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Buzz Aldrin - American Coward Check out the American cowards posting over at NASAWatch : http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/07/todays_video_so.html Here...

Hi This is slightly OT but its still probably the best place to ask: I vaguely recall a WWII story involving some very dangerous flight experiments, as far as...

I certainly hope that it turns out to be nothing, but it seems I saw 3 apparent instances of debris shedding during Endeavour's launch today. Subjectively, it...

1) For some reason, Korolev remains calm despite delays on his 1500kg Sputnik. The satellite is not launched until May of 1958--after Vanguard 1 becomes the...

Panel Finds Astronauts Flew While Intoxicated Jul 26, 2007 By Frank Morring, Jr./Aviation Week & Space Technology A panel reviewing...

....According to Google, here's the first thread that got it all started. That is, depending on how the Advanced Search in Google Groups decides to feed you...

Now that SpaceX has announced the completion of development of their 100,000 lb thrust regeneratively cooled kerosene based engine, has anyone gotten around...

Apologies if this sounds a bit morbid, but I was wondering if any information was released regarding the bodies of the Columbia 7. How were they indentified ?...

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....I had the fortunate opportunity to meed and chat with Fred back in '02, when he was a guest at a model rocketry convention held here in CenTex. Fred was...

While I was digging around for how long it took Apollo 11 to get from lift-off to Lunar orbit, I ran across a description of Neil Armstrong viewing a Transit...

This is really sad. Just like all the C02 data, the seventies and eighties is when global warming became rather obvious. Sea Ice Extent 1900 to...

A special program dedicated to the Judica-Cordiglia brothers will air in Italy on the History Channel on May 18. The program was produced for the History...

Why Carpenter did not fly in Gemini and Apollo? Was it really Chris Craft who clipped his wings? Was the flight director so powerful in Nasa? Kris Stoever...

I've finally finished issue Volume 1, Number 2 of my Electronic (PDF file on CD-ROM) Aerospace Projects Review. In short, this issue contains a 60-page...

Rand Simberg's excellent article is long and I also wasn't convinced that African Americans "******s" have to be the most hypocritical race on the planet. They...

Dear brave scientists and technicians of the Japanese Space Agency, You guys are the BEST! You have my most heartfelt condolences on the loss of your...

This is right over the top; Russia says it has a project to deflect Apophis before it can hit Earth in...

At 28 Oct 2009 Ares 1-X was launched. There was before some fear that the first stage may crash in the second after separation. A principle problem by the use...