In a folder in the Files (named 'Helios') I have have palced some pictures of the NASA FRG sun probes of the 1970s. I was always fascinated by this speedy...
Dear Robert Schorry, You and I REALLY MUST be reading each others minds. Just this last Wednesday night, I was looking though my list of probes that I still...
This is a spacecraft that's fallen off my radar screen. Thanks for the reminder and great references. Dumb question: the dimensions on the thermal test page...
He base "diameter" is 3000. Feet and inches would be a bit large, wouldn't it? :-) Yep mm (pronounced millimuters according to a German guy I work with)......
In a folder in the Files (named 'Helios') I have have palced some pictures of the NASA FRG sun probes of the 1970s. I was always fascinated by this speedy...
Nice model. After seeing certain elements of it up close, I am tempted to get one myself now. :) JMC In a message dated 8/1/2008 11:08:13 A.M. Central Daylight...
As a point of interest, a new version of the Ares 1 model will be available soon. It will be updated to the actual manned configuration. The present version...
... A capsule is best for a return from the Moon or Mars. Top-mount spaceplanes could be iffy--although DIRECT seems stout enough to handle a good sized winged...
I have been working this one on & off on one & I agree with the builder's review. I only differed in using 5 minute epoxy in the SRB to second stage joint....
Hello one and all, Any idea where I might be able to get the measurements for the Shuttle cockpit?? To start with, the "front office" and then the "rear...
Steve, Where is Greenwell Springs? I grew in New Orleans. Sincerely, Jock deBoer AIA NCARB deBoer Architects 835 Bard Ave Staten Island, NY 10301 718-354-7926...
Cool! Looks really well researched and executed! Ex adversus charicitas tractus est..... Adversity drags character from us... ... From: arthur krull...
I don't know it directly, but here: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760024180_19760 24180.pdf at page 64 there's a layout of the...
Helium 3, not Hydrogen 3. They could be weigh stations though if enough infrastructure was put up there. Velocity to break orbit is not as high and you also...
In a message dated 8/1/2008 1:12:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, JMChladek@... writes: Helium 3, not Hydrogen 3. I stand corrected. And irradiated. -...
You'd never send a space plane to Moon or Mars. It's for crew and small cargo LEO access only. A space plane is the best way to have high flight rates and...
No problemo Allen. :) I do see Glen's point. But as we found out with Apollo, the "cheapest" way isn't necessarily the best way for something long term. The...
Raw material for building "stuff" in orbit will come from the Moon. No point building in a gravity well like the Moon when you do it in LEO or even better...
Just my $.02, but if you can't make fuel on the moon itself, then using the lunar base as a weigh station for Mars makes little sense. Sure, it's easier to...
Hello all, I watched the Congressional hearing that they were quoting Glenn from, and although Glenn's own mistaken grasp of the uses of a Moon base was...
Hi Jock, Greenwell Springs, LA is about 10 miles northeast of Baton Rouge. Check your e-mail for further. Steve Sliger In a message dated 8/1/2008 2:32:06...
I've polished my presentation, although there may be one photo I might change. I need to 'rescue' a model from the hobby shop, where it is on display. I'll...
Anyone have this book? Century Jets: USAF Frontline Fighters of the Cold War As I remember, there is a picture of a US Army F-100D used during Hawk missile...
I'm almost ready. I have a few things for the SIG table, but the only space model I think I will enter will be my Voskhod2 - but I will bring my dinosaur....
