Bob B.
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 6, 2006 18:22:25 GMT -4
I just added the following page to my Web site: Rocket and Space MilestonesI'd like to hear about any errors, typos, etc. I'd also like to hear your suggestions for additions. Thank you.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 6, 2006 19:34:26 GMT -4
Well I can think of a few more failures you could add. The N1, Genesis....
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 6, 2006 19:36:15 GMT -4
Oh and Lunar Satelites launched from Apollo craft? They were the first manned spacecraft launched satelites.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 6, 2006 19:41:50 GMT -4
Svetlana Savitskaya performs the EVA by a woman during a visit to Salyut 7.
In 1984. I think should be "Svetlana Savitskaya performs the First EVA by a woman during a visit to Salyut 7."
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 6, 2006 19:51:27 GMT -4
Thanks PW, I'm working on all your suggestions. I could have sworn I had the N1 failure on there, I don't know how it got left off the list.
EDIT: I probably should also add something about NERVA.
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Post by Count Zero on Aug 6, 2006 22:55:19 GMT -4
I probably should also add something about NERVA. If you do, then you should put it in context. Start with your entry from 1961 that reads: President Kennedy commits the United States to the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.Obviously you're referring to this quote: I therefore ask the Congress, above and beyond the increases I have earlier requested for space activities, to provide the funds which are needed to meet the following national goals: First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. Does anyone know what he said next? Secondly, an additional 23 million dollars, together with 7 million dollars already available, will accelerate development of the Rover nuclear rocket. This gives promise of some day providing a means for even more exciting and ambitious exploration of space, perhaps beyond the moon, perhaps to the very end of the solar system itself. Third, an additional 50 million dollars will make the most of our present leadership, by accelerating the use of space satellites for world-wide communications. Fourth, an additional 75 million dollars--of which 53 million dollars is for the Weather Bureau--will help give us at the earliest possible time a satellite system for world-wide weather observation. Three out of four ain't bad. In this context, I notice that you have Telstar 1 listed as the first commercial comsat. You might also want to list the first weather satellite.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 6, 2006 23:37:05 GMT -4
Possibly SOHO too?
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 6, 2006 23:48:10 GMT -4
You might also want to list the first weather satellite. I already have that one... 1960 - The U.S. launches TIROS-1, the world's first successful weather satellite.
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Post by gwiz on Aug 7, 2006 3:30:02 GMT -4
In 1978 the BIS published Project Daedalus, the first detailed feasibility study of interstellar travel.
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Post by Count Zero on Aug 7, 2006 4:12:55 GMT -4
Volcanic activity was discovered by Voyager 1. If you want to showcase Voyager 2, say that it took the first close-up views of Europa's active, ice-covered surface.
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 7, 2006 8:43:02 GMT -4
In 1978 the BIS published Project Daedalus, the first detailed feasibility study of interstellar travel. That’s a good one, I’ll add it. Volcanic activity was discovered by Voyager 1. If you want to showcase Voyager 2, say that it took the first close-up views of Europa's active, ice-covered surface. The thing with Voyager 2 is that it captured an image of an active volcanic eruption. Voyager 1 discovered evidence of volcanic activity, but not an eruption in progress. I should at least clarify the statement, but your suggestion about Europa is a good one too and I’ll consider it.
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 7, 2006 8:57:46 GMT -4
Can anyone think of other key people who deserve to be featured in the pictures and captions on the right of the page? It has also been suggested that I include some “action photos” of major events, e.g. the launch of Sputnik, etc.
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Post by gwiz on Aug 7, 2006 9:05:16 GMT -4
Can anyone think of other key people who deserve to be featured... Not a person, perhaps, but surely Laika deserves a place.
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 7, 2006 9:23:18 GMT -4
Not a person, perhaps, but surely Laika deserves a place. I thought of that too. I know there is a pretty good picture of her sitting inside the capsule.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 7, 2006 19:05:08 GMT -4
Alan Shepard as the US's first person into space. Robert M. White as first X-15 pilot into space Mike Melvill as first Private spacecrat Pilot into Space Christa McAuliffe as first civilian to fly in the space shuttle and a dedication to the Challenger's final Crew. Gene Cernan Last man to set foot on the moon. Dr. William H. Pickering Director of JPL during then Space Race.
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