I have another column this week on why space stuff costs so much--because we expect it...

The "Seasons on Gas Giant Moons" thread got me wondering... would a "binary" system of earth-like planets be possible? And what would happen once any...

With a new Website and Discussion Group.... http://spaceprojects.tk I have just added the BBS, and have many, many links including Hi & Low bandwidth links...

Interesting concept- launch penatrator probes from lunar orbit: http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/aw060506p2.xml Pat

Hi everybody Tonight in clear skies I saw an enormous 'hole' around the moon. The hole was kilometres wide and was perfectly spherical in shape, at the...

Here's JPL's note about working on the way out of the stuck position Opportunity is in: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2005-072 quote "We...

The Senate is on the verge of killing the suborbital passenger business: http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/004386.html#004386

I read an article that said the life expectancy of the mars rovers was 90 days. Isn't it too short for $800 million machine? What limits it to 90 days?

Hardly a week goes by without some news item about Mars and the likelihood of manned flight to it. I ask, where is there a cape Canaveral launch facility on...

"Martha H Adams" wrote: Every time I see an image like the giant moon on the cover of the August 2003 issue of Locus, I think it makes a...

"rk" wrote ... sci.space.moderated will be closing its doors on Monday. Well, there goes the first 'great experiment' since democracy.

This might be a really dumb question, but I've been doing some reading for fun and have come to understand the following... Our solar system is part of the...

First, Thanks Scott for the link to http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/index.html that is full of usefull papers of peroxide. I found if I call late at night that...

In the 01 September 2004 edition of the NewScientist there is an article about an unexplained radio signal found by the SETI@home...

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That's the question I ask in this week's Fox News column. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102318,00.html -- simberg.interglobal.org * 310 372-7963 (CA)...

Any guesses on where in the window it'll launch? -- This is a siggy | To E-mail, do note | Just because something It's properly formatted | who...

That's the title of my latest Fox column, on the chilling effect that regulatory uncertainty may have on investment in private space. I suggest taking AST out...

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3555048.stm "Last Updated: Wednesday, 11 August, 2004, 10:49 GMT 11:49 UK Japan unfurls solar sail in...

I'm looking to buy a new telescope in the range of about $1500 AUD (approx. 750 USD) Can someone give me a suggestion as to what to get? I've looked at the...