Why doesn't NASA get automatic budget increases equal to the rate of inflation to prevent it from becoming overburdened and overstressed by the withering of...

I've seen several russian spacesuits, mostly of the Sorkol variety, for sale on Ebay. A few weeks ago, an auction house had a Strekh suit from Buran for sale....

While casting about trying to find a URL for the webcast for the launch of Flight 5 of Falcon 1 I came across...

Perhaps useful stats to have when analyzing space program costs in the public and private...

I was wondering if anybody has some numbers for average martian insolation, say on the equator. I found some data suggesting that insolation measurements at...

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:31:05 -0400, "Scott M. Kozel" wrote: Leonardo da Vinci lived 1452-1519, centuries before the actual aviation and...

So, NASA funding is going up by about $1 billion per year, and it is told to aim for Mars? Next (futrure) headline: Also, NASA budget getting an extra $1...

http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/11/sad_day_for_avi.html Will the writers be replaced by some sort of transformational multi-role writer ala' the...

"Behold the first test of the Falcon 9 Reusable rocket, launching and then smoothly landing in another location--an entire rocket going up and landing back...

Aviation Week's on-line site has a headline this week something along the lines of: "Delta IV-Heavy Succeeds but Software Needs Work". Is AvWeek reporting a...

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_space_story.jsp?id=news/CHI01177.xml 01/17/2007 07:45:59 PM // Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon ...

In recent months, the Poruguese press and TV have mentioned some plans that ESA has to use the Ilha de Santa Maria (37º 43' N, 28º 08' W), the more eastward...

An interesting concept. A recently declassified pstudy brochure scanned and made available in the "Spacecraft"...

B1051 flew, and was recovered, for the 10th time in the early morning hours. It lofted a new batch of Starlink satellites for SpaceX. SpaceX has stated...

This news...

Boeing is using Command Module shaped hardware and an Apollo type escape rocket in some of its recent concept drawings: According to NASA Watch: "Boeing has...

In today's Daily Mail (UK) newspaper was a small article that said NASA is going to send 4 astronauts to the Moon in 2018. Seems like the 2020 Mars mission is...

Started kicking this idea around in Orbiter... "New" technology required: Lunar landing vehicle - Maybe similar to Apollo LM, could maybe...

So what will it be. Do we build new Saturn Vs, Magnum rockets, Ares launchers, or Shuttle Zs?

Hi everyone, First and foremost, let me just say that I do believe that the United States was actually on the moon. However, I am in a debate with someone...