I'm wondering if this idea has occurred anywhere else: If humans need a full one Earth gravity after all, a lunar settlement could provide that, at least part...

As the moon is a lot closer and probably of more near term intetrest than Mars, I am really surprised that we do not have a rover on the moon. It could go...

Some of the latest Spirit pics. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p587.html And please don't say they're Martian rocks~

http://images.spaceref.com/news/2005/06.04.05.esas.budget.med.jpg

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9247925/ There's some speculation that Ceres has lots of water. At 2.77 AU it's about in the middle of the Main Belt. I'd imagine...

How does the proposed heavy lifter compare with the Saturn V in performance terms? Was there any thought given to simply remaking the Saturn V with...

we know the parameters of geocentric orbit but what are the parameters of lunar centric orbit? where could you site an orbiting moon base so that it was...

What's the current status of Vasimr, and what problems need to be solved before Nasa can flight test a unit?

Flywheel energy storage has been suggested for use on the Moon (see http://www.asi.org/adb/04/03/03/flywheel-energy-storage.html ). But I haven't seen a...

Stumbled on this interesting photo from 1965- this was the KIWI TNT (Transient Nuclear Test) test; a KIWI nuclear rocket test reactor was purposely given a...

For those of you up late, here's a neat story, that just broke.... Best, Jim BREAKING NEWS: Object Bigger than Pluto Discovered, Called 10th...

I am interested in going to space -- I mean that in both the personal, I myself want to go to space sense, as well as the more general, I would like to see...

Scientifically speaking, it is no brainer. Meaning, so called NASA science team did not show any signes of life for years. Mars data analysis is nonexistent,...

JimO asks -- what can this report mean? What technical capability is being referred to, and in how garbled a form? As of now, I have no reason to believe this...

This _joke_ comes from http://www.laughlab.co.uk/topByCountry.html (it was their top-rated joke in Canada). A version of it appeared in sci.space.history, but...

When do you think the technological singularity will occur?

John Ordover suggests that profitable ventures are the only thing that will open up space to the drive to explore. In other words space needs a killer...

Something has been nagging me since the current round of hydrogen depletion sensor problems started on Discovery's launch attempt, and I haven't seen any good...

(http://www.hindu.com/seta/2005/07/14/stories/2005071400101600.htm) Three-time shuttle astronaut George `Pinky' Nelson had the unique experience of flying the...

I'm not sure what to make of this. "http://cfn13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=13873" "Big NASA Announcement Today NASA is planning to make a huge announcement...