Aurora 7 carried a TV camera, and the Mercury DVD said that it was used, but didn't get good results. They said that they couldn't find the magnetic tape or...

wrote: Robert C. Truax's 1000 tons to LEO "Sea Dragon" Big Dumb Booster concept was discussed here several times....

What I wonder about is how you light that engine while it's submerged that deep in the water, which one would think would generate one hell of a back...

Comrades! And this one well be in a higher inclination...

Slayton was scheduled for the fourth Mercury flight and Schirra was his backup. When Slayton was grounded, Carpenter got the slot instead of Schirra. ...

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In article , Monte Davis wrote: We went into Apollo expecting and promising Lunar...

Air&Space on new lunar lander design Very nice insights and overview.... http://www.airandspacemagazine.com/ASM/Mag/Index/2006/AM/soap.html Nice companion...

Does anyone know where I can find old literature on Ceres as a planet? I'm looking for tables, orbital elements, physical characteristics, etc. of Ceres, not...

Pluto - The Tenth Planet From A Star Called The Sun http://cosmic.lifeform.org/?p=170 I will never surrender. http://cosmic.lifeform.org

A discussion a few weeks ago about Apollo/Saturn V aborts highlighted the circumstances in which abort would have been automatically triggered. Given the lack...

Planetary status has been stripped from Pluto. This is a disrespectful way to treat our friend in distant space. Earth and Pluto have long coexisted in peace...

In article , rk wrote: A colleague made reference to an obituary in the LA Times for...

jonathan wrote: Poor Pluto, two thirds planet and one third comet. Or is it the other way around? In any event, this debate shows the basic flaw of our...

Thomas Lee Elifritz wrote: You seem confused about the terms you are using. Please consult a dictionary before you become a complete laughing...

I have recently been reading up on these first two missions of the Saturn 5. On Apollo 4, the S4B was re-ignited, sending the CSM to an apogee of about 12,...

According to NasaSpaceflight.com, NASA is looking at a backup CLV design that uses 2 3-segment SRB's attached to a liquid fueled core. The backup CLV design...

Ceres is definitely dwarfish, but pluto is just smallish, more plutoish. Both planets nevertheless. Lane clearing my...

project rambler was a rocket program in the late 50's early 60's at the university of michigan. 1963 michigan Gov. romney received a table top model. prof....

At July 4th I saw in German TV an interview with an older journalist. Yeah, a journalist was interviewd by a journalist. The old guy said he once did an...