So I'm watching the new Nasa documentary on Discovery and it prompted me to renew my search for rocket art. The issue is that if there is such a thing its not easy to find. I'm looking for prints of old rockets/spacecraft in the vein of this. Doesn't necessarily have to be photographic, but at least photo realistic. Anyone have any ideas of where to look? Bonus points if anyone knows of small scale desktop models of the old school rockets (Atlas, Jupiter, Titan, Redstone).
posted on Jun 8, 2008 - 3 answers

About how many people, including contractors and their employees, are involved in building the space shuttle? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 7 answers

What's it like working for NASA these days? What will it be like in 5-10 years? [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2007 - 21 answers

This page lists all the planned manned shuttle flights until the shuttle is retired in 2010. Where can I find a list of planned manned space flights after this?
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 5 answers

Why hasn't anyone invented cheap space probes? Some kind of thing that could be sent up en mass to gather just base data we don't have on all the planets/moons/etc . . .? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2007 - 34 answers

May I trouble someone in the U.K. to search the BFI download page and store, and tell me if they offer Project Apollo: Manned Flight to the Moon for sale or download? The site doesn't permit access to those pages from the U.S. I'm not looking to commit some kind of international copyright conspiracy; I just really want to see that movie. [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2007 - 5 answers

Where can I find old Nasa T-Shirts from Kennedy Space Center [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 5 answers

Where do I find the audio file of the radio communications from mission control of the Delta II rocket launch? Preferably in .wav format. Thanks in advance.
posted on Jul 21, 2007 - 3 answers

In this article, one of NASA's rocket scientists said that duct tape doesn't work in the vacuum of space. Why is that?
posted on Jun 13, 2007 - 21 answers

Anyone remember this 1970's film which features a moon shot launch + 'nasty congressman' demanding freebies for his wife ? [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm a fan of vintage NASA animations (like this one), but they are hard to find. I suspect that there's an archive of this stuff available to the public somewhere -- maybe a stack of dusty U-Matic tapes at the Library of Congress. Any ideas where I can find more?
posted on Mar 23, 2007 - 2 answers

Please recommend a good book about the history of the space travel. I'm particulary interested in NASA, but if it includes info about other countries, all the better.
posted on Feb 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Why are space shuttle interiors so complicated and so exposed? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2006 - 18 answers

How can I mix astronaut background sounds and change my voice so it sounds like I'm using one of the radios from the old-NASA spaceflight days? [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2006 - 10 answers

Any idea why this NASA site won't work in Firefox or IE? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2005 - 4 answers

NASA has released details today of their new "exploration architecture" which they hope will take them to the moon and mars. (really awesome movie). Help me understand a design decision. [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2005 - 20 answers

Space Shuttle Filter: external tank - why is the insulating foam on the outside?? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2005 - 15 answers

I was introduced to a fantastic image linked here on MetaFilter years ago. The image was a standard riff on the ascent of man motif, with the final Homo Sapiens looking up to the stars, and a message along the lines of "At NASA, we know where our future lies." If my memory stills works, it was originally a poster. Can anyone help me locate this? Apparently, my google-fu hasn't evolved since then, and constant browsing of NASA's image archive has been fruitless.
posted on Jul 19, 2005 - 5 answers

So I'm looking for a certain kind of tie. [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2005 - 3 answers

What is the best book/article you have read on the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident?
posted on Jun 20, 2005 - 17 answers

'Moon trees' were trees grown from seeds that orbited the moon onboard Apollo 14. Two trees were given to each US state to honor the bicentennial festivities in 1976 but no list of locations was kept. Now a NASA scientist is trying to track them down. I'd like to find one in Rhode Island but he's missing quite a few. Anyone know of one not on his list?
posted on Jul 7, 2004 - 11 answers