....Dropped by Wal-Mart this afternoon to pick up some brake fluid, and passed the marked-down candy aisle. They had large bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups...

There are certain factions of American society which have been encouraged (by dint of governmental inaction, and even governmental REWARD - in CASH, no less)...

Just got word that Ted Taylor, nuclear bomb designer and one of the forces behind Project Orion, died Friday or shortly before.

I am currently trying to figure out some chemical reaction with asphalt that is used in rocketry. Does anyone know what really happens when perchlorate and...

John Kerry B: December 11, 1943 Saggitarius "For November 2: First thing this morning, you are made aware of a groundswell of activity that benefits you. This...

Space Launch Delay MOSCOW (Reuters) -- The military has postponed the launch of a new-generation space booster rocket scheduled for this week due to...

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... My sister's Irish Setter polished off a three pound...

So, this is probably silly, but I've noticed that Henry Spencer hasn't posted since 9/11/2004. I also haven't found any explaination or other people...

On 2004-11-01, Mary Shafer wrote: We got a new trash can for the kitchen and the dogs have stopped "shopping" for snacks in the trash. ...

Anyone here used the information from this book? I'm trying to do some design based on it, although I've found in a couple of places the formula's make great...

Office of Corporate Communications National Reconnaissance Office Chantilly, Virginia 12 October 2004 NRO selects 2004 class of Pioneers The National...

After careful consideration of the current major parties' candidates for president of the United States, it is clear that Bush is the choice if you are for...

I'm surprised that Sven hasn't brought this to our attention yet- he wrote a article about the recent speculation regarding the Soviet "podsadka" earth orbital...

Saw this book on the new book display at a local bookstore today. Interleaved biographies of Dave Scott and Alexi Lenov which (going by the blurb) brings new...

Mission Rules were developed and used for manned spaceflight programs (e.g., Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, ASTP). I am aware of these "rules" being used on...

Hey kids, Check out the picture on page 13 of this Shafer Aerospace document. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/65850main_schafer.pdf Looks like the only thing...

When Apollo CM's reentered were they heading on an Easterly or Westerly ground track? TIA, Alan

With Bush, the first man will step on Mars before 2010 ! Bush will establish bases on all moons and planets in the solar system, solving all problems on...

I vaguely recall that in the long era of the 1990s, there were a few Atlas II launches did not carry the small sustainer engines, but rather just the two...

As we all know, KSC as we know it today really started as a facility to launch missions to the Moon for the Apollo program. The VAB was designed to accommodate...