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I wish I could help – my skills are not up this alley. That said – a hearty THANKS to Warren for getting this site to where it is. He’s plowed a lot ground that many of us take for…   Read more»

The chief job requirements are thus:- General knowledge of website operations in a LAMP environment- PHP Nuke content manager experience helpful- Ability to use text editors (Notepad, Brief, Multi-Edit, etc.) to modify raw HTML and PHP files in order to…   Read more»

Warren, I would like to jump in and help, only thing is I know less about software than I know about women. I can build a computer in my sleep, but code? What is code? Ajax, that is a type…   Read more»

By the way, in case you didn’t guess – I’m cranky. I just spent 5 hours blocking a Russian spammer, doing security patches to the content manager and locking the website down a bit more. I’ve got health problems and…   Read more»

That is cool! Thanks for posting!

Anybody got any drawings showing how the Apollo moon buggy folded up and fit with the lander? It seems relatively large, but it would be nice to see a comparison of it vs. current Mars rovers, in terms of size,…   Read more»

Seriously, when are we going to put a Jeep up there and do some donuts? Enough with the R/C cars.Edward

Getting back to the original topic….Adrian: I appreciate your perspective and insight on this mission. It’s interesting to hear about the pros & cons of the various approaches.But, even speaking as an aerospace engineer — wow, is that a complicated…   Read more»

The U.S. is borrowing (currently with an interest rate of about 2%, pretty much the same as the inflation rate, so zero real cost) 39% of what it is spending.http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/HistoricalTables%5B1%5D.pdfWe went from a surplus at the end of the 1990s…   Read more»

Getting back to the original topic….Adrian: I appreciate your perspective and insight on this mission. It’s interesting to hear about the pros & cons of the various approaches.But, even speaking as an aerospace engineer — wow, is that a complicated…   Read more»

Gosh, 3Dogs, I thought it was $.50 of every dollar and borrowing was now greater than the GDP, but I might be wrong. I too favor a balanced budget as you know, but I prefer that we start with entitlements…   Read more»

I have a study report from 1971 on the benefits of the space program and budgetary concerns. When the report was written those 4 decades ago, it was determined that the filter down in the economy worked out to be…   Read more»

Hey Guys,Wow, is right! Thats very impressive, if you can dream it, Adrain and NASA can build it. I’ve been looking at upgradeing my computer, would you beleive they are upto 3 billion transistors on a 32 nano-meter chip-set, 8O…   Read more»

Now, now, now; don’t get your knickers in a wad. I agree with your sentiments. I grew up in Houston and I have seen the space program up close and personal. I have two cousins that work at MSC. One…   Read more»

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Now I just feel silly about my angst over how to anchor my recovery system. 😛

If it doesn’t work, you can blame me for part of that.When I was working on the Mars Exploration Rovers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I got frustrated with how inefficient the airbag system was, in terms of $ and…   Read more»

A little dif. than the bouncy ball thing last time!

I wonder how they deploy the chute(s)? Is it compressed gas or explosive? Or a big cocked spring that sits that way for 93,000,000 miles?Was it the lowest bidder that made the e-matches? Is there redundacy? Is there a guarantee…   Read more»

I guess I was a bit shocked at the price tag as well…. nearly double Hubble (and we can’t run up there and fix or upgrade like we could for Hubble). Much of this mission is devoted to discerning if…   Read more»