If I am not wrong, "candles" for oxygen generation in Mir were made of lithium perchlorate, whereas the same device in ISS is made of potassium perchlorate. I...

Is the moderator dead? Yours, TDP m.l. m.s.l. p.f.p.p.

Boeing has an extensive site devoted to Delta IV-Heavy. See especially the "Growth Options" pdf - imagine strapping together SEVEN of the Delta IV first...

We've already had discussions about anti-matter being used as a fuel one day, but typically there were criticisms about the stability of the magnetic bottles...

I've been trying to find some gallery shots, schematics, anything really, on spacesuit designs in the internet. I've found words and text, replicas for sale,...

Would it make any sense to design a surf launched tourist vehicle which is spun up while floating in the water? This could then be a totally passive guidance...

I just finished reading This New Ocean that covers the space age. I really wasn't looking forward to the Skylab part but after I read it and then googled up...

Hello, I was wondering if there was any resources in how to develop software for rockets? Kevin

Hi I had a Scholarship to get Phd in remote sensing techniques , and I have diploma in electronic engineering . I am not sure about the research plan , I...

Here is a puzzle. There is a theory of dark matter that says that dark matter is simply mirror matter. This is not antimatter but matter that is reflected...

Hi all, I'm simulating a transmission under simulink. Here are the characterisics. emitter QPSK modulation Factor 2 oversampling channel Fir filter case 1

In _Entering Space_ Robert Zubrin mentions that it would take only a small amount of Delta V to send Kuiper Belt Objects down to Mars. He believes comets...

wrote in message ... The thought ran through my head that a nuclear thermal rocket is...

I am a student at San Francisco state, journalism major, and am compiling a story about the upcoming space shuttle launch. i am on a deadline and truly would...

During the past few years I have asked several questions about planetary drillers in sci.space.* newsgroups and I've got some very good answers, links and...

Space Station News /////////////////////////////////////////// NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Next Commercial Crew Launch Posted: 05 Mar 2021 11:17 AM...

I have put together an article about Luna-3 based on Chertok's book, Russian papers I have found in my files and help from Don P Mitchell. The idea was to...

so who is working on their own rocket ship???? well? Due to a website crash. photos of mine are not available until i pull out the album and re-scan the...

I've looked moderately hard, so don't prang me please if the source is too obvious: does anyone know where I can get images of a 50's ion-propelled spacecraft...

Hi, I ran some of the images from the Titan probe through a terrain generation program. The results are quite cool. The source images were a bit noisy and so I...