Aerospaceguide.net: Newsletter 31, Sunday 29th, June, 2003

Hi Everyone,

In this newsletter we have two new space polls which you will find
interesting and news of the next space shuttle launch and a new
discount code for CountDown Creations.

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- Think you are a space expert? Why not test your knowledge
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SPACE POLLS

1. "Have you ever wondered what gender AeroSpaceGuide members are?
Are you male or female?"

2. "How many crew members (including pilots) should NASA's proposed
Orbital Space Plane have?"

To vote now, click on the following link:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aerospaceguide/polls

WHATS IN THE NEXT NEWLSETTER?

Space Shuttle Challenger, History and Info on Space Shuttle Columbia,
Orbital Space Plane and better coverage of Mars including recently
launched Mars Spacecraft. Are there any topics that you would like us
to cover, please email us.

WHAT's NEW?

* Moon Base
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacefuture/moonbase.html

This page has been re-done. It now has cool pictures.

* Skylab Space Station
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacestation/skylab.html

This page has an experimental new look. Skylab was lauched 30 years
on a Saturn V Rocket and on the 11th July, 1979, Skylab re-entered
the Earth's atmoshpere.

* Ascender Space Plane
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceplanes/ascender.html

Ascender is designed to be the first sub-orbital aeroplane since the
X-15, and the first ever to carry passengers to space. It would start
a sub-orbital space tourism business that would build up the
credibility needed for full orbital tourism.

Ascender is an entrant in the X Prize, an international contest
designed to jump-start the development of low-cost, reusable launch
vehicles. It offers a prize of US $10 million to the first competitor
who successfully flies a vehicle, with passengers, up to 100
kilometers, twice.

In the future a page will added on the X-Prize competition to
AreoSpaceGuide.net

* Star Trek Merchandise
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/startrek/index.html

SPACE NEWS IN BRIEF

* The next Space Shuutle Mission will be in 2004. No specific date
has yet been set. It will be the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS 114. The
mission may carry 4 crew members:

- Eileen Collins (Mission Commander)
- James Kelly (Pilot)
- Soichi Noguchi (Mission Specialist)
- Stephen (Mission Specialist)

The mission will be to the International Space Station. It will be
the 17th station flight. It will carry Raffaello Multi-Purpose
Logistics Module (MPLM), deliver the External Stowage Platform to the
station and remove and replace Control Moment Gyro.

ANY SUGGESTIONS or COMMENTS?

Please email me =) space_projects@...

See you in the next newsletter.

Regards,
Vic Stathopoulos
Web Master

Aerospaceguide.net
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