New Mars Forums

It reminds me of stretch marks.. since there are slight depressions in the area.

No not a bussed worker but new aerospace facilities.

On the note of space policy Kerry has tended to list it as science and technology under his plan for America. 
http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/technology/

His official blog page archive:
http://blog.johnkerry.com/archives.html

Who does he think he is kidding that that was the top topic of concern. This was the only listing of topics for Nasa or space.

NASA Town Hall quote:
This morning at a townhall meeting at Cape Canaveral, healthcare seemed to be the major concern on most peoples minds.

Sort of like the job corps of the depression that help cut many a highway accross this nation as well as the trials though the mountains for viewing spectaclular views from the top of the world as it were.

China Showcases Space Program
China Showcases Space Program in Rare Tour to Launch Center As a Lure for Foreign Investment

"China stands to reap big benefits from good publicity about its space program both in the economic potential it represents and the national prestige it encourages at home and abroad."

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040901_894.html

Not Rocket Science   
NASA can get political -- for Tom DeLay 
http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2004 … balls.html

Quote from article:
NASA needs to do some serious kissing of the DeLay ass to keep getting funded.

For any corporation wants to build and launch there version of the next possible CEV for Nasa they need infrastucture to do so. This goes for xprize contestants as well getting into the game.

Here is a thought for the xprize and for any company that would want to build and launch rockets here in the US. If possible purchase the pad 36A complex that launches the atlas 2 rockets. It just launched the last one and will basically sit idle and be used for spare parts to fix any issues with 36B launch pad.

Launch team salutes Cape's pad 36A after final liftoff
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac1 … ad36a.html

In a failed economic system Items of value such as the precious metal with have value only when considered against the barter trade from others since curency will be of little or no value when that has occurred. There are other items that will also hold there value, Land for farming and food production, fuels -coal, wood, oil, gas and so on. Each will have an economic meaning based on the surounding area to which you live an the hardship to which the individual is to face.

So how would one get the nukes to jupiter and then plan to what drill to the interior to plant them not to meantion compress the hole that was dug to get them there in order to maintain the down would pressure such that when the nukes are detonated that they just do not blow out the plug for the hole that was dug to get them there in the first place.

But maybe you thought was to have them go into nuclear melt down rather than blowing up, that changes what may happen especially if some are saved, a few for when the core temp does come close to that point for fussion to be nearly able to begin such that when there are then detonated that it is given that extra push to begin the fussion process.

The concept of thrmal nuclear melt down could be also applied to mars to help in creating a magnetic field by forming a liquid core as well.

Some more truth seeking from the GAO. They are seeking Details from NASA Employees in this Agency Audit. The investigation is reaching out to NASA employees who might have concerns about the agency's spending practices or its billing interactions with contractors, but are afraid to speak up. Maybe a lattle early to cheer but if it leads to lower cost in doing space flights keep digging.

http://space.com/news/nasa_gao_040831.html

There is a lot of truth to the points that you make in that the companies in the business have slowly eroded to just a few big ones. Which have swallowed many of the small fishes to get that big. By staying in cohouts with the government and Nasa they have only grown bigger and more costly for all that would want to be the next space explorer. Let alone a colonist excluding the few with the cash to become tourist.

Same topic as a few lines down in extasolar planets. The importance is the size which had been leaked a few days ago of only being near neptune or uranus size about 10+ Earths to 15 os so. The main part of the web broadcast dealt with more of the logistics of who found what when with official research papers and referees.
In terms of planetary search life becomes more practical as the systems to which are of simular ratios to ours.

The Canadian government has not yet given its stamp of approval to the da Vinci Project's rocket launch in Kindersley, putting the Oct. 2 liftoff in some jeopardy.

http://www.canada.com/saskato....51201c1

Question, is this a privately owned company or is it a canadian sponsored vehicle? What has canada invested in this project such that they would even have a say?