NOX/HTPB (R45 Rubber) makes an interesting low-risk, low-cost ($0.05 per kg propellant cost) propellant combination - as used in SpaceShipOne, a hybrid rocket....

On Saturday, September 8, 2001 at 7:05:49 AM UTC-5, Gareth Slee wrote: Hi Has there been a Welshman in space? Wasn't there a Shuttle astronaut who...

Apparently a small chunk of the planetoid flying by Earth has struck a Russian town. Over 400 people injured, no deaths reported...

This is a question for opinions only, so please no flames. Question: (In your opinion) what should manned space flight have done after the Moon landings? ...

I've posted a very large (6750X2525 pixels) drawing of the Sea Dragon HLLV on my site. This vehicle was to be bigger in diameter than some launch vehicles are...

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....A few of my OMBloggers have reported that the Houston news stations are reporting that JSC is *seriously* in danger of being flooded by the storm surge...

The following video of the F9 first stage return was just posted to YouTube today by SpaceX. The video is abbreviated 1/2 way through I suppose to skip the...

I've read that the Russians managed to mount and test-fire an anti-air cannon aboard Salyut 3, as part of a military project called "Almaz". Can anybody tell...

A small rant: I came here because I'm interested in a) space history, and b) shooting the breeze with like-minded anoraks^H^H^H^H^H^H^H people. I'm not the...

This book is hilarious!! And it's all online at: http://missilegate.com/rfz/index.htm Enjoy! Jim Davis

BTW, a very brief review of Rocket Ranch (by Jonathan H. H. Ward). It's a great book. I enjoy reading almost any history or biography of the space program,...

Mike Flugennock said: In article , "Matt J. McCullar" wrote: Thanks for posting...

I found this interesting piece of information in the Wikipedia article concerning the history of the Polaris SLBM: "During its reconstruction in 1957-1961,...

I watched an advertisement for a movie, Deep Rescue, which looks so awful I may have to watch it. The plot: a space shuttle ditches in the ocean, and promptly...

With Coalition Occupation Authority, insurgents, suicide bombers, the whole works. And we're the fraken cylons. It's over, time to begin planning our...

Follow along and contribute your ideas with NASA's One-way Manned Mission to Mars! http://1way2mars.blogspot.com/

Hello, Could a solid fuel version of the V2 rocket been developed in WWII. Did Germany make any efforts in the way of solids. Seems to me if Germany had a...

Did you know that Gagarin was ejected from the Vostok rather than landing in it? According to CBS News, that was only recently revealed. Pat

Very cool find by NASA Watch! A design NASA worked on as a reusable alternative to Altair: http://images.spaceref.com/news/2009/ReusableLunarLander.pdf The...