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Goodbye and GodSpeed Discovery RV-103. 4 Dec 2011 | 03:52 pm
Goodbye and Godspeed RV-103 Discovery. 09-2009 to 12-2011 What can I say, but that it is an end to a major chapter in our lives. Today I turned over the keys to our great and intrepid ship RV-103 Di...
CollisionTEC: A Review 4 Dec 2011 | 12:09 pm
Towards the end of Mission #2, RV-103 had a mishap with a pole, as detailed here. Last month, I finally got an opportunity to get her fixed and wanted to write a review on the garage that did the wor...
Breaking News: Obama proposes an end to NASA’s Planetary Science Program 27 Oct 2011 | 07:15 pm
“Word has leaked out that in its new budget, the Obama administration intends to terminate NASA’s planetary exploration program. The Mars Science Lab Curiosity, being readied on the pad, will be launc...
Mismatched Models 13 Sep 2011 | 06:48 pm
Most advocates of Human Space Flight programs always model HSF with the airplane model. Government subsidized at first and eventually private for profit companies would take over. Airplane companies...
Human Space Flight Trivia Week 7 13 Sep 2011 | 04:22 pm
First of all my apologies. I had to take care of some duties at home that prevented me from posting the newest question at the regular time. Because of that, answers will be accepted for this week’s...
Two is One and One is None. 2 Sep 2011 | 12:54 pm
NASA and America's New Human Space Flight Logo Credit NASA There is an old saying, “Two is one and one is none.” It means that if you have only one critical item, and that item breaks, then you ...
Human Space Flight Trivia Week 6 2 Sep 2011 | 10:58 am
When Humans abandoned the ISS due to no access by the USA or Russia, the Feline Astronaut Corps stepped up and took over keeping the ISS running. The HSF Trivia Week Five question was: Which Launch C...
Human Space Flight Trivia Week 5 and the First Grand Prize Winner! 25 Aug 2011 | 09:22 am
Commander Merlin draws the 1st Grand Prize Winner from her magical NASA hat. Well last week’s question turned out to be a bit tougher to answer. Though some got close, no one got the right answer. ...
“Don’t Cry Because it’s Over, Smile Because it Happened.” The “We Made History” Event at KSC 24 Aug 2011 | 12:40 pm
"We Made History" Event at Kennedy Space Center August 2011 A little over a week ago, I attended the “We Made History” event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center. The event was to celebrate the Sp...
Human Space Flight Trivia Week 4 18 Aug 2011 | 04:50 pm
Above: The first feline to train in weightlessness on the Vomit Comet. The HSF Trivia Week Three question was: Which Shuttle orbiter was first to use a drag chute and on what mission? The answer is:...
