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[scuba doo] 26/1/2005 11:32

Morning Michael ...

I must say, the red 'premium' does add a touch of glamour to the old thread .

I haven't heard from him since before xmas. He was away for xmas and new year ... I wonder if you'll be as lucky this year and be in the same static caravan as him ?

[mike crowsoft] 26/1/2005 11:21

LOL chilli.

Morning Scube.

Any updates from Shane ?

[scuba doo] 26/1/2005 11:20

LOL!

Bl00dy great stuff chaps .

Nice to see the old STAR thread at the top of my favourites list .

[chillichap] 26/1/2005 10:18

Talk about 'Reservoir Bogs'.

Edit- Oops, wrong film. Er, erm.... what about 'Plop Fiction'?

[mike crowsoft] 26/1/2005 10:00

When in Aus over xmas, I stayed in the same room in my hotel as John Travolta did when he was there last year.

I had a dump in the same toilet as JT, though it had been flushed by the time I used it.

[maywillow] 24/1/2005 16:47

will there be aggressive tidal surges?





This Century's First Solar Eclipse on March 29th
By Anadolu News Agency (aa)
Published: Monday 24, 2005
zaman.com


The first total solar eclipse of the 21st century will be observable on March 29, 2006.

The solar eclipse will be observable in 13 cities in the Mediterranean, Central Anatolian and Black Sea regions of Turkey.

The full eclipse will be about 190km wide. It will be an interesting solar eclipse because it will last for four minutes. The moon will completely cover the sun as it passes between the earth and the sun.

[maywillow] 20/1/2005 08:52

PARIS (AFX) - A merger between Alcatel Space and Finmeccanica SpA unit
Alenia Spazio is imminent, financial daily La Tribune reported citing people
familiar with the matter.
Talks to finalise the agreement are expected to be completed "by the end of
January," the sources were cited as saying.
The companies signed a preliminary deal for the merger in June last year.
[e-mail]
jad/tc

[maywillow] 19/1/2005 11:11

(Repeating to clarify location of ESA launch centre in forth paragraph)
MOSCOW (AFX) - Russia and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed an
agreement, allowing Russia to use ESA's sites for space launches, and allowing
the two sides to freely exchange research and development information.
The agreement was signed in Moscow by ESA director general Jean-Jacques
Dordain and Russian space agency chief Anatoly Perminov.
Both sides have hailed the accord as a great achievement which required four
years of tough talks.
The European side will allow Russia to conduct space launches from its
French Guiana space centre in Kourou.
"The project for launching Soyuz from Kourou is only a part of a grand
project that leads the way to many others," the Russian space chief said at the
signing ceremony.
The two sides have also signed a launcher agreement in which they will share
information on designing new launchers and fuels, according to the joint
statement.
Russia conducted the majority of space launches last year, according to
Russian officials, carrying out 42.6 pct of launches compared to 29.6 pct by the
US; 14.8 pct by China and just 5.6 pct by the ESA itself -- ahead of India's 1.9
pct share.
The first launch of a Russian Soyuz craft -- which will service the
International Space Station (ISS) -- from French Guiana is tentatively scheduled
for 2007, Dordain said.
[e-mail]
vvl-zak/jz/ims/

[ariane] 14/1/2005 13:56

Press Release Source: Aviation Week Group


Aeronautics and Space Leaders Meet to Collaborate on Major Program Execution at Aviation Week's World Aerospace Symposium, 16-17 February in Toulouse
Friday January 14, 2:00 am ET


NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As the continual growth of cross-border alliances spurs the globalization of the aviation, aerospace and space industries, Aviation Week will host an executive-level event bringing together industry leaders to discuss new ideas to bring about greater international cooperation and to solve existing challenges facing major programs. The event, the World Aerospace Symposium - Toulouse 2005, will be held 16-17 February, 2005 at the Pierre Baudis Convention Center, Toulouse, France.
The Aviation Week World Aerospace Symposium is designed to stimulate new ideas, solve problems and set an agenda for global industry leadership and growth. It is a venue for sharing and learning among global industry leaders with an emphasis on connecting executives throughout their supply chains in every industry sector -- commercial, military and space.

The Symposium will include panel discussions and interactive workshops on the globalization of supply chain management with top executives who will share ideas and success stories for major aircraft, aerospace and military programs. Speakers include:

* Antoine Bouvier, Chairman & CEO, EADSAstrium

* Charles T. "Tom" Burbage, VP/GM, JSF, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

* John Cheffins, COO, Rolls-Royce

* R Adm. Steven L. Enewold, PEO, Joint Strike Fighter Program

* Ted Gavrilis, President, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

* Claude-Henri Hereus, Vice President Procurement Strategy, Airbus

* John Leahy, Executive Vice President Customer Affairs, CCO, Airbus

* Al Miller, Director Advanced Materials-7E7, Boeing Commercial Airplane
Group

* Roger Pagny, Galileo Program Manager, French Ministry of Transport

* Dr. Mikhail Pogosyan, CEO, Sukhoi Holding Company

* Tom Risley, President & CEO, Vought Aircraft Industries

* Dave Ryan, Vice President & General Manager, Boeing Satellite Systems

* Pascale Sourisse, Chairman & CEO, Alcatel Space

* Richard Thompson, Senior Vice President Commercial, Airbus Military


"The world of aerospace has become an intricate matrix of transnational partnerships with supply chains that stretch around the planet in search of low costs, high quality and speed," said Aviation Week Executive Vice President/Publisher Kenneth E. Gazzola. "The leaders of this global enterprise join together at the center of European aeronautics and space development, Toulouse, in search of ways to align these disparate elements into an efficient, well-oiled, global operation. This is a world class forum for idea- exchange and learning among global business and technology leaders with an emphasis on connecting European and North American aviation, aerospace and space executives."

The World Aerospace Symposium -- Toulouse 2005 is produced in partnership with Airbus Industrie, Alcatel Space, EADS Astrium, and is sponsored by UGS. It is supported by Aeromart, the City of Toulouse, the Regional Council of Midi Pyrenees, the General Council of Haute Garonne and the Toulouse Chamber of Commerce.

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[maywillow] 22/12/2004 22:15

Huge rocket makes maiden flight

The rocket may carry astronauts one day
Boeing's new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket has finally flown from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after several days' delay.
It was the first outing for the 70m-tall (230ft) vehicle, and it put a dummy payload and two university research satellites into orbit.

The rocket is booked for military use but currently has no commercial orders.

Commentators say the vehicle could eventually be modified to form the basis of the launcher system that succeeds the shuttle when it retires.

Three in one

The rocket lifted clear of the US Air Force Station Complex 37B pad at 2150GMT.

The flight marked a critical milestone for the vehicle, which features three core boosters strapped side-by-side.

Each Rocketdyne-built RS-68 engine burns a tonne of propellant every second, producing 2,891 kiloNewtons (650,000lbs) of thrust at lift-off.
Tuesday's launch made for a very impressive sight.

"Nobody could be disappointed seeing this; it was majestic," said Jim Harvey, from the Delta 4 programme management. "I'm beside myself. This is a great Christmas present."

It was not a complete success, however. An underperformance on the first stage meant the 6.1-tonne "Demosat" failed to reach its intended near-circular orbit at an altitude of 36,340km (22,580 miles).

A statement from Boeing released on Wednesday did not state how short of the intended orbit the deployment had fallen.

Exploration vehicle

Tuesday's launch brought to an end what had been a frustrating period for the Boeing and US Air Force teams working on the project.

They had seen three launch days scrubbed at the beginning of the month because of bad weather, minor technical glitches and competition for flight time from Lockheed Martin who wanted to send up their Atlas 5 rocket.

When that vehicle completed a successful mission on Friday, it left the Delta clear for a fresh attempt. And despite some cautious holds in Tuesday's countdown, the rocket got away well within the set window.

The Delta 4-Heavy can lift 23 tonnes into a low-Earth orbit, a capability not dissimilar to the space shuttle. But with modifications, Boeing believes it can more than double that payload capacity.

And the company is trying to persuade the US space agency that this would offer the sort of capacity it is looking for to launch astronauts and equipment into orbit.

It envisions derivatives of the Delta 4-Heavy being used to take people back to the Moon and possibly even on to Mars.

The rocket has been booked for two military launches but has attracted no commercial interest from the satellite sector.

This market has been flat for a number of years now, and the prospects for growth are not improved by a glut of different launcher systems all competing for a small number of contracts.

The commercial market leader, Europe's Arianespace, will test its heavy-launch vehicle, the Ariane 5-ECA, next month.

It will be a second launch for the ECA; its first ended in an explosive failure in December 2002.

[maywillow] 22/12/2004 18:43

MILAN (AFX) - Finmeccanica SpA said its unit Alenia Spazio has signed a 775
mln eur contract with the Italian space agency to supply the agency with the
Cosmo-Sky Med satellite system.
The system will comprise four satellites for civil and defence use, which
will observe the earth, it said.
Alenia is leading a consortium building the system that includes another
Finmeccanica unit, Telespazio, as well as a number of small and medium-sized
Italian companies, it said.
The 775 mln eur contract covers the first three satellites and foresees a
further 116 mln eur for the fourth satellite, it said.
The contract is funded 620 mln eur by the ministry for education,
universities and research and 155 mln by the ministry for defence, it said.
The first Cosmo-Sky Med satellite will be launched in the last quarter of
2006, and the system will be fully operational at the end of 2008, it said.
nt/jsa

[ariane] 22/12/2004 07:11

PARIS (AFX) - A merger between Alcatel Space and Astrium, the satellites
unit of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co, is not currently on the
agenda, EADS Space CEO Francois Auque said.
Speaking in an interview with financial daily La Tribune, Auque said that
"discussions between Alcatel Space and Astrium are absolutely not on the
agenda."
"We consider that a consolidation in the current climate in Europe would not
create any value for shareholders," he said.
In June Alcatel CEO Serge Tchuruk said that his company and Finmeccanica SpA
unit Alenia were ready to discuss an eventual tie-up with Astrium.
He said that "everyone agrees" there should be some kind of consolidation on
both sides of the Atlantic, but noted too that "there are not many options" in
Europe, with just three companies operating.
"It could only be that two merge and one remains independent, or that the
three merge," he said.
Alcatel and Finmeccanica agreed in June to a tie-up between their space
activities, creating two, jointly-held groups for both industrial and services
operations.
gam/jad/cmr

[waldron] 20/12/2004 07:52

PARIS (AFX) - Arianespace said it will launch its Ariane 5 heavy rocket on
Feb 11, 2005 and plans two or three more missions in the same year.
The rocket failed on its maiden flight in December 2002.
Managing director Jean-Yves Le Gall said at the weekend the rocket is
"almost ready to launch."
"There are still a number of small issues to resolve, but that will allow us
a launch on February 11."
"I hope to make two or three more launches of Ariane-5 ECA in 2005", he told
journalists gathered in French Guyana to witness the launch of the Helios II-A
military satellite.
The group's shareholders are expected to sign a 60 mln eur cash injection
before the end of 2004.
mrg/cmr

[robby george] 29/11/2004 10:51

Scuba

Pass , Teddy didn't have his wheelchair with him .

Nottingham Regards

Des Walker

[scuba doo] 29/11/2004 10:50

What's Nottingham like for wheel chair access ?

[robby george] 27/11/2004 14:22

I bumped into Steve Hodge in Nottingham last night .

[scuba doo] 26/11/2004 11:52

LOL!

I'll have to come clean about the dots sooner or later ! ....

[robby george] 26/11/2004 10:18

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[mkearns] 26/11/2004 10:17

Robby, I'm copying Scuba's style.
Why don't you ask Scuba about them?

LOL!

[robby george] 26/11/2004 10:09

mkearns - 26 Nov'04 - 09:16 - 177 of 179


no jeff it doesn't, anyway back to Melinda......

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What are the 6 dots at the end of your post for mkearns ?