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More haze spread through eastern China in early November 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Sp…
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NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon.
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Good viewing of Shuttle and Station for the next few days. At a location near you. http://www.heavensabove.com/ Craig Fink Courtesy EMail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com Ron Paul makes history, getting boos during the debate by a few fringe Republicans, as he wins another Republican Debate. ..
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Supposedly the slingatron is one of the more sound and more thoroughly reviewed of potential hypervelocity systems, but there are a few problems I cant figure out a way around. Suppose you use conventional or gas bearings. The best Ive seen is .001 for a friction coefficient. At a few km/s (below ..
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Astronaut Scott Parazynski smiles for a photograph while he and the crew of STS-120 walk inspect the underside of the shuttle shortly after landing
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NASA, the National Science Foundation and ILC Dover invite the news media to view an Antarctic-bound inflatable habitat at 10 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 14, at ILC?s facility at One Moonwalker Rd., Frederica, Del.
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