I was searching NASA GRIN for some photos when I discovered this little bit of Cold War history involving NASA and the U-2 in 1960. There is a photo of a U-2...

It is not possible, in the theoretical sense, to make complex systems perfectly safe. Complexity itself is intractable. If you're implying that we...

Bargin (cheapskate) prices for space books recently mentioned on Sci.Space.*: I admit, I'm a cheapskate and I have purchased most of these books...

OK, now don't kill me on this, but what I'd like to know is this: We know the Universe started with the Big Bang. That's all fine and good. But I just can't...

"Rob Jenkins" If I understand it correctly, Mars gets as close as 50 million miles to the Earth. That is 200 times farther than the moon. I for one would...

Nomen Nescio wrote in message ... Psycho Netkook Coward Alan Erskine...

Kent Betts wrote: "Rhonda Lea Kirk" The casual observer would think that *all* the posts are related Uh Rhonda....did you know your general...

If the forward fuselage was stripped from the 51-L crew cabin at water impact as NASA claims, why wasn't the crew found immediately via "X marks the spot?" ...

A white moon suit is roughly 85% reflective. Since the surface of the moon isn't absolute (only an average of 10% reflective), therefore other references are...

Am 8 Jul 2003 11:27:08 -0700 schrieb "TVDad Jim": I'm mostly a bonehead on engineering structures, but something occurs to me that seems obvious as a fix...

I have a question about how drag affects are calculated. Analytically, you start with rp=a(1-e), take derivatives and solve to get edot=adot(1-e)/a because rp...

"Julian Bordas" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:09:38 +1000, "Alan...

Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington July 28, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-4769) Kylie Moritz Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone:...

Option A) His natural charm. B) Shemale of the month club. Well it was not A:)

Note that the coward _still_ hasn't got the address. Nor has it learned to spell properly. "Anonymous" wrote in...

Reading (and participating a bit) in the "To the Moon on a Pocket Calculator" thread and looking at the Orbiter site for the first time in awhile, I see where...

(top post) Note that not only has the coward got my address wrong, they aren't using giglamesh or dizum to forge my name anymore. The coward also gets the...

Nomen Nescio wrote: the usual lazy horsepuckey Why the hell are you doing this, you pathetic, insignificant, little moron? "If you catch the speaking...

How about a magnetically shielded capsule? To rotect from radiation?

Found a terrific used bookstore in Duncanville, TX, essentially far southwest Dallas. Among the many books I nabbed during a half-price Sunday was Henry S. F....