Space Program Blog, from Sputnik to Ares V

Should we send man to the moon again?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:40:00 GMT

I've recently read an article arguing AGAINST man landing on the moon again, and it had 2 main points.1) We wont get anything out of it.2) Not enough Money for it (yet, he agrees with Obama spending trillions for bailouts *cough*) In my opinion, there are 3 huge points FOR it.1) It's a huge jobs program, in the 1960's many, many jobs were created to manufacture the Saturn V, LEM, and CSM.2) America at this point of time needs something to look up to, I mean we're in...
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Tropical Invest 94L growing more organized.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:15:00 GMT

Good morning everyone! 94L has made a comeback overnight as convection has grown around (slightly dispatched to the west) the COC. Looking at its current organization I think a TD by 11 PM or 5 AM is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Here's a current satellite image of 94L. Now, I personally think the intensity forecast is problematic, there is an area of high shear in front of 94L, and I mean high shear. But judging by the shear maps, there is an anti-...
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Godspeed Space Shuttle Discovery!

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:23:00 GMT

Multi-Purpose Logistic Module (MPLM) 'Leonardo'Launch will be on August 25th 2009 at around 1:35 PM EDT. FINAL NIGHT LAUNCH OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch T-4 days!

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:43:00 GMT

Commander Mark PolanksyPilot Douglas HurleyMission Specialist 1 Chris CassidyMission Specialist 2 Julie Payette (Canada)Mission Specialist 3 David WolfMission Specialist 4 Thomas MarshburnMission Specialist 5 Timothy Kopra (ISS expedition 20)STS-127 Patch.KIBO Exposed Facility to be added to the JEM module launched by STS-124.Endeavour on LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.Endeavour was used previously as the LON-400 flight for the Hubble Space Telescope. This mission w...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch T-1 Day!

Sun, 10 May 2009 15:20:00 GMT

(credit to Orbiter Space Flight Simulator)# Scott D. Altman (4) - Commander# Gregory C. Johnson (1) - Pilot# Michael T. Good (1) - Mission Specialist 1# K. Megan McArthur (1) - Mission Specialist 2# John M. Grunsfeld (5) - Mission Specialist 3# Michael J. Massimino (2) - Mission Specialist 4# Andrew J. Feustel (1) - Mission Specialist 5Last Flight to the Hubble Space Telescope.Launch May 11th 2009 @ 2.01 PM EDT.
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