On 23 Oct 2003 rk wrote in : Congratulations to Graham Drabble, the new Moderator...

Rand Simberg wrote: I have some more commentary on the Gehman report, and why we should not build "the" next generation launch system. ...

In article , rk wrote: I read these numbers in USA Today, found them kind of surprising: The public accepts some...

light antenna is nothing but a telescope. radio waves penetrate gas cloud etc in space beter.. they are waaaay better to send signal.. which is why we listen...

"rk" wrote ... sci.space.moderated will be closing its doors on Monday. Well, there goes the first 'great experiment' since democracy.

rk wrote: Hi, In response to my earlier post we have received a number of very nice letters, including offers of support for the hosting, helping with...

Rand Simberg wrote: Unlike me, Andrew Case is probably too modest to toot his own horn, but he has a nice piece over at The...

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:42:51 -0500, in a place far, far away, Pat Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to...

I'm looking to buy a new telescope in the range of about $1500 AUD (approx. 750 USD) Can someone give me a suggestion as to what to get? I've looked at the...

Pat Flannery wrote: http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/06/oconnor_and_sco.html#more They should have been flying three years ago, or retired it. ...

Could the X-15 have exceeded the altitude performance of SpaceShipOne The X-15 flew to 354,200 ft, according...

Everyone should go to http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/index.html if look at this. I have been helping with this of and one for about a year. Well anyone how...

For years man has tried to figure out how to colonize space , economically. Real or fake flying saucers have been around for years and a few world gvt's...

OK, I've had a long day, I'm coming down with a cold, and I'm tired, but I've got one more post before I go to bed, and the day is over. I've been really...

Dark matter, the "invisible" mass that scientists believe makes up a large part of the universe, can be explained as being mass that is at one end of a cooling...

NASA has recently released a batch of email to and from the director of the office of Safety and Mission Assurance (Bryan O'Connor) related to the Columbia...

Hi, Today read an article on PhysOrg: http://www.physorg.com/news1767.html Quote: "A University of Michigan scientist is part of a European Space Agency team...

Follow the directions below and in two weeks you'll have up to $20000.00 in your PayPal account. There is a very high rate of participation in the...

I understand, from press reports, thatthere was to have been an update last Monday to the return to Flight timetable. Is that correct? and if so has anyone any...

I've read a lot of people treating NASA's Return to Flight schedule as a sick joke at best. I'd like to remind everyone that someone once went to speak to...