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IEEE Spectrum: Space Station: Internal NASA Reports Explain Origins of June Computer Crisis |
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8:31 am EDT, Oct 16, 2007 |
Aboard the International Space Station, the three Russian computers that control the station's orientation have been happily humming away now for several weeks. And that's proof that the crisis in June that crippled the ISS and bloodied the U.S.-Russian partnership that supports it, has been solved.
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They also decided to rig a thermal barrier out of a surplus reference book and all-purpose gray tape.
high tech and low tech IEEE Spectrum: Space Station: Internal NASA Reports Explain Origins of June Computer Crisis |
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Self-sufficient space habitat designed | COSMOS magazine |
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8:00 am EDT, Oct 10, 2007 |
Australian-led scientists have designed a new space habitat that might one day allow astronauts on the Moon or Mars to be 90 to 95 per cent self-sufficient
Self-sufficient space habitat designed | COSMOS magazine |
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Sputnik at 50: An improvised triumph - Yahoo! News |
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| Topic: Space |
6:52 am EDT, Oct 1, 2007 |
When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.
the Space Age is 50 on Thursday Sputnik at 50: An improvised triumph - Yahoo! News |
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Stargazers set sights on meteors |
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9:19 pm EDT, Aug 10, 2007 |
Shooting stars are set to grace the night sky with a spectacular light display this weekend. The annual Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak during the early hours of Monday, but it will be visible from Saturday night until Tuesday morning.
well it's gone 2am Sat morning and i've just come in from the garden having spent some time drinking tea (decaff), listening to Joanna Newsom and then some Bach, and watching out for the first few meteors and i did see a couple and i'm hoping for more meteors and beautiful clear skies during the next few nights BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Stargazers set sights on meteors |
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ESA - Space Science - Gaia overview |
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8:57 am EDT, Aug 10, 2007 |
Gaia is a mission that will conduct a census of one thousand million stars in our Galaxy. It will monitor each of its target stars about 70 times over a five-year period, precisely charting their positions, distances, movements, and changes in brightness. It is expected to discover hundreds of thousands of new celestial objects, such as extra-solar planets and failed stars called brown dwarfs. Within our own Solar System, Gaia should also identify tens of thousands of asteroids.
to boldly go and create a map of the neighbourhood in proper 3d
the next step after Hipparcos towards Star Trek's Astrometrics lab parallax that ESA - Space Science - Gaia overview |
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SPACE.com -- Space Library Heads Towards Mars |
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7:54 pm EDT, Aug 4, 2007 |
Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, Kim Stanley Robinson and other greats in science fiction hitched a ride to Mars today-in a digital form, at least.
SPACE.com -- Space Library Heads Towards Mars |
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Charles Krauthammer - Lit Up For Liftoff? - washingtonpost.com |
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6:09 am EDT, Aug 3, 2007 |
Someone's gotta do it. No one's gonna do it. So I'll do it. Your honor, I rise in defense of drunken astronauts.
how scary i agree with Charles Krauthammer Charles Krauthammer - Lit Up For Liftoff? - washingtonpost.com |
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