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Luís F. Simões

William Shatner Wakes Up Crew for Final Discovery Mission - Slashdot - 1 views

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Space shuttle sci-fi Star Trek fun

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  • The Space Shuttle Discovery left the International Space Station this morning for the last time. To commemorate the ship's accomplishments over 27 years of service, the crew was greeted to a morning wake-up message from Capt. Kirk. "Space, the final frontier," Shatner said in a prerecorded message. "These have been the voyages of the space shuttle Discovery. Her 30-year mission: to seek out new science, to build new outposts, to bring nations together on the final frontier, to boldly go and do what no spacecraft has done before."
  • Luís F. Simões on 07 Mar 11
     
    here's a recording of the transmission: http://ia600406.us.archive.org/13/items/STS-133/03-07-11_STS-133_FD12_Crew_Wakeup.mp3 to quote from the thread at reddit: "When the space shuttle first flew, 55 americans were being held hostage in the embassy in Iran, and Ronald Reagan had just become president. That same year Prince Charles would marry Lady Diana, the HIV virus would be first identified, Post-It notes were invented, and a small company called Microsoft released it's new operating system MS-DOS."
  • Francesco Biscani on 07 Mar 11
     
    Speaking of William Shatner, the legendary "Rocket Man": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io
Luís F. Simões

USSR Wins Space Race As U.S. Shuts Down Shuttle Program | The Onion - America's Finest ... - 4 views

www.theonion.com/...-shuts-down-shuttle-prog,21007

fun Space shuttle Soviet Russia

shared by Luís F. Simões on 27 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • The termination of NASA's space shuttle program marks the end of a nearly 54-year rivalry between the USSR and the United States to achieve superiority in space exploration.
  • Sources confirmed that in commemoration of the capitalist defeat, extra bread and corn rations had been approved in all major cities, and factory workers were given time off their nine-hour work shifts to join in the festivities.
  • LeopoldS on 29 Jul 11
     
    we can't access it from within the firewall I fear ...
LeopoldS

House Approves Flat 2011 Budget for Most Science Agencies - ScienceInsider - 0 views

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US policy NASA space

shared by LeopoldS on 12 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 12 Dec 10
     
    "Some segments of the research community would get their preferences under the House spending bill. For example, it matches the president's request for a 1.5% increase for NASA, to $19 billion, including a 12% increase, to $5 billion, for the space science program. Legislators had already worked out a deal with the White House on the future of the manned space program, and they included funding for an additional shuttle flight in 2011. They even added $35 million to the $20 million increase that the president requested for NASA's education programs, boosting them by a whopping 30% to $180 million. "
  • LeopoldS on 12 Dec 10
     
    Some segments of the research community would get their preferences under the House spending bill. For example, it matches the president's request for a 1.5% increase for NASA, to $19 billion, including a 12% increase, to $5 billion, for the space science program. Legislators had already worked out a deal with the White House on the future of the manned space program, and they included funding for an additional shuttle flight in 2011. They even added $35 million to the $20 million increase that the president requested for NASA's education programs, boosting them by a whopping 30% to $180 million.
Joris _

Space shuttles for sale - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist - 4 views

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Space shuttle

shared by Joris _ on 19 Jan 10 - Cached
  • If an entire shuttle is beyond your budget, consider a main engine instead. NASA had hoped to charge up to $800,000 for these but lack of interest has forced it to slash the price. They are now available for free
  • Nicholas Lan on 19 Jan 10
     
    will it fit in diego's van?
Francesco Biscani

DIRECT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/DIRECT

shared by Francesco Biscani on 29 Jul 09 - Cached
  • DIRECT is a proposed alternative Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle architecture supporting NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, which would replace the space agency's planned Ares I and Ares V rockets with a family of launch vehicles named "Jupiter."
  • DIRECT is advocated by a group of space enthusiasts that asserts it represents a broader team of dozens of NASA and space industry engineers who actively work on the proposal on an anonymous, volunteer basis in their spare time.
  • Francesco Biscani on 29 Jul 09
     
    Just read about this, it looks like an interesting example of bottom-up innovation and self-organization.
Ma Ru

Space shuttle for sale - 1 views

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Space shuttle sale technology space NASA

shared by Ma Ru on 26 May 10 - Cached
  • Ma Ru on 26 May 10
     
    Sort of a follow-up to the story Joris posted a while ago...
LeopoldS

These Are the Sad Remains of the Soviet Space Shuttle Program - 6 views

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burn space shuttle soviet

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  • LeopoldS on 07 Oct 15
     
    sad series of images ...
Joris _

YouTube - Ascent - Commemorating Shuttle - 2 views

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MAD Space shuttle

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  • Joris _ on 13 Dec 10
     
    An amazing compilation of slow motion videos of the space shuttle. Superb!
Luís F. Simões

Boeing probes international market for human spacecraft - 1 views

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human spaceflight commercial spaceflight

shared by Luís F. Simões on 11 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • The aerospace powerhouse is designing and testing systems for its CST-100 space capsule, a craft the company says could begin flying astronauts to low Earth orbit by 2015. It will launch on existing rockets to lessen development risk and costs.
  • "The spacecraft that we're designing is rocket-agnostic. It would be possible to sell this like a commercial airplane to countries who perhaps have a launch vehicle who would like to launch it in their own country."
  • Luís F. Simões on 11 Feb 11
     
    ...and hitting the news in the same day: A Rocket Built from U.S. and European Parts "A new rocket that would combine parts from NASA's canceled Ares I rocket as well as the Ariane 5 , a well-proven European satellite launcher, could provide a low-cost option for taking crew and cargo to the space station. The rocket proposal was announced this week by ATK, an aerospace and defense company that manufactures the solid rocket motors for NASA's space shuttles, and Astrium, the European company that makes the Ariane 5. They say the rocket, called Liberty, would be ready for flight by 2015." "Other commercial companies, including Boeing and Orbital Sciences Corporation, are looking to use low-end versions of the Atlas V to carry the capsules they are building. Liberty could carry any capsule at a cost less than that of the Atlas V, according to ATK." Look! Competition! :)
andreiaries

NASA Face in Space - 4 views

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space face

shared by andreiaries on 08 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Ma Ru on 08 Jun 10
     
    Even after reading this sentence: "NASA wants to put a photograph of your face on one of the remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit." it's not clear to me what exactly they plan to do... anyone?
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  • Joris _ on 08 Jun 10
     
    I guess it is a symbolic way of flying the space shuttle for the last time! as JAXA does it with your name - if you want to - for all their scientific missions. Nice initiative indeed!
  • Ma Ru on 09 Jun 10
     
    Wow, they even mentioned it in the news on the Polish radio yesterday... What I am curious is if they really take the physical (or at least digital) photo and name to the orbit, or is this just, as you called it, "symbolic" ...
  • Joris _ on 09 Jun 10
     
    It is usually for real. Sometimes it is on a plate or slab, sometimes on a DVD, ... I will have my name on STS-134 :-)
Luís F. Simões

Abandoned Remains of the Russian Space Shuttle Project Buran - 0 views

www.themysteryworld.com/...-remains-of-russian-space.html

Soviet Russia Buran Space shuttle space history

shared by Luís F. Simões on 19 Jan 11 - No Cached
Joris _

Why space shuttle exhaust races to the poles - space - 30 March 2010 - New Scientist - 6 views

www.newscientist.com/...xhaust-races-to-the-poles.html

weather nasa

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  • LeopoldS on 31 Mar 10
     
    the new scientist article does not say much but maybe the paper could be of interest to our models - Nina and Friederike, please have a look at it - hope that you can get hold of it ...
pacome delva

X-37B military spaceplane launches from Cape Canaveral - 1 views

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rocket spaceplane military

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  • The X-37B, which has been likened to a scaled-down space shuttle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 0052 BST (1952 EDT).
  • The X-37B, which has been likened to a scaled-down space shuttle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 0052 BST (1952 EDT). The military vehicle is unpiloted and will carry out the first autonomous re-entry and landing in the history of the US space programme.
  • In all honesty, we don't know when it's coming back for sure.
Luís F. Simões

The Space Age, as recorded on human written history - 4 views

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space history zeitgeist culturomics google books

shared by Luís F. Simões on 22 Dec 10 - No Cached
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  • Luís F. Simões on 22 Dec 10
     
    Google Books measurements of word frequencies on 15 million books (12% of all the books ever published). More about it in:  - Google Opens Books to New Cultural Studies - John Bohannon, Science 2010-12-17 - Slashdot: Google Books Makes a Word Cloud of Human History - http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/info
Joris _

Robot mini space shuttle is go for April, says US air force * The Register - 2 views

www.theregister.co.uk/...x_37_go_for_april

MAD launcher space

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  • concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies.
  • a robotic spaceplane able to remain in orbit for substantial periods before re-entering the atmosphere and coming in for a runway landing automatically
  • Joris _ on 15 Mar 10
     
    make you wonder when the FLPP will actually lead to something flying !
  • LeopoldS on 16 Mar 10
     
    I did not even know that the airforce continued the X37 project when it was cancelled at NASA ... interesting stuff indeed ...
Marion Nachon

Smartphone-Controlled Robots Aid Astronauts | NASA SPHERES Droids - 0 views

www.innovationnewsdaily.com/pheres-droids-smartphones-2131

technology space

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  • Marion Nachon on 27 Jul 11
     
    "The MIT-built robots will each connect with a Nexus S smartphone - the first commercial smartphone certified by NASA for use on the space shuttle and space station."
  • Marion Nachon on 27 Jul 11
     
    First smartphones control our lives, now they control robots behaviour. Watch out! After all, there must be a good reason for calling it smartphone...
Luís F. Simões

Following SpaceX down the rabbit hole -- The Space Review - 4 views

www.thespacereview.com/...1

SpaceX launcher

shared by Luís F. Simões on 19 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • He then went on to remind the press that his company’s goal is to continue to lower the cost of access to space because high launch costs were “the fundamental factor preventing humanity from becoming a spacefaring civilization.”
  • First, two Falcon Heavy launches could field a return to the Moon
  • Second, a single Falcon Heavy could launch a Mars sample return mission.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • Also possible with a single launch: a first ever human mission to an asteroid.
  • what effect Falcon Heavy might have on the costs of supporting the International Space Station. The ability to launch twice the supply capacity provided by the shuttle at something on the order of 20 percent of the cost changes the calculus entirely. So much so in fact, it opens the door for contemplating an entirely different future for ISS in which it never follows Mir into the Pacific.
  • Following conclusions offered by the Augustine Committee, the Obama Administration cancelled Project Constellation as unaffordable under existing budget limits, and supported instead the ambling, but cost-contained “flexible path.” If the Falcon Heavy is available, however, the rationale for selecting the flexible path—because it’s the only thing we can afford—simply doesn’t exist.
  • Luís F. Simões on 19 Apr 11
     
    an analysis of implications of the Falcon Heavy announcement
Nina Nadine Ridder

Failed strut caused SpaceX rocket blast: CEO Elon Musk - 3 views

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launchers SpaceX Falcon9 space_flight technology

shared by Nina Nadine Ridder on 21 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Nina Nadine Ridder on 21 Jul 15
     
    The SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion was caused by a failed strut that allowed a helium bottle to burst free inside the rocket's liquid oxygen tank, CEO Elon Musk said Monday. "One of those struts broke free during flight," Musk told reporters on a conference call to discuss the June 28 blast on what was supposed to be a routine cargo mission to the International Space Station.
  • Thijs Versloot on 21 Jul 15
     
    I guess this is how it starts as they mentioned they will inspect struts individually before each flight. Also for the space shuttle they believed a rapid inspection between launches would be feasible, but in the end there was a need for individual assessment almost. And we haven't even considered human spaceflight yet.
  • LeopoldS on 21 Jul 15
     
    as predicted, first failure, first inquiry board, first new safety procedures ... and certainly many more will follow and all will make sense but with the risk of loosing the competitive edge
LeopoldS

NASA - Star Wars Meets UPS as Robonaut Packed for Space - 2 views

www.nasa.gov/...robonautpacking.html

technology ISS robotics

shared by LeopoldS on 15 Aug 10 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 15 Aug 10
     
    couldn't find his legs ... but they might not be needed anyway on the ISS ....
  • andreiaries on 16 Aug 10
     
    Cool. Since ESA is always said to be inspired by NASA projects, can the ACT look at it from a different perpective? What about sending humans to the ISS without legs? Think of the mass and volume it would save. It would also improve robot-human interaction. Robots would no longer feel inferior. I'm sure most people would give up limb to go to space.
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