Neil Armstrong, in a very rare public appearance, said the following at a recent "Star Trek" fete honoring Jimmy "Scotty" Doohan... "This evening is really an...

Suppose one wanted to trim the many different rocket designs we have to the minimum useful few. We'd like to have a rocket well suited to every task, but...

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:53:36 GMT, in a place far, far away, (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such...

Can anyone refer me to papers/reports which study when one might need manned spaceflight? What tasks can't robots do?

The matter at absolute zero temperature stage is far before it gets into molecule stage, and before atoms and any known subatomic particles have evolved. That...