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Description: Historical manned and unmanned space flight programs.
 

The Buzz Bus as A Cloud 
  My suggestion of spinning the Buzz bus for artifical gravity and using a co-orbiting non-spinning comm sat for high gain dish antenna fine alignment to Earth made me stop and think. Would there be other advantages to this type of modular approach to the Cycler? Maybe instead of a single vehicle, the cycler consists of several... more »
By David Spain  - 8:25pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Bigelow hunting for astronauts. 
  Must have prior flight experience: [link] Bet you a whole pile of Russian cosmonauts answer this ad. And Buzz Aldrin, of course. ;-) Pat
By Pat Flannery  - 9:11pm - 3 new of 3 messages    

ISS till 2028? 
  Life extension concepts are being discussed: [link] ...one problem in doing this is that, like Mir, you would then be using equipment that was never rated for anywhere this long of orbital lifetime, so you can expect a lot of failures as things wear out. Pat... more »
By Pat Flannery  - Mar 12 - 14 new of 14 messages    

By the light of a Mexican Moon? 
  English only for our lunar astronauts please: [link] Pat
By Pat Flannery  - Mar 12 - 1 new of 1 message    

Not too late for more Shuttle flights 
  Dissent in the ranks for General Bolden of Star Command! No matter what Obama wants, they can still fly more Shuttles: [link] As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS, that's a good question. Well, we could replace the troublesome piss extractor toilet I imagine.... more »
By Pat Flannery  - Mar 10 - 48 new of 48 messages    

Robotic Flyby Spectroscopy of an Asteroid 
  ...A measurement system from Monte-Carlo simulation can be adapted for use in a robotic flyby of an NEA asteroid. Models include total gamma quanta distribution and pulse height spectrum of precious metal in asteroidal regolith, along with a Gamma Rate Detector for remote observation. As mentioned previously, the gamma quanta distribution in regolith... more »
By American  - Mar 10 - 1 new of 1 message    

Lockheed LS-200 "Star Clipper" blueprint 
  On eBay. Currently at a whole five bucks. [link]
By scottlowther@ix.netcom.co m  - Mar 10 - 2 new of 2 messages    

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By world-trade  - Mar 9 - 1 new of 1 message    

Space Summit for real, or is it just for theater? 
  Space.com, Spaceflight now, and Spacepolitics.com are mentioning this space summit with the President in attendance scheduled for 15 April. Is this for real, where real ideas and proposals will be discussed, and compromises made (because the Plan, such as it is, has such a hostile reception in Congress... more »
By Matt Wiser  - Mar 9 - 15 new of 15 messages    

1980's DOD spaceplane 
  Dwayne Day has part 2 of his article on the Air Launched Sortie Vehicle up on The Space Review: [link] (In case you missed it, part 1 is here: [link] ) In this installment, General Dynamics and liquid fluorine arrive on the... more »
By Pat Flannery  - Mar 9 - 2 new of 2 messages    

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