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Discussions about space policy.
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US Navy Ordered to Listen for Martian Radio Broadcasts in 1924
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It seems that a SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) experiment happened decades before the Project Ozma occurred in 1960. The historians at the blog Letters of Note have uncovered a telegram sent in 1924 by then Chief of Naval Operations Edward W. Eberle instructing the United States Navy to listen for radio transmissions... more »
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Orion Project - why the haters
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Why all the hate on any nuclear radiation Orion can put 10,000 people base on the moon or Mars in 1 go , or a 100GWat solar power station ( global warming anyone ) . Launch costs can be down to $10/kg . The Bombs are not random explosions they are shaped charges that direct the blast and radiation towards the ship. Statistically the... more »
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Our 0.1<1% hollow moon, and near infinite vacuum of Selene L1 / Brad Guth
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Where’s the objective evidence that our Selene/moon is not the least bit hollow? Where's our public funded science pertaining to the Earth-moon L1 (Selene L1)? Since most everything original about our Apollo mission obtained science is either missing or remains as need-to-know or inaccessible, where's the other 99.9% of our public funded LRO science?... more »
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Latest Mercury Flyby Could Change Theories
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"NASA's latest flyby of Mercury upset theories about the planet's composition and volcanic history, even though the probe shut down about halfway through because of an unexpected power problem. Closeup imagery from the Sept. 29 pass of the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft... more »
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Sea Dragon and Augustine`s Mars
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Augustine: "Under current plans, as many as 12 Ares V vehicles would be needed to launch each biannual set of missions." (to Mars) The launch window to Mars is only a few months. Through how many launch pads will they squeeze this 12 Ares V? What about the Sea Dragon? 1 Ares V = 160 t LEO (I am already metric)... more »
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About Augustine Final Report
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Review of U.S. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT Plans Committee Safety is of course of primary concern in any human-rated system, and Orion, and its companion Ares I launcher, are designed in accordance with NASAÆs latest human- rating requirements. The design includes an abort capability throughout ascent, as well as requirements to make... more »
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Could the Mars Rover Technology become Military Weapons?
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Robots have and are being, used for military purposes. I'd like to think though, that the moon is a little bit far away to use for such things aimed at earth. What is more worrying is the trend from man in the loop warfare to man advisory warfare when the human only intervenes in an emergency and most of... more »
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