Dateline October 24, 2006: Space News from the Internet

• More reasons I quite the planetary society and will never rejoin. Louis Friedman is a nut.
• The decision on repairing Hubble is coming soon.
• Progress is on its way to the ISS.
• Brad Edwards take on the Space Elevator challenge.
• Johm Carmack's report of the X-Prize Cup
• Blue Origin got an FAA waiver for a short flight.
• Mark Whittington has a column in the Washington Post on commercial space.
• My representative Bud Cramer, thinks the monopoly concerns on the ULA are misplaced. I think he is an old b**tard that should be replaced. I just wish someone would run against him.