has once in its history, launched in an inclination lower than KSC latitude. What was the inclination and why did it launch into this...

What was the actual and forecast weather at KSC when flight gave a go for the last landing? Next question: If it had been no-go were we going for Whitesands...

Pardon me if I'm not up to speed with all the rest of you space fans. I was just marveling at how nice the video is from the NASA web site. I watched today's...

Any one with a web site for accessing imagery from the robotic arm camera for the last shuttle mission?

Is the primary function of the chute to drop the nose or to slow the Shuttle, or a combination of the two? I noticed it was jettisoned shortly after the nose...

Have there been any SRB's not recovered apart from challenger? I seem to remember something about pictures of a sinking SRB that didn't have its chute...

At 10 metres per second, which is a reasonably fast pace vertically, it will take 46 days to climb a Space Elevator to geostationary orbit. Has...

Launch COROT Launch Date: December 27, 2006 Time of launch: 13:55...

Does anyone know how we navigate our deep space probes? I know we use radar and GPS in LEO. What do we use for deep space? My guess is we use Doppler...

Here's part of what Immanuel Velikovsky had written in the Preface to the paperback edition of his best-seller, "Worlds in Collision," in the early...

I wonder if there have been any reports of Z particle activity on board STS116 and ISS mission.

http://collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000468.html

I think Nasa TV are attempting to run a service for Goldfish today, as given the length of most of the clips and the continual repeats, it about matches the...

Not this week, since we are in a blizzard, but I'm wondering if the new international runway at 16,000x200 feet would be a possible alternate for the shuttle...

A beautiful landing and the video feed of the view through the HUD was amazing. Bravo Zulu indeed John

I know you love the 1600 to 1 ratio of water going to steam. I just thought of this. Early steam engines used this but it was going from steam to water...

.....How difficult would this be, and how much weight and power would it take to effectively shield a crew reasonable over a long term (such as a trip to Mars...