Less than a day left on some neato space books, including Dan Cole's "Beyond Tomorrow" (can't claim to be a space fan in good standign without a copy). Also a...

Nut-with-a-lawyer alert: http://www.stopthenoise.org/ "Stop the Noise mission is to ask for at least prohibition on recreational flying in this area, and, from...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4926298/ "WASHINGTON - Thirteen advocacy groups, industry associations and space policy organizations announced their support...

(CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/30/space.rockets.reut/index.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -- Aerospace giants are already prepared to...

It seems as if Rutan may get it. The prize expires next January, so does anyone know, even after the Ansari contribution, does the foundation have 10...

http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=968&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 He opines life's origin is a very important...

Here are some pictures of todays flight on the Scaled Composites website: http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/New_Index/photos/photos_text.htm Image of...

NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics project was shut down in January 2003 due to lack of funding. Why can't they look for funding elsewhere, like most non...

And then, there are the inferior men. Soldiers. Fanatics. I'd like you to say that to a group of the American Legion. I know it's a bit far, but, your...

Perplexed in Peoria wrote: Hmmmm! Anyone remember the "Fifth Generation Project" which was supposed to make Japan the world leader in computer software...

Ok, the cheapness of lunar produced aluminum and solar panels compared to those launched from Earth has been talked about here many-many times, so I decided to...

After the claiming of the X-Prize (hopefully) this year, and with the NASA centennial challenges program, there is some need for new ideas for aerospace...

http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004a/spacestoryN0501SHUTTLE.htm NASA details risks to astronauts on mission to Hubble _FLORIDA TODAY_ - May 1,...

DVDs from The Spacecraft Films: a) Project Gemini, b) The Mighty Saturns (the Saturn 5) and c) The Mighty Saturns (Saturn 1&1B) Sold as a set for $75 dollars....

I have a question that I have thought about for many years to do with gravity and electric but have never found the answer. As Einstein is not around I thought...

It just occurred to me today that whenever I've seen people talk about space colonies orbiting the Earth-Moon Lagrange points, it's always assumed that the...

New on the Encyclopedia Astronautica: http://www.astronautix.com/articles/theoblem.htm The Podsadka Problem - what was the configuration of the...

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On Fri, 07 May 2004 14:40:55 -0400, Ed Ruf wrote: On Fri, 07 May 2004 08:34:28 -0700, in sci.engr.mech Mary Shafer ...

Ladies and Gentlemen - First, forgive the long post. With the US President's Moon and Mars initiative seeming to drift slowly off into the past, what might...