How practical would it bee to use Hall thrusters for ISS reboost? Will McLean

There was a young man from Kyzyl who was known by his friends as Wild Bill he strutted around, always wearing a frown cause his pants were too small for 'lil'...

Just curious v/r Gordon

At least one Democrat has a space policy: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60629,00.html -- Mark R....

Interesting article about focus groups which are often cited as proof that a large market for space tourism exists. http://slate.msn.com/id/2089677/ I have...

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:08:12 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Dr. O" dr.o@xxxxx made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: A...

Report of an excellent sighting in Maryland, minutes ago, about ten seconds earlier than the pre-launch artificial elset put together by Ted Molczan. WATCH...

Democrats Roosevelt & Truman Won WWII Republican Eisenhower Dismantles missile research. Democrat Kennedy Revitalizes space...

Chinese Space Program and Muslim World http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=40789 A 'Divine Journey', Chinese manned space flight program -...

"Dr. O" wrote in message ... I'm convinced that once the Chinese land a man on the moon...

This is the weekly Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) posting for sci.space.tech and sci.space.science . It is crossposted into sci.space.policy to explain...

http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-124.htm Committee on Science SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, CHAIRMAN Ralph M. Hall, Texas, Ranking Democrat Press...

Assuming no Russian participation in Freedom, what was the plan for the early stages of crewing if and when a shuttle went down?

This is a trade off I have been trying to get a handle on for some time. Firstly, very crudely assuming that the subsonic airlaunch vehicle delivers rocket at...

"Dr. O" dr.o@xxxxx wrote in message ... How hard is it to send a man to land on or orbit an astroid, close...

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/china_plans_031016.html The Chinese have announced they will soon launch a space-lab and after that a space station. I'm...

After Rotary Rocket went out of business, was the ATV scrapped or did some organization buy it? (It would be a cool thing to see flying around Oshkoch, but...

The AST/AVR turf war is over. Patti Grace Smith and Nick Sabitini have jointly published a Notice in the Federal Register, 68 FR...

So, which will happen first: 1) Next NASA Space Shuttle flight 2) Shenzhou 6 3) XPrize contender flies in space ??

In the current days, most americans are unaware of what is really going on in american prisons, airports, and streets. Prisons maybe. Airports and streets...