The whole Saturn V rocket was only 410 feet
tall. Maybe they're talking about some expandable
sections? Surely they're not talking about assembling
it in orbit.
This Yahoo story claims it would be 80 to 100 feet
long. Still a hefty brute.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&a
Science Fiction Weekly http://www.scifiweekly.com-> CLASSICS Roy Scheider ships off for outer space when signs of life are spotted on oneof Jupiter's moons in "2010," an optimistic sequel to the Clarke/Kubrickclassic. http://www.scifiweekly.com/issue346/classic.html
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/09/MNGON3J5RN1.DTLIn search of
Summary: As a follow-on to the recently ended Galileo mission to Jupiter, the next goal seems to be investigating its icy moons--Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. A subsurface ocean and tidal heating may make possible at least two of the three requirements for life, namely water and energy. If a t
- Original Message - From: Cassini Project Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Interstellar Hydrogen Shadow Observed by Cassini Interstellar hydrogen shadow observedSouthwest Research Institute News ReleaseDecember 8, 2003More than a year before th
This article is also available on the web at: http://www.spacetoday.net/getsummary.php?id=2067 .Report: Japan abandons plans to put Nozomi in Mars orbitPosted: Tue, Dec 9 1:06 PM ET (1806 GMT)The Japanese space agency JAXA had reportedly g
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/09/MNGON3J5RN1.DTLIn search of life on Jupiter's moons Nuclear-powered spacecraft to scope oceans for organic molecules David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor No sooner had the Galileo spacecraft fascinated the world by discovering a
