I can't seem to make a connection for some reason - the server is unavailable or can't be detected. -- Alan Erskine alanerskine(at)optusnet.com.au Trial or...

And I'm not referring specifically to the loss of Columbia. The "shuttle" program from the start was basically a collection of the cheapest ideas that could...

Does the letter "R" in Soviet missile designations, such as the R-7, stand for anything? Matt Bille ) OPINIONS IN ALL POSTS ARE SOLELY...

In message , James Anatidae writes Something I've been wondering about since seeing "The Crawling...

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:30:20 GMT, "bob" wrote: This set me to wondering: what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie?...

So you've bought your model Space Shuttle, and unlike that first one you had as a kid, this time you're actually going to paint and detail it well. Bet you...

"Apollo 13" gets my vote. The Saturn V launch sequence is still a incredible piece of work. -- Goliath & Wildwing's Storage...

Hermann Oberth is credited with suggesting the launch of sounding rockets from an airplane by Mark Wade's online enclyclopedia, but was he the first to suggest...

According to New Scientist, the Ig Nobel prize for engineering has been awarded to Edward A Murphy for inventing Murphy's Law at Edwards Air Force Base in...

Coming soon to a theater near you... http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thelostskeletonofcadavra/synopsis.html Make damned sure to watch the trailer...

Hello The audio9 and audio-video files can be found at http://home.iprimus.com.au/julianbordas/aldrin.htm The video quality is not too good. The DV file is...

delurk to share this little gem... Couple days ago, in an otherwise unrelated book review in an otherwise highly regarded German newspaper, I read to my...

I have recently been told that while on the Moon, Neil Armstrong made the comment " Good Luck Mr Gorskey" Does anyone know if he really said it and what is...

Because they are too stupid for such a task! Before the US really lands on the moon, the Arabs would do it !

I would guess that being in the LM for more than a few hours was pretty uncomfortable. Is that right? There were no seats or beds, right? And of course it...

The Gravitational Instability Cosmological Theory, ( on the formation of the universe) by Rev Izzo "When The Universe Started to Fall" (a cosmological...

see http://www.msnbc.com/news/970313.asp?0dm=C26AT

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 13:05:09 -0500, "nobody@nowhere" wrote: There was a movie when i was a kid. About a child stowing away on an...

Did anybody catch the earlier version of : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3170524.stm which was posted earlier today? The text has...

Our very own Colin Burgess and Michael Cassutt will be signing their new books at the Reuben H. Fleet Center in San Diego on November...