Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic)
A view of alt.space from those who STILL won't drink the kool-aid.
(this post courtesy of the Old Space Cadet) The following comes from section 460.45 of the regulations referenced in the AST website. According to my nonlawyerly eye, these requirements are to be met before a deposit can be taken by a space flight provider corporation. I support my interpretation with the first sentence of paragraph […]
Read More Houston, We May Have a Problem…Virgin Galactic has revealed the White Knight 2 and the new suborbital space ship design. Very cool looking – good luck! (and yes, I will be buying a ticket – don’t act so surprised)
Read More It’s here (almost)PROFESSOR L GOES TO SCHOOL, LEARNS A PAINFUL AND EMBARRASING LESSON. NOW HE SAYS, ‘DON’T YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES”! Using a term I learned when I was in the Navy a long long time ago, I must admit to having recently “screwed the pooch” due to poor choices I made which led to certain behaviors […]
Read More PROFESSOR L GOES BACK TO SCHOOL:For those who aren’t superstitious or just weren’t aware of the history of American manned spaceflight, we have just entered NASA’s “witching weeks”. This is the strange bermuda-triangle period (late January-early February) that seems to attract catastrophic failures to the Agency – specifically: Apollo 1 pad fire: January 27 Challenger destruction on ascent: January 28 […]
Read More File under : “You have to be f**king shi**ing me!”In 2004, a group of thirteen premier space advocacy groups joined together under the Space Exploration Alliance to have their voices heard. The first SEA “Blitz” brought together 76 space enthusiasts from around the country. They converged on Washington, D.C. and talked to over 200 congressional offices in support of NASA’s bold and substantial mandate […]
Read More 2008 Legislative Blitz – February 10-12 – Washington DC
Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic) 