tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post773856281803364392..comments2024-03-23T11:23:29.270-04:00Comments on Music of the Spheres: Carnival of Space #35FlyingSingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015886527228889332noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-67007231506042373652012-03-28T03:59:12.431-04:002012-03-28T03:59:12.431-04:00Hello Flying Singer. Wow! You sure have a lot of C...Hello Flying Singer. Wow! You sure have a lot of Carnival of Space blog posts under your sleeves. Spill it out. Thanks so much.accommodation in alburyhttp://albury21.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Accommodation_in_Albury_Wodonga_5_Things_That_You_Need_To_Knownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-78903139716768801802008-01-06T12:00:00.000-05:002008-01-06T12:00:00.000-05:00.Bruce,you're right about the fact that we have go....<BR/><BR/>Bruce,<BR/><BR/>you're right about the fact that we have good research and discovery from Earth's telescopes, small probes and rovers like Spirit and Opportunity (while hoping that Phoenix will send us good news from Mars this year...) and the always young Hubble<BR/><BR/>most of the problems come from the (poor and slow) manned spaceflights plans... 2016 to launch the first Orion... 2022 to land again on the moon...<BR/><BR/>but the Ares & C. problems affect also the future unmanned probes and rovers projects since they need rocket to fly, so, "small rockets" means "small probes"<BR/><BR/>now, the payload limits are around 21 mT (from Russia) and 24 mT (from USA) while the Ares-1 should launch over 25 mT from 2016 and the Ares-5 up to 130 mT from 2020-2022 (with China that will have a new 25 mT launcher around 2011)<BR/><BR/>the Ares-5 could be a great rocket to launch bigger space telescopes and very complex and advanced probes and rovers, but, unfortunately, it will be ready only around 2022, the first units will be used for moon missions, and, when some extra Ares-5 will be available (around 2025-2030) they will result too expensive to launch (e.g.) a big Mars rover<BR/><BR/>this is the reality of facts and that's why'll have no big "Carnivals" in our future in Space<BR/><BR/>however, the "Carnival of Space #35" has had at least one good result for me, that's to discover your intersting blog (so I've added a button/link on the ghostNASA home page to visit and post again on your blog)<BR/><BR/>gaetano<BR/><BR/>.Gaetano Maranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500435490402119385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-54166503790716228792008-01-03T21:14:00.000-05:002008-01-03T21:14:00.000-05:00A weekly space carnival only suggests that there i...A weekly space carnival only suggests that there is something interesting happening in space every week, and since we are open to everything from shuttle missions to SETI, NASA and private space, robotic and manned missions, not to mention every part of astronomy, there's a lot of "space" for a weekly space carnival.<BR/><BR/>There is also no shortage of space cynics and non-believers in VSE/ESAS/NASA or human space flight or whatever you name. I think NASA does a lot of good stuff, and also a lot of stupid, industry-driven, and short-sighted bureaucratic stuff too. You seem to be quite skeptical of NASA's VSE plans, Ares, Constellation, etc. and that's fine - at least you seem to also make constructive suggestions (like your VME with a fleet of robotic rovers all over the Moon). So feel free to submit blog posts to the carnival whenever you like. All viewpoints on space are welcome, as long as you're interested in space in some way (and if you're not, you wouldn't be reading and writing this stuff). <BR/><BR/>I happen to believe that humans belong in space, that we will eventually live in various places besides Earth's surface. Will NASA get us to that future? Certainly not on its own, which is why I hope that SpaceX and other private space ventures will succeed, and many more after them. There is also plenty of room for robotic explorers - whatever is best for the job. But I think humans should visit their future homes as soon as they practically can, and learn to really live and work in space. Scientific exploration is important, but it's not the only reason to be in space.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for your comments, and I hope you submit some posts to future carnivals, even before we are flying every week.<BR/><BR/>-BruceFlyingSingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015886527228889332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-79028994681588486442008-01-03T17:56:00.000-05:002008-01-03T17:56:00.000-05:00.the "Carnival of Space" suggests that we will soo....<BR/><BR/>the "Carnival of Space" suggests that we will soon FLY in Space nearly every week...<BR/><BR/>but the Space Shuttle will be retired in 2010 and the Orion will fly (a few times per year) from 2016 ...that IF the Ares rockets will fly... that's NOT sure:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/012arescantfly.html<BR/><BR/>so, fly in Space, seems to become a "DREAM" rather than a "Carnival"...<BR/><BR/>.Gaetano Maranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500435490402119385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-81244017357684936452008-01-03T13:51:00.000-05:002008-01-03T13:51:00.000-05:00Sorry folks - Fraser now gets all the carnivalofsp...Sorry folks - Fraser now gets all the carnivalofspace@gmail.com mail and manually forwards it to the current host (he doesn't re-route the gmail address as Henry used to do). I wrote up everything I received from him. I can't rule out that my company-level spam filters might have grabbed some of his and not others, but there's nothing trapped in my local spam/junk folders. I will let Fraser know about the problem and I'm sure he will forward your posts to next week's (TBD) host.<BR/><BR/>-BruceFlyingSingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015886527228889332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-7987819831049613062008-01-03T12:01:00.000-05:002008-01-03T12:01:00.000-05:00Me tooMe toobrian wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-29220826743689125532008-01-03T10:44:00.000-05:002008-01-03T10:44:00.000-05:00I sent in something that seems to have gone astray...I sent in something that seems to have gone astray too... <BR/><BR/>StuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-61985990891204317872008-01-03T10:20:00.000-05:002008-01-03T10:20:00.000-05:00You might want to look through your spam bin for m...You might want to look through your spam bin for more carnival of space entries. I suspect my carnival entry got routed to your spam bin.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01273835203670190756noreply@blogger.com