One of the advantages of the Ares IX test seems to be an easier ability to re-cycle the countdown on holds. However, a lot of what was done for the Ares IX...

Anyone know if there will be any "Rocketcams" on board for the Ares 1X launch? Not heard anything either way. --...

How does one launch a into a polar orbit from French Guyana? Where does the first and second stage drop? I understand they are not bombing New England, but...

www.armadilloaerospace.com It looks like they are now engaged in bi-prop work, claiming that peroxide motors were not sufficiently robust for multi-use. What...

This is the first version of the ARMXER Orbital Skyhook Infrastructure simulation with a GUI and a visual output (available since May...

By arrangement with Arthur Schnitt, a series of columns by him on the subject of "Minimum Cost Design" for rockets is now available at www.dunnspace.com The...

Hi Folks Just joined the group for the purposes of posting an idea. I have been doing a little reading today about artificial gravity and haven't seen...

Hi all, just popped in to this group, as I've heard its a good place for space questions answers. My question is this: You have a rotor 200 meters in...

In several experiments conducted by NASA and by the Russians plants were grown indoors using an artificial light. What type of light was used that produces...

I've lost count of how many times on these newsgroups I've encountered someone saying that providing space habitats with natural sunlight via mirrors and...

This was an interesting article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5025388/ Gee, this sounds like it would be a much more enjoyable Space Tourism experience....

Howdy, I have a satellite tracking program that outputs from AZ,1-359,EL,1-90 in ASCII. I am just wondering how I can convert this to something meaningfull...

Reminding people, this evening will be the IRC chat sponsored by Asimov's science fiction: Whither the Space Program July 22 @ 9:00 p.m. EST While celebrating...

At the NSS meeting in May, Rusty Schweikert made the case that asteroid 2004 MN4 could hit the earth in 2036 or 2048, due to perturbations caused by its close...

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If we ever finally start mining the asteroids, one issue that comes up is that of bringing the mined metals to Earth. One possibility may be a large number of...

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