((I posted this to another newsgroup, but it may be germane to the discussions here about rebuilding New Orleans.)) When a disaster strikes, even though it...

I am not happy about the militarization of space. But that is the real world. These guys live in a dream world and want to go back to living in caves and...

See: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/aw080408p2.xml&headline=USAF%20To%20Launch%20First%20Spaceplane%20Demonstrator&channel=awst

.. this (nov. 7) F.I. article CONFIRMS that the Ares-1 has problems...

"The planet is getting hotter, the world population is growing and we're on a fast track to sending 1 million species into extinction. So how will the human...

Nate Douglas Editor, RVR (http://home.mn.rr.com/rvr/) Dec. 10, 2004 FOX News- whether they are "fair and balanced," the Fox News Team is quite a group of...

I'm looking for diagrams of high-power (hudreds of kW is good, multi-megawatt is better) *modern* space nuclear power reactors. Don't need to be high detail,...

The republicans forced following cuts from the recovery package: $50 million for NASA • $50 million for aeronautics • $50 million for exploration • $50...

Ares I undergoes trade studies for nozzle redesign and expendability http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5279 Sounds like these changes would require...

Take a secondhand 747-400ER, upgrade the outer two engines with something slightly more powerful, around 70,000 lbf, and preferably ETOPS-rated though we...

A good way to celebrate the anniversary. http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/New_Index/news/121703.htm

Huntsville Times story at: "http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1106907466249010.xml" "...Marshall Space Flight Center Director Dave...

NASA weighs Hubble rescue options By Frank Sietzen United Press International Washington, DC, Apr. 26 (UPI) -- A review of more than two dozen ideas for...

The Australian Government has, for reasons that have much to do with politics, and little to do with the environment, decided to throw $Au 10 billion into...

Boeing rocket contracts taken away Air Force hands over $1 billion in work to Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON, July 24 - The U.S. Air Force on Thursday announced...

In this post I suggested delivering electrical power to "lifter" craft using long cables: From: Robert Clark - view profile Date: Tues, May 17 2005 2:53...

I guess I’m ok with this. We get a fifth planet, representing asteroids, the Sun is the Origin (0), and everything else 10 and above is a pluton. Then there...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2004-01-13-rise-robots_x.htm headline osted 1/13/2004 8:23 AM Famed Iowa space expert opposes Bush space plan By...

hi I am french and I discover the project galileo at school. I am a student in Bordeaux. And I want to know what you think about it, what is at stake with...

On 9/30/2010 3:53 PM, Hop wrote: To send it to an atmosphere grazing orbit at periaerion, you'd need about .6 km/sec. It's 1.07e16 kg. Not plausible. We...