ISS is also being cut back. They say it'll keep a decent level of funding, but it'll be scaled to keep overruns down. There's talk of another re-design.<br> No...
Here's an interesting Mars Simulation that the folks at SourceForge are working on. Its open license software, which means its free for you to use and adapt ...
> to what extent a boost in Mars monies swamps out other space science efforts is not known.<br><br> It already seems clear that NASA is being forced into...
More money is added to robotic programs(which can't tell feet from meters) and the few humans-to-Mars programs are scrapped. This does not balance out. ...
Yahoo seem to be putting ads in places where they really shouldn't by, for example the Oracle one on my.yahoo and the compaq one in clubs.<br><br>If the...
> Fred Singer, president of the Science & Environmental Policy Project, has argued for the past two years for a human mission to one of the Martian ...
HI:<br> I was happy to hear about the former Gerald O neal proposal.<br> The lkower Gravity of the moons means that inflatable habs are possible><br> In...
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] THE GREAT DEBATE<br>Sean M.<br>>>> I recently got Robert Zubrin's `The Case for Mars'. The first quarter of the book is ...
From the start message:<br>TOPIC<br>Where should we go/start? <br>Should we:<br>-go to Mars<br>-go to the Moon<br>-go for space colonies (O'Neills and the ...
>> And I think some of the arguments he makes against O'Neill's concepts are simply wrong. If anybody's interested in looking at my criticisms of his ...
Well thats what the moon good for.<br><br>Giving rocks a gravity assist, compared to rocks its ore bodies suck so may as well use it for something productive....
... rocks a gravity assist, compared to rocks its ore bodies suck so may as well use it for something productive. <br><br>How about steel, glass, mirrors,...
... doesn't any annoying gravity to complicate industrial processes. <br><br>Well until samples return we don't know the exact composition of any body, but we...
What burns up in our atmosphere gives us a pretty good idea of what those asteriods are made of.<br><br>We also use spectrometry to determine the composition...
... pretty good idea of what those asteriods are made of. We also use spectrometry to determine the composition of the rock.<br><br>So you would see no need to...
There will only be a few percent difference between our observations and what is really there, so it really would matter all that much.<br><br>There is a lot ...
... between our observations and what is really there, so it really would matter all that much.<br><br>Since we haven't brought back samples from a asteroid,...
We don't need to bring samples of the asteriod back, just go around and find a bit of it that has fallen to earth.<br><br>Diemos has a dV too high for it to be...
... back, just go around and find a bit of it that has fallen to earth.<br><br>So we have samples of asteroids that are up there now that have pieces that are...
well its me a founder of this club remember? Thanks jgz you have done excellent work!thanks for updating and thanks for the members who keep in touch!now i...
there is no way to rebuild that website! I am going start a mars website from scrap and has<br>daily updated news on mars,debate central,chat room,forums,free...
Phobos and Diemos Outbound Dv from LEO is 4400 m s-1 with Dt of 270 days, Inbound Dv to HEEO is 1800 m s-1 with Dt of 270 days.<br><br>Total Dv is 6200 m s-1,...