$$ Gerard Westendorp wrote: My son was boiling 6 eggs, and we noticed that the eggs formed a kind of close packing, but pentagonal,...

On 17 Jun 2006 20:53:10 -0700, "Gene Ward Smith" wrote: Douglas Berry wrote: What part of "oxygen is common as dirt" is...

On 18 Jun 2006 02:45:25 -0700, "Dogon_Tribe_from_Sirius_B" wrote: *Thoth was Enoch, w/the one-arm-bent to represent a scribe of the...

A cluster of galaxies, many quite "mature," has been discovered 10 billion light years away from Earth. The cluster apparently contains trillions of stars...

For what it's worth, here's the reply I wrote out a couple of years ago to somebody else who had asked about the Lunar Power system proposal. === I like Dave...

NASA is asking for studies. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=20739 Some interesting stuff. 54 tons on solo mission. About 40 tons when going...

Phineas T Puddleduck wrote: In article , Brad Guth wrote: Phineas T...

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Heh. This is worth a read: http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/06/bob_zubrin_step.html#more "Some advice Bob: sit down and shut up before you look even...

As press releases go, this is fairly...

With five RS-68s on the core stage now, NASA's Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV) design has begun to look more and more like Henry Spencer's Brown Bess idea, first...

I found this nice set of images on the web: http://www.vs.afrl.af.mil/News/Video/06-04.html After over a year in orbit, has XSS-11 found another target yet?...

Brad Guth wrote: Who is "we", Brad? Dear Art Deco (aka Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion), *ding* title...

One of the facts about space travel, when done with rockets, is that if you need to execute a manoeuver requiring a large delta-V in order to come back from...

Hey folks, I did not say that his intentions were not good. Bush has made a few strategic changes, but you cannot say he has done more fore NASA than any one...

$$ How & why GPS works ..(fixed jUNE 13, 2006). $$ . $$ $$ (GPS daily REset FACTOR) = (GPS *PREset* FACTOR - VLO REset): $$ $$ v1^2 3875^2 ...

I thought there must be more, and there it goes : http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2003+YN107 The moon is closer than you think. Let's review one...

This article discusses new research doubting nanotubes could provide sufficient strength for a space elevator: Nanotubes Might Not Have the Right Stuff. By...

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country =United_Kingdom&region=England is published by JSC, FDD, OFDG; it is clearly...

Since the success of SS1, there has been greater interest in rockets using N2O as an oxidizer. The pluses of N2O seem to be: 1) Availability - You can buy a...