Aerospaceguide.net: Newsletter 37, Sunday 25th, July, 2004

Greetings AeroSpaceGuiders,

How are you all?

In this newsletter there are 3 intersting new space polls, the 2004
Space Missions page has been updated, a new page with 2005 and Future
Missions has been added, updated the Astronomy Software page, and
lots more.

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SPACE POLL:

* QUESTION 1: "Which is your favourite Star Trek TV Show?"

Choose one option.

1. Original Star Trek TV Series with Captain Kirk and Dr Spock is the
best TV Show.
2. Star Trek : New Generation with Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Data is the
best TV Show.
3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the Best TV Show.
4. Star Trek: Voyager is the best TV Show.
5. Star Trek: Enterprise (the latest tv series) is the best TV show.
6. I like all the Star Trek TV Shows.
7. I do not like Star Trek.
8. I watch Star Trek sometimes, but I'm not a big fan.

To vote now, click on the following link:

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

* QUESTION 2: "How often do you check your emails?"

Choices:

1. I check my emails daily.
2. I check my emails every few days.
3. I check my emails once a week.
4. I check my emails at least once every two weeks.
5. I check my emails at least once a month.
6. I check my emails at least once every three months.
7. I do not have an email address, I use my friends.

To vote now, click on the following link:

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

* QUESTION 2: "How often do you visit the AeroSpaceGuide Website?"

PLEASE NOTE: Number 2 should have said "I visit the
AeroSpaceGuide.net Website at least once a week"

Choices:

1. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website every day.
2. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website once a week.
3. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website once every two weeks.
4. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website every once a month.
5. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website only when I receive a
newsletter.
6. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website at least once every three
month.
7. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website only when I need to look
for info.
8. I visit the AeroSpaceGuide.net Website only when I need to shop.

To vote now, click on the following link:

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

WHAT's NEW?

* Space 2004 Missions
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/space/2004.html

* Space and Astronomy 2005 and Beyond
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/space/2005.html

* Astronomy Software
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/astronomysoftware/index.html

New additions include Red Shift 5,Astronony plus and lots more.

SPACE NEWS IN BRIEF

* Mars rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) maybe given another seven
months to explore the Red Planet. Spirit and Opportunity were given
an initial work phase of 90 Martian days.

Opportunity Rover is now about 10 to 12m inside the Endurance Crater.
Endurance Crater is a 130m-wide depression at Meridiani Planum on
Mars. The rover will continue to proceed deeper into the crater until
the gradient approaches 30 degrees, the limit at which scientists
think it will become difficult to back out of the crater. When it
gets out of the crater, it will examine the spacecraft's heat shield,
which is thought to have excavated a deep hole when it slammed into
Mars during descent.

Spirit Rover is currently still at the base of Columbia Hills. It is
due to proceed to about 30m up the hills and then hibernate to endure
the harsh Martian winter.

* Stephen Hawking has put forward a new theory that changes the way
scientists view black holes, saying he was wrong about them in the
past. He now believes that black holes may allow information to get
out.

* One of the Space Shuttle Main Engines that will carry the next
Space Shuttle into orbit has been successfully tested by engineers at
NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

* The first Return to Flight Space Shuttle mission is designated STS-
114. It will use the Space Shuttle Discovery Orbiter. The launch date
will be on March 6, 2005 and will visit the International Space
Station.

* The follow-on Space Shuttle Mission after the Space Shuttle's
Return to Flight will be STS-121. Veteran astronaut Steven W. Lindsey
is the commander of STS-121 and Mark E. Kelly is the pilot.

STS-121 was added to the flight schedule to help accommodate the
growing list of requirements originally assigned to the Return to
Flight mission.

* Lockheed Martin has successfully performed a series of drop tests
at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona to validate
soft landing technology that can be used for astronaut crew capsules
upon return to Earth.

Apollo capsules used water landings. The technology they are testing
could allow a future crew exploration vehicle to safely return the
crew to land, providing more flexibility in landing the crew and
making it more affordable.

See you in the next newsletter.

Regards,
Vic Stathopoulos
Web Master

Aerospaceguide.net
http://www.aerospaceguide.net
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