Our views: Riding with Russia, opinion, Florida Today “That’s not to say the Russians aren’t exploiting their upcoming ridership monopoly by jacking up the price. They are, and the U.S. […]
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SRBs Put Out 144 million pounds of thrust? Don't Think So.
NASA Releases First-Ever HD Footage Of SRB Recovery Ship Mission “For the first time, NASA has released high-definition video taken during the retrieval of solid rocket booster segments from the […]
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Shuttle Museum Bids Bloom
Sen. Chuck Schumer launches shuttle mission for Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY Daily News “Sen. Chuck Schumer is cashing in his clout in hopes of winning a retiring space shuttle for […]
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NASA OIG on Public Sales of Space Shuttle Property
NASA OIG: Review of NASA’s Controls over Public Sales of Space Shuttle Property “We found that NASA had not fully integrated its export control and property disposition processes to reduce […]
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Stunning Ground-based 3-D Photos of ISS and Discovery – But Not on NASA.gov
Keith’s note: Have a look at these ground-based images by Thierry Legault of the ISS including an individual performing an EVA. But … scroll down. If you are one of […]
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Using the ISS: Once Again NASA Has Been Left in the Dust
Keith’s note: With the research results presented in these two papers, it would seem that structural information for biological molecules can now be obtained from vanishingly small biological samples – […]
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Wishful Thinking About Shuttle Extension
NASA weighs plan to keep space shuttle until 2017, MSNBC “NASA is considering a plan to keep the space shuttle Endeavour in flight-like condition after its last scheduled mission, a […]
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Former Contractor Suspected of Selling Shuttle Tiles
Former shuttle worker investigated in theft of shuttle tiles for resale, Florida Today “Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. David Marich said the homeowner, David Abbey, is a suspect in the […]
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The HLV Cost Information NASA Decided Not To Give To Congress
Click on Image to enlarge “Cost and Schedule of Shuttle sidemount compared with HEFT alternatives. This is the only HLV option that meets all legal requirements and fits within the […]
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STS-133 Crew Member Injured
Shuttle Discovery’s lead spacewalker hurt in accident, Spaceflight Now “Space station veteran Timothy Kopra, scheduled for launch Feb. 24 aboard the shuttle Discovery, was injured in a bicycle accident Saturday, […]