http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Discussion of Spacecraft Design, Dynamics and Control, and News, as well as anything else I feel like blogging. en-us cdhall@vt.edu 2005-02-18T07:31:54-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001331.html Design review this morning for the precession damper Andre is designing for Whorl-I in the SSSL. I'll post some details later.... 1331@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Design 2005-02-18T07:31:54-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001330.html The VTSRP launch date is getting closer; the launch window opens on March 14, and will remain open for about one week. The Improved Orionwill launch from the Wallops Island Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia, carrying the MAGIC instrument to... 1330@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Design 2005-02-17T07:12:31-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001329.html Yesterday, Virginia Tech had a distinguished visitor, Commander Brian Binnie, one of the three SpaceShipOne pilots, who had the distinction of being the pilot of the X-Prize-winning flight, as well as the flight where he "got dirt all over the... 1329@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Exploration 2005-02-16T11:14:47-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001328.html Just a little something I wrote for posting to my motorcycle club.... Blackberry, Blue Sulphur Springs, Camp Creek, Clear Fork, Dillons Fork, Eagle Furnace, Ellison Ridge, Figsboro, Hopper, Huddle, Irving, Jumping Branch, Kibler, Moss Run, New Hope, Owens, Pannill Fork,... 1328@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Motorcycles 2005-01-27T10:44:23-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001327.html My family and I loved National Treasure. The reviewers hated it. Said it wasn't realistic. They loved The Incredibles, though. Go figure. Personally, I thought they were both excellent. Flight of the Phoenix, on the other hand, was merely very... 1327@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Movies 2004-12-23T16:27:03-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001326.html Also appearing in the December 14, 2004 Roanoke Times was this juicy piece by Michael Abraham. I'm working on a rebuttal, which I'll post here after it appears in the RT (assuming they print it). Feel free to give the... 1326@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Just Good Investigative Journalism 2004-12-23T16:21:57-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001325.html I think we all know the answer to that question. John Fugel, "a writer and video producer who lives in Roanoke," makes it clear who wants to draft who. His piece appeared in the December 14, 2004 Roanoke Times, and... 1325@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Bias in the Roanoke Times 2004-12-23T16:18:49-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001324.html I recently re-read Gene Wolfe's The Knight so that I could read the conclusion of this incredible fantasy story, The Wizard. I'm not a fiction book reviewer, so I won't write a review of the book. However, I will say... 1324@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Science Fiction 2004-12-23T15:38:15-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001323.html I haven't been blogging because I've been sick and almost just barely keeping up with work and the occasional motorcycle ride. I'm much better now, and mostly caught up, so I'll be back to blogging in the next couple of... 1323@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Not Space 2004-12-23T14:48:25-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001322.html Josh Marshall is articulate, and at sometime in the past, he has probably written something meaningful. But over the past couple of years, he has become more and more muddled. His "concession" entry, Well, What To Say? is an excellent... 1322@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Not Space 2004-11-03T15:49:20-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001321.html Steven Den Beste provides an uncharacteristially succinct summary.... 1321@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Just Good Investigative Journalism 2004-11-03T13:55:43-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001320.html Watch it here.... 1320@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Just Good Investigative Journalism 2004-11-03T11:15:36-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001319.html Ramesh Ponnuru stayed up 'til 12:41 AM on November 3, 2004, just so he could blog:JOHN KERRY, You are dismissed from duty.Looks like a done deal. Of course, the lawyers will still have their say.... 1319@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Just Good Investigative Journalism 2004-11-03T00:47:29-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001318.html Found in my inbox: _____________________________ While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise... 1318@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Just Good Investigative Journalism 2004-11-02T13:04:18-05:00 http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/archives/001317.html Video demonstration (2 MB mpeg) (via Shoveldog). Any questions?... 1317@http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space/ Motorcycles 2004-11-02T08:03:01-05:00