A while ago, there was a debate of whether an air mixture of 50:50 oxygen and nitrogen (with appropriate water vapour and carbon dioxide) at a pressure of...

Bioastronautics Bioastronautics, is study of biological adaptations the human body may have during long term space travel, in order to make the best...

From the AP, via Yahoo http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_sc/nasa, this on Griffen's latest testimony: quote NASA's top priorities are a...

7 hours 32 minutes for Stanford. The CMU teams came in within 20 minutes or so after that. I was disappointed with the "webcast" that there was supposed to...

Looking at the planned vehicles for the return to the moon, the article(s) seemed to emphasize leverage of shuttle technology. For example the use of SSMEs and...

Numerous news sites (Yahoo, BBC, Google, Reauters) reporting a successful flight despite control problems, which might be some PIO (cue Mary). Engine was...

I was reading somewhere that they made the first light antenna. I suppose that would make it 100's of times quicker than radio signals.? I know we have 100's...

There are some fascinating pics of impact craters on earth at this site. www.lpi.usra.edu They are all from Australia, Africa and Canada it seems. Are there...

OK, I'm slightly confused. A while back we had a thread in which it was stated (I believe) that ground tracking of the CSM was done by the comms system through...

That's the title of this week's Fox News column, in which I tackle economic illiteracy, in the space movement and...

Hubble is orbiting with a perigee of 584km and an apogee of 618km. Would it still function if it was manouvred into an orbit matching that of the ISS (perigee...

Henry Spencer wrote: In article , ed kyle wrote: Who will be first to bring...

For WinXP. Recommendations on programs to track said things?

Is anyone concerned that by refusing to accept an end to Hubble that we are really teaching mission designers and evaluators to avoid astronaut serviceable...

.... hopefully this is the right group for this... NASA is launching a rocket next week and my family is going to be in Orlando... Is it worth going to see or...

I'm not sure if this is the right news group to help with this question. I had an argument with a friend the other day about whether its cheaper to send a...

Why are we about to spend years and untold billions developing CEV when a superior vehicle is closer to reality? Kliper can fulfill all of our requirements in...

See http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/may18/darpasr-051805.html or http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050522202034.htm: Standford has...

They 15 year old girls with blogs? http://www.livejournal.com/users/spiritrover http://www.livejournal.com/users/opportunitygrrl -- This is a siggy | ...

Hello. Can anyone provide any details about the sensor that is mounted on the base of the Soyuz descent module for detecting the approach of the vehicle to...