Sirion wrote: I Think Australian Should Be Part Of The USA This Australian,USA-AU Would Be A Good Thing. If Kerry becomes president, America and...

I came across a few references to the idea of a light sail composed of dust in a plasma, but all of the references I can find seem to be from the same small...

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/super_earth_040825.html #begin quote In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers have found...

Dear David Woolley: "David Woolley" wrote in message ... In article...

This request for discussion deals with creating a newsgroup on astronautics and space exploration. Many people are very interested in these topics in all...

Lets start this as a new thread. Gactimus wrote: How many people can the earth support? A related question: How does this compare to the number of people...

Fred Whipple, of the "dirty iceball" comet theory, passed away Monday (2004.08.30) at age 97. Whipple was also the the inventor the space debris protection...

See http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/08/ap_083104.asp From the cover page blurb: "As Gridlock Grows, Scientists Look at Adding Lanes in the...

While reading articles about the Moon-to-Mars plan, I've seen frequent mention of the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Unfortunately, even after looking through some...

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We have to design an orbiter. By an orbiter I mean a second stage of a TSTO, or the orbiting stage of a MSTO. What shape should it be? It has to survive...

Other than the immediate response of "Lots!", try to list _all_ the little problems inherent in it: http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~jsisson/gifs/spacema.gif Starting...

On September 1, 2004, Scott Hillis contributed the story "One Small Step as China Opens Space Center" for Reuters. It describes the rare open house for...

British Interplanetary Society a book calle Space Environment a simple simple straight foward look at the problems one would face. But the projects they...

The next nearest star 4.3 light years away, Alpha Centuri A is a million miles across or 1,227 times the size of our sun. It could have a very large solar...

i Alan Erskine alanerskine1 im a girlie boy and all my words are true lies and you can find me at the park and schools looking at little boys & girls because i...

A rash of recent news reports about the detection of a possible signal from alien life forms is "highly exagerrated," said the scientist who was originally...

Pluto Flyby Is the 2006 Pluto mission dead? Or is a scaled down version still possible for that launch window? Does anyone have any good links or references...

Small asteroid misses Earth by only four thousand miles http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996307 Jim Oberg asks -- were there any other...

Last report (in July) was that the first Falcon I was supposed to go to the Vandenberg pad in September. Any updates? - Ed Kyle