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Old 01-10-2008, 16:19
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Nasa has commissioned a British scientist to recreate the smell of being in outer space.

Steve Pearce, from Omega Ingredients near Ipswich, is assembling chemicals that will make astronauts training on earth feel as though they are in outer space.

He says that throughout mankind's development smell has been one of the most important sensory stimulants to trigger emotions and memories.

Watch a full report on Inside Out, BBC1 in the East of England at 7.30pm on Wednesday 1st October
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Old 04-10-2008, 15:26
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Congratulations to the Chinese. Truly a new Space-faring nation.
Yes, Ricardodaforce, China is now replicating the early Soviet space programme. They have effectively done a "Voskhod" [sunrise] by cramming astronauts into the Shenzhou capsule and then doing a spacewalk just as Alexei Leonov did in the spring of 1965.

They are about 40 years behind the Soviets and I would expect that the next stage would be a relatively small Salyut-style space station in Earth orbit within the next decade or so. I certainly don't think that they will rival either Mir or the International Space Station at this stage.

Regarding their longer term plans, they seem to have so far been using their Long March 2F for their manned missions. It has so far been reliable but it won't get them anywhere near the Moon. I suspect it will take the development of their more powerful Long march 3B launcher before they will start to do anything more adventurous.

Even then, with that level of technology, they will only be able to do a circumlunar flight without landing on the Moon. I do not expect the Chinese to be actually on that other world by 2020 though I might be proved wrong on that one. As far as I can tell, only the United States has the capability to go back there.
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Old 06-10-2008, 12:25
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Who's been watching NASA's Greatest Missions? This week's showing of Ed White's spacewalk was just breathtaking.
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Old 14-10-2008, 13:06
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I see the latest space tourist, Richard Garriot, is now safely aboard the ISS.
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Old 15-10-2008, 18:16
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Interested in the Martian weather forecast?
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Old 21-10-2008, 17:47
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Tomorrow sees the launch of the first Indian mission to the moon.
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Old 28-10-2008, 01:44
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it seems that Ares-1 has some new (BIG) problems:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...0,561055.story

but, don't worry!

there are (at least) TWO cheap, simple and reliable ways to SOLVE the Ares-1 liftoff-drift issue, as explained in this ghostNASA article:

http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/040aresdrift.html

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Old 28-10-2008, 12:50
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more about the (flawed) Ares-1 ...

"The danger is that if this happens just as the stages separate, the first stage could suddenly accelerate and crash into the second stage carrying the astronauts, with disastrous consequences."

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/new...utlook-fo.html

I feel it's time to shift to something better!

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Old 31-10-2008, 01:46
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Shuttle Endeavour has been cleared to launch to the ISS on November 14th.
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Old 31-10-2008, 08:43
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Shuttle Endeavour has been cleared to launch to the ISS on November 14th.


What have you done!!!! What's his face will be here soon to claim that it will be eaten by a giant space goat before it clears the launch pad. It will then crap the remains over Florida!!!! Run for your lives!!!

BTW the Chandarayana mission is going well. The orbit raising maneuvers are going as planned:

http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan/images/mission1.jpg
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Old 31-10-2008, 08:48
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CASSINI'S IMAGING TRICK YIELDS HALLOWEEN TREATS FROM ENCELADUS


Following on the heels of the spectacularly successful 'skeet shoot' maneuver on August 11, Cassini will use the same technique to obtain high resolution images of the south polar region of Enceladus as it flies within 171 km of the icy moon on October 31.
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Old 31-10-2008, 08:50
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What have you done!!!! What's his face will be here soon to claim that it will be eaten by a giant space goat before it clears the launch pad. It will then crap the remains over Florida!!!! Run for your lives!!!

BTW the Chandarayana mission is going well. The orbit raising maneuvers are going as planned:

http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan/images/mission1.jpg
Do as I have done. Put him on ignore!
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Old 14-11-2008, 08:08
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So for the first time we actually have images of planets outside our solar system. Fascinating story.
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Old 14-11-2008, 10:41
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A reminder that shuttle Endeavour will launch at 00:55 tonight on a mission to the ISS.
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Old 14-11-2008, 11:46
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A reminder that shuttle Endeavour will launch at 00:55 tonight on a mission to the ISS.
Ooh, thanks for the reminder; knew it was around now it was going up. ISS spotting season again soon, too, so hopefully a chance to see them in formation when it undocks.

Can I recommend a link? It's to the galaxy crash website. Enter your own data and watch a simulation how galaxies collide and merge: http://burro.astr.case.edu/JavaLab/G...hWeb/main.html
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Old 14-11-2008, 12:03
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I always like looking at these sort of images.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?um...q=Eagle+nebula

http://images.google.co.uk/images?so...=1&sa=N&tab=wi
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Old 14-11-2008, 18:56
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India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan 1, has placed a probe on the surface of the Moon.
The probe, painted with the Indian flag, touched down at 2034 (1504 GMT), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
It will perform various experiments, including measuring the composition of the Moon's atmosphere.
The mission is regarded as a major step for India as it seeks to keep pace with other space-faring nations in Asia.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says the success of the mission has been hailed in India where many see it as another sign of the country's emergence as a global power.

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7730157.stm
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Old 14-11-2008, 19:24
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So for the first time we actually have images of planets outside our solar system. Fascinating story.
It was a shame that Radio 4 had to point out they weren't suitable for life (as we know it). They totally missed the point.

It's just awesome that (a) there are extrasolar planets (b) we can see them (c) planets have gone from a hypothesis to an observation.

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Old 14-11-2008, 19:28
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http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163 (1200 kbps Windows Media Player)

NASA TV launch coverage begins at 7:30pm.
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Old 19-11-2008, 19:05
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Is this the first toolbox lost in space?

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7736996.stm
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Old 19-11-2008, 19:18
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I felt sorry for her, but credit where credit is due, they finished the given jobs by sharing tools.
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Old 19-11-2008, 20:48
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Is this the first toolbox lost in space?
It would be a shame if it wrecked a supply ship in a few years time. I guess they'll have to add it to the list of tracked objects...
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Old 19-11-2008, 20:57
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How far do you think we are from deep space travel?
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Old 19-11-2008, 21:02
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How far do you think we are from deep space travel?
The Voyagers are already in deep space.
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Old 19-11-2008, 21:17
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