Spaceflight October 2008

Contents

International Space News
Shock absorber plan for new US rocket, Plan to set up Martian weather station network, Proton lofts third Inmarsat-4, Japan’s first home-built satellite, Rocket fails to make orbit, Dates for next Shuttle flights, European astronaut process, Lunar orbiter launch delayed

Satellite Digest 

South Korean’s roller coaster ride
Tony Quine

Phoenix hits Mars jackpot
Ken Kremer

Going waaay off road
Dwayne Day

Space Station Chronology
Neville Kidger
 
Avoiding catastrophe
Philip Corneille 

Letters and emails
Touchdown on Mars, Cosmological constant, Orbiting satellites, Source of information

Viewpoint
Paradigm shift in large-scale structure of universe!
Stuart Eves

Society news
From imagination to reality, New Society members, Meetings and Announcements

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