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• Commented on Exploration Roadmap Materials Online

  Its pretty sad that in some of these presentations, White Sands Test Facility is referred to White Sands Missile Range. NASA doesnt even know the name of its own centers/facilities?...

• Commented on NASA Hands Out Hand Sterilizers at an Education Conference.

  The only "cool" swag I have given out were these spongy "stress balls" that were grey and shaped like the moon, and recently we gave out these aluminum flashlights with a bottle opener on the top. the rest was stickers...

• Commented on Medvedev: Punishment for Space Failures Will Not Include Firing Squads

  expect them soon, haha their election is in March....

• Commented on ESA Contact With Phobos-Grunt - Off and On and Off

  Interesting. I wonder what exactly was included in the "partial contact" hopefully they downloaded some telemetry or something useful. Heres hoping that fobos-grunt will make it to its intended target...

• Commented on Virginia Vs Florida in Space

  "So there is still the strong NASA presence even though it is not technically commercial." oops, meant it is technically commercial...

• Commented on Virginia Vs Florida in Space

  MARS is on Wallops FF, it is NOT something only from the state of Virginia. the MARS launchpads were designed/built by 3rd party contractors for Orbital, BUT they are being certified by NASA for use. and they do have major...

• Commented on Phobos-Grunt Mission Threatened

  I really hope they can iron out any problems before hand and that the star tracker sensor is not the issue. I would be very interested in seeing the data from the Planetary Society's part of the craft. Very interesting....

• Commented on Phobos-Grunt Mission Threatened

  almost ironic......

• Commented on New York's Deceptive Shuttle Bid

  This is ridiculous. If after even this they still get the Enterprise, I will have lost all hope for NASA, and respect for Bolden. So many other places are ready to put the Enterprise up. To call this anything other...

• Commented on NASA Point of "Contact" - Please Don't Call Me

  Here is her cell from the NED 216.509.5606...

• Commented on Dayton Uses New White House Online Petition Process To Get A Shuttle

  I would rather the Enterprise go to Houston too, BUT I think a great idea would for the Enterprise to go on a rotation around various Museums in the US. But I think the Enterprise would look really nice in...

• Commented on Virginia's Invisible Spaceport (Updated)

  The only way anybody is going to be launching from launch pad 0A any time soon is if they waiver the whole thing or stop trying to certify it to the NPD. Its a mess, too many hands only one...

• Commented on Florida's Sneaky Business Tactics

  Having been to launch pad OA and seeing the NASA oversight, I can say it's pretty scary. But I guess thats what happens when a group of people who only know solids are thrown a liquid propellant launch facility and...

• Commented on Video: Start Your Day With A Cosmic Bang

  Thanks Keith for reminding me that I am in a cubicle working for a bureaucrat jerk.... haha happy friday...

• Commented on An Amazing NASA Photo You Won't See on NASA.gov (Update)

  that truly is an amazing photo. Looks surreal, its a shame that as you put it, it will not be more readily available or distributed. what can we say, it seems like more and more the "white badges" have become...

• Commented on SLS, Saturn V, And Ares V Color Schemes (Update)

  If this new design uses internal insulation that would mean a design change from the ET on the STS stack. From previous reading I had been under the impression that this was basically Jupiter. I am willing to wager that...

• Commented on SLS, Saturn V, And Ares V Color Schemes (Update)

  interesting. I wonder how they will control the boil off of the cryogens....

• Commented on Houston Still Simmers over Shuttle Snub

  @Jim taken better care of its Saturn V? Last time I was at JSC, the Saturn V was no longer just strewn about the lawn. Its now housed in a climate controlled building. I think its a great exhibit. Im...

• Commented on Apollo 18: NASA PAO Will Be Busy

  I for one think this is a cool little horror movie, and I cant wait to see it. If it sparks interest in space flight and research into Apollo so be it. I really think the viral campaign and documents...

• Commented on Confusion About Russian Space Policy

  If I may take a page from our good fellow poster Tinker... Folks: Please dont take these articles or even the quotes very seriously. The Russian media is still in a very odd place. I regularly read articles that are...

• Commented on Another Earth?

  Somebody find Emilio Sandoz and tell him he's got an Asteroid to catch...

• Commented on Spaceport America Enhancing Vertical Launch Capability

  Not too long ago I remember seeing something mentioning a prototype Lockheed Martin space plane launching from there. Pretty interesting. As for the vertical launch, maybe Blue Origin?...

• Commented on NASA OIG Review of NASA's Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters

  If you read my comment, you will see I reference the layperson, many of the people I know asking me if NASA is "going out of business" because the Shuttle is gone. The common/average person has no idea that other...

• Commented on NASA OIG Review of NASA's Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters

  As spaceman has stated, Im curious how many people will continue to visit KSC without its "Main attraction" I know Orlando is near by and space aficionados will continue to visit, but what about the "layman"...

• Commented on Progress Mission To ISS Fails

  Just looked it up, and Soyuz U has 727 missions under its belt and only 19 failures (not sure if this flight was included) I'm curious how rigorous the launch checkouts are for the Progress launches compared to the TMA...

• Commented on Progress Mission To ISS Fails

  @noofcsq they could share bits, BUT the FG is a design evolution of the U. But from what I have read the problem was the third stage light out, not a separation problem. I guess as more information surfaces we...

• Commented on Progress Mission To ISS Fails

  The Soyuz-U (Progress) and the Soyuz TG (TMA missions) use a different 3rd stage if I remember correctly. I dont think TMA launches will be affected, but it would be smart to just take a look....

• Commented on Russia Is Bored With U.S.-Subsidized Russian Human Space Flight

  "They've shown no signs whatsoever of wanting to spend that kind of money." See that is the difference between the USA and Russia, it doesnt take very much to get their boat pointed in another direction. I guess you could...

• Commented on Astronauts Planking in Space

  Hilarious, but havent those astronauts heard. planking is out, Owling is the new fad.. haha...

• Commented on Air Force Loses Contact with HTV-2

  Too bad, I was hoping after the first one lost contact that they would have everything ready to go 100% on this launch. At least they got ~20 minutes instead of 9....