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mlurp · #11 (**permalink**) 10-03-2012, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

I thought we would be further along in the space program by now. I'm disappointed in the kids in their 30s and 40s.m

Ask Comet from what I have heard they have a lot of plans going in about every way possible.
Yet a lot depends on a newer way of powering the newer space craft, that at this time their weakness.

Yet newer space telescopes seeing in all the spectrum's are about ready for lift off.
And the Air Force is into it big time with craft that will skip in and out of space.

So there is a lot going on. If this country holds together ($$$ wise) we will be seeing a heck of a lot in the near future.

mlurp · #12 (**permalink**) 10-12-2012, 02:15 PM

Take a look at the second item. This is the one I wanted to post about but copyrights make me do it this way.

And this is but a portion of whats at the site.

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Mercury Craters Look Like Cookie Monster in NASA Photo Clara Moskowitz - SPACE.com - 50 mins ago
It turns out, 'C' is for crater, and not just cookie. More »Mercury Craters Look Like Cookie Monster in NASA Photo

House-Size Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave Today Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 7 hrs ago
An asteroid the size of a house will buzz Earth today (Oct. 12) but poses no risk of hitting our planet, scientists say. More »House-Size Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave Today

Space Shuttle Endeavour Embarks on L.A. Road Trip Robert Z. Pearlman - SPACE.com - 8 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Space shuttle Endeavour has hit the road. More »Space Shuttle Endeavour Embarks on L.A. Road Trip

Space Shuttle Endeavour's Historic L.A. Move Documented for Film Mike Wall - SPACE.com - 8 hrs ago
The space shuttle Endeavour is living the dream of many other twentysomethings around the world — moving to Los Angeles and becoming a movie star. More »Space Shuttle Endeavour's Historic L.A. Move Documented for Film

NASA's Mars rover finds rock with Earth-like chemistry Irene Klotz - Reuters - 17 hrs ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - When scientists selected a rock to test the Mars rover Curiosity's laser, they expected it to contain the same minerals as rocks found … More »NASA's Mars rover finds rock with Earth-like chemistry

Curiosity Rover's Pet Mars Rock 'Jake' Unlike Any Seen on Red Planet Clara Moskowitz - SPACE.com - 22 hrs ago
A rock on Mars being studied by NASA's Curiosity rover is unlike any Martian stone ever seen, and is surprisingly similar to an unusual, but well-known, kind of rock … More »

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mlurp · #13 (**permalink**) 10-19-2012, 04:36 PM

Lot's of action this week.

......And at the site there is more news.

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European Satellite to Seek Nearby Super-Earth Planets in 2017 SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 1 hr 35 mins ago
The European Space Agency will launch a new satellite in 2017 to study super-Earths and other large alien planets orbiting nearby stars, agency officials announced Friday … More »European Satellite to Seek Nearby Super-Earth Planets in 2017

Space Station Crew Gives Spacesuits a Piggyback Ride (Photo) Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 1 hr 35 mins ago
Space travel may seem like a serious business, but it's not all work and no play for the next Russian-U.S. crew launching to the International Space Station. More »Space Station Crew Gives Spacesuits a Piggyback Ride (Photo)

Celestial Marathon on Saturday: How to Watch Astronomy Day Online SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 4 hrs ago
An online observatory will webcast a free celestial marathon on Saturday (Oct. 20) to mark Astronomy Day, telling the story of our universe with the help of live shots … More »Celestial Marathon on Saturday: How to Watch Astronomy Day Online

Private Space Taxi Builders On Track to Launch Astronauts Soon Clara Moskowitz - SPACE.com - 5 hrs ago
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Representatives from the three different companies chosen by NASA to develop private space taxis to carry astronauts to orbit say their vehicles are … More »Private Space Taxi Builders On Track to Launch Astronauts Soon

Orionid Meteor Shower Spawned by Halley's Comet Peaks This Weekend Joe Rao - SPACE.com - 5 hrs ago
It has been 26 years since Halley's Comet last passed through the inner solar system, by this weekend skywatchers have a chance to see leftover bits of the comet light … More »Orionid Meteor Shower Spawned by Halley's Comet Peaks This Weekend

Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Launch May Be Delayed by Glitch Leonard David - SPACE.com - 10 hrs ago
An investigation into a rocket glitch may delay the planned Oct. 25 launch of the U.S. military's enigmatic X-37B space plane, Air Force officials say. More »Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Launch May Be Delayed by Glitch

Violent Origin of Saturn's Oddball Moons Explained SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 10 hrs ago
Saturn's icy medium-size moons were born when a few much bigger satellites collided to form the ringed planet's huge moon Titan, a new study suggests. More »

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mlurp · #14 (**permalink**) 10-23-2012, 12:03 PM

Lots to read some more important than others.

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Galaxy's Giant Black Hole Jet a Cosmic Afterburner SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 27 mins ago
A humongous jet of material ejected from the center of a distant galaxy looks strikingly similar to the afterburner flow of a fighter jet, and scientists say it may have … More »Galaxy's Giant Black Hole Jet a Cosmic Afterburner

Two Comets Visible Together Today: How to Watch Online Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 28 mins ago
Two comets are passing through the inner solar system and you can see both cosmic wanderers in the same telescope view today (Oct. 23) in a rare celestial treat. More »Two Comets Visible Together Today: How to Watch Online

Major Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 1 hr 51 mins ago
The sun unleased a powerful solar flare late Monday (Oct. 22), releasing waves of radiation into space that have already caused a short radio blackout on Earth. More »Major Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun

New Start: Space Station Crew Lifts Off from Revived Russian Launch Pad Robert Z. Pearlman - SPACE.com - 2 hrs 35 mins ago
One astronaut, two cosmonauts and 32 live fish left Earth for the International Space Station(ISS) Tuesday morning (Oct. 23), lifting off from a Russian launch pad that … More »New Start: Space Station Crew Lifts Off from Revived Russian Launch Pad

Astronaut Photo Contest Puts Canadian Space Man in Far-Out Spots Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor - SPACE.com - 3 hrs ago
It's hard to say if astronaut Chris Hadfield is prepared to kiss a codfish to publicize his upcoming mission on the International Space Station. More »Astronaut Photo Contest Puts Canadian Space Man in Far-Out Spots

Galaxy Evolution Discovery Surprises Scientists SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 5 hrs ago
Disk galaxies like our own Milky Way put the finishing touches on their stunning shapes relatively recently, a new study suggests. More »

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mlurp · #15 (**permalink**) 10-26-2012, 02:57 PM

Take a look at this weeks news in the Space and Astronomy News Headlines. Most everything is copy writed so it can't be shared as any one news post. But plenty to try to understand.

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mlurp · #16 (**permalink**) 10-30-2012, 01:56 PM

Plenty more at the site...

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Moon's Mysterious 'Ocean of Storms' Explained Charles Q. Choi - SPACE.com - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
The largest dark spot on the moon, known as the Ocean of Storms, may be a scar from a giant cosmic impact that created a magma sea more than a thousand miles wide and … More »Moon's Mysterious 'Ocean of Storms' Explained

Halloween Fireballs: How to See the Taurid Meteors Joe Rao - SPACE.com - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
The Taurid meteors, sometimes called the "Halloween fireballs," show up each year between mid-October and mid-November, but Nov. 5 to 12 will likely be the best time … More »Halloween Fireballs: How to See the Taurid Meteors

Amazing New Space Photo Shows Sandy Rolling Inland SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
A stunning new image from space shows superstorm Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, still churning over the eastern United States on Tuesday (Oct. 30). More »Amazing New Space Photo Shows Sandy Rolling Inland

New NASA Spaceship Comes Together for 2014 Test Launch Clara Moskowitz - SPACE.com - 21 hrs ago
The pieces are coming together for NASA's newest spaceship Orion, with its first unmanned launch test scheduled for September 2014. More »

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mlurp · #17 (**permalink**) 11-12-2012, 02:40 PM

These are but a third of the items at the site...

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Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week Joe Rao - SPACE.com - 6 hrs ago
One of the best of the annual meteor displays will be reaching its peak this week — the annual Leonid meteor shower. More »Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week

Total Solar Eclipse Occurs Tuesday: How to Watch Online Mike Wall - SPACE.com - 6 hrs ago
The total solar eclipse on Tuesday (Nov. 13) may only be visible from slivers of northern Australia and a swathe of open ocean, but you don't have to make an epic journey … More »Total Solar Eclipse Occurs Tuesday: How to Watch Online

Global Warming Cause Felt by Satellites and Space Junk Charles Q. Choi - SPACE.com - Sun, Nov 11, 2012
Rising carbon dioxide levels at the edge of space are apparently reducing the pull that Earth's atmosphere has on satellites and space junk, researchers say. More »Global Warming Cause Felt by Satellites and Space Junk

Total Solar Eclipse This Week: How to Pack for Eclipse-Chasing Adventures Imelda B. Joson and Edwin L. Aguirre, SPACE.com Contributors - SPACE.com - Sun, Nov 11, 2012
After a gap of more than two years, a total eclipse of the sun will be visible this week from northeastern Australia. Residents and visitors in Cairns in Queensland will … More »Total Solar Eclipse This Week: How to Pack for Eclipse-Chasing Adventures

NASA Probes Exploring Earth's Radiation Belts Get New Name Mike Wall - SPACE.com - Sun, Nov 11, 2012
Twin NASA probes exploring the harsh radiation belts around Earth have a new name honoring the late James Van Allen — the pioneering scientist who first discovered the … More »

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mlurp · #18 (**permalink**) 11-29-2012, 01:15 PM

Now they have made it far to difficult to even post a few as I have been doing.

So unless they change the way I can present more than one at a time this end this thread.

One would think Science would want to get their news out into the public view.

There is plenty to read at the site every day.

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I can try to bump it forward every now and again.

mlurp · #19 (**permalink**) 02-03-2013, 10:36 AM

Only because of two big news items am I going to do this again. And both mean a lot to many people.

What I said above still stands, science needs to take it's head out of it's a** and open up by allowing people to post their news not restrict it.

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Winter's Halftime Kicks Off on Super Bowl Sunday Joe Rao - SPACE.com - 9 hrs ago
As many weather-minded people may know, Groundhog Day occurred Saturday (Feb. 2), when winter's fate is decided by a groundhog's perception of its shadow. But in actuality, … More »Winter's Halftime Kicks Off on Super Bowl Sunday

Astronauts Will Watch Super Bowl from Space Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 23 hrs ago
Six astronauts living in space may not have gravity, fresh food or a shower, but there is one Earth necessity they won't miss Sunday: The Super Bowl. More »Astronauts Will Watch Super Bowl from Space

The Untold Story: Columbia Shuttle Disaster and Mysterious 'Day 2 Object' Leonard David - SPACE.com - Sat, Feb 2, 2013
A decade has passed since the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle orbiter and its seven-person crew ended their journey in catastrophe. During its Feb. 1, 2003 plunge back … More »The Untold Story: Columbia Shuttle Disaster and Mysterious 'Day 2 Object'

The Star Explosion That Wasn't: Astronomers Solve 150-Year-Old Mystery Nola Taylor Redd - SPACE.com - Sat, Feb 2, 2013
After a stellar explosion was reported in 1866, British astronomer John Herschel announced he had seen a bright flare from the same location 24 years earlier. More »The Star Explosion That Wasn't: Astronomers Solve 150-Year-Old Mystery

How 3D Printers Could Build Futuristic Moon Colony Miriam Kramer - SPACE.com - Sat, Feb 2, 2013
This story was updated at 4:55 p.m. ET. More »How 3D Printers Could Build Futuristic Moon Colony

Sea Launch Rocket Fails During Liftoff, Satellite Lost Peter B. de Selding, Space News - SPACE.com - Fri, Feb 1, 2013
PARIS — A commercial Sea Launch rocket failed 40 seconds after liftoff from its floating launch platform in the Pacific Ocean on Friday (Feb. 1) destroying the Intelsat … More »Sea Launch Rocket Fails During Liftoff, Satellite Lost

Now I can see hiding the suttle diastard for so long. But to not place this next bit of news where it can be read/posted, etc., is pure ___

Asteroid to Give Earth Record-Setting Close Shave on Feb. 15 SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - Fri, Feb 1, 2013
An asteroid half the size of a football field will give Earth the ultimate close shave this month, passing closer than many satellites when it whizzes by, but it won't … More »

This is but a short bit than what is at the site.

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mlurp · #20 (**permalink**) 02-11-2013, 04:52 PM

There are plenty more at the site but the one in bold is what I wanted others to read. As I have heard on the news it will cancel cell phone sevice if not more.
Now Science has proven that the air bust over far eastern Russia in 1905 was only a 20 foot wide asteroid. And the one in AZ., was about the same size as this one coming.

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Supernova Alert! Astronomers Spot Warning Outburst Charles Q. Choi - SPACE.com - 1 hr 42 mins ago
Forecasting when stars will die in giant explosions may one day be possible by looking for the warning outbursts they release beforehand, researchers say. More »Supernova Alert! Astronomers Spot Warning Outburst

Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks With Space Station Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 1 hr 55 mins ago
This story was updated at 3:40 p.m. EST. More »Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks With Space Station

Your Help Wanted to Name Two of Pluto's Moons Miriam Kramer - SPACE.com - 4 hrs ago
If you've ever wanted to leave your mark on the heavens, here's your chance. More »Your Help Wanted to Name Two of Pluto's Moons

150-Foot Asteroid Has Close Encounter with Earth This Week Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 4 hrs ago
An asteroid half the size of a football field will buzz close by Earth on Friday, coming closer than many weather satellites, but there is absolutely no chance the space … More »150-Foot Asteroid Has Close Encounter with Earth This Week

NASA Launches Advanced Landsat Earth-Watching Satellite Into Orbit Mike Wall - SPACE.com - 4 hrs ago
NASA's latest Earth-observation satellite blasted off today (Feb. 11), continuing a storied four-decade effort to track environmental change and resource use across the … More »

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