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According to the Society for Popular Astronomy website on 2 March there will occur what is termed an occultation of the planet Saturn by the moon at 12 minutes past 3 in the morning. ...
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I saw a post on another (non scientific) forum. I'm quoting the pertinent part of that post here. Is such an idea feasible? Has this been covered in another thread that I haven't found?
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A blast from the past: Panoramas from the early history of lunar exploration [http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000856/]>
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I've just posted a set of the Lunar Su...
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I stumbled across this website yesterday, I know nothing about it and haven't used it so the only opinion I can offer is: coooool.
Space-related toys and cool stuff [http://www.spacetoys.com/...
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Alan Stern Selected to Lead NASA Science Mission Directorate [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=21858]>
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NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Mo...
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Hi. I have a relatively quick and simple question about the current generation of space shuttles. However I have been unable to find any good information on it.
My question is this: What...
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The thing has generated some worthwhile results, but now its sucking resources out of other projects like returning to the Moon. Its orbital inclination of about 50 degrees makes it useless as a s...
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Martian moon 'could be key test' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6324923.stm]>
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Mars' moon Phobos could be the target for a technology trial that would ...
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Link [http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4212593.html]>
Too woo-wooish to my taste, but still an opinion...
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As tragic as astronaut Lisa Nowak'...
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I wanted to get people view of the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Do you thing it's a good idea, a step backwards, a waste of money, etc?
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By now, I assume most people have heard about the female NASA astronaut, Lisa Nowak ['index.php?showtopic=58964']>, who is charged with attempted first degree murder. Apparently, she attempted to...
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...06009/0/BLOG14 [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070206/NEWS07/70206009/0/BLOG14]>
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Could a man rated launch vehicle be built by amateurs? What would it cost? Assume that only off the shelf components were used in the building of such a rocket. Would a figure of say $10,000,000 b...
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/05/space.love/index.html [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/05/space.love/index.html]>
this oughta get a few people interested in our space program..
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Astronaut in bizarre kidnap plot in Florida court [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-02-06T142811Z_01_N05320234_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-USA-ASTRONAUTS-D...
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Tour de Saturn Set For Extended Play [http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Tour_de_Saturn_Set_For_Extended_Play_999.html]>
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Following the highly successful three phas...
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Right then,
Off to bed pronto but was messing with the setup I described earlier [http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=58813]>, all cobbled together with lots of glue and USB c...
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Hi All
If you're interested in space exploration and mathematically inclined you probably already know the rocket equation, probably its derivation from first principles too. You might even kn...
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2007 Lunar and Planetary Conference.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/ [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/]>
Bob Clark
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NewScientist are running this competition.
http://www.winatriptospace.co.uk/blogs/patent/ [http://www.winatriptospace.co.uk/blogs/patent/]>
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In another thread some posters here were getting loud with each other and one shot down the other's argument of using Ares' series of boosters for putting men on the Moon by saying none of the Are...
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many years ago, when i was still given to dreaming up great things, i figured, whether it mightn't be possible to blow a huge glass bubble in space. You could coate it then with a metall gas from ...
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From the Bad Astronomy Blog [http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/01/30/breaking-news-sealaunch-rocket-explodes-on-pad/]>, a pointer to Space.com: Sea Launch Rocket Fails to Launch New Communic...
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The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket due to launch at 23:22 GMT today from the south Pacific had an `Anomaly` 1 second before launch.
It seems the engine failed, causing a large explosion on the pad...
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Why Explore Space? [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=23188]>
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Using the space station and building an outpost on the moon to prepare for the trip t...
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