Space policy will have its own version of King Kong vs. Godzilla at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington on Thursday, February 5, beginning at...

Mind you, this takes things into the 60s. But during the late 60s it appears that everyone involved had become fixated on the idea that some sort of a shuttle...

What if the Saturn V was still being built? Where would we be? What number would we need to build each year to be financially reasonable? What sort of...

Wishlist of Pinky and the Brain (aka Bush and the Cheney): http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf From page 53: "... Similarly,...

Hi All found this article on Sci-Am: http://tinyurl.com/ds6k8 Basically it says that the current supply of copper, platinum and zinc is in short supply. Two...

Before anybody gives me that look...this question is totally in the context of a "what if" kind of hypothetical scenario. Suppose an asteroid somehow, through...

There has been some talk on the Skylon SSTO proposal. But there exchist some potential alternatives, like this airlaunch...

What the HELL is this destructive STUNT doing? As it happens, we haven't inventoried all asteroids which pose in fact a threat to Earth and while this stunt...

This article describes the plan to sell the orbiters minus engines for $42 million: For sale: Used space shuttles. Asking price: $42 million apiece By John...

So with all the build up to ULA's announcement that their new launch vehicle would be game changing, I felt a huge let down. The build up included a social...

I saw that this weeks Space Access '09 conference, http://www.space-access..org/, will have several presentations by companies working on suborbital flights...

Taylor Dinerman's article in "The Space Review" this morning raised some questions for me. 1) It did not appear that the question of infrastructure support...

Guth Venus is way more alive than Usenet...

In the very early hours today (EDT), SpaceX successfully launched the cargo Dragon transporting the IDA-2 to ISS. Also, the Falcon 9 first stage...

From: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10956120.htm A few paragraphs in the article at the above link (Knight Ridder) brought some thoughts to...

The phrase 'Space Shuttle' because of the legacy of our current shuttle has become synonymous with returnable/reusable space-to-ground gliders. But the...

In article , "Sound of Trumpet" wrote: The simple fact is, we are never...

COLLECTIVE INSANITY http://members.shaw.ca/eye-openers/collectiveinsanity.htm "When we remember that we are all insane, the mysteries disappear and...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb496884.htm http://www.reasons.org/about/index.shtml What the **** is wrong with these people? -- The Tsiolkovsky...

The idea of controlling and managing so carefully the first discovery of extraterrestrial life shows us the most harmful ignorance plaguing the human...