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• Film Director Eyes On-Location Space Shoot

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 141
  Fresh from his newly-issued Avatar movie, James Cameron is eyeing outer space as a microgravity-laden backdrop for a future film shoot. In an interview with MTV, the movie maker of such hits as Titanic appears hungry for his own personal space trek. Cameron notes in the interview that hes already had some ...
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• NASA App Is a Must-Have Tool for Armchair Astronomers [Downloads]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 808
  Space junkies with an iPhone or iPod touch, listen up: NASA released an app compiling pretty much everything going on in the space program to give you access to images, mission info, countdown clocks, and more, all in one place. This free app is packed with continually-updated information about NASAs missions, ...
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• GNCC 22: Name That Penis

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 124
  Click Image For More... A Free For All regarding Kirsten Dunst, Disney XD, Max Headroom, Stripping Teachers, Strange Sodas, Red Nose Penii, and Prohibition. GNCC is brought to you by Rifftrax , funny DVD commentaries from the guys behind MST3K. They don’t make the movies, they make them…funny.
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• Stepping Up to Scramjet Status: X-51A WaveRider, First Airborne Flight

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 141
  A Boeing Phantom Works X-51A WaveRider has taken its first airborne flight - courtesy of a B-52 aircraft over Edwards Air Force Base in California. The December 9th captive carry flight is seen as a key milestone in the project - one that is expected to lead to practical air breathing hypersonic flight. Why ...
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• Gravity Sling Deluxe flies onto the App Store

  
  iPhone News at Desinformado.com | The Complete Source for iPhone News — Authority: 149
  Denver-based Riptide Games today announced a deluxe version of the hit iPhone game Gravity Sling has just been released on the app store at a discounted price for the first 10,000 players. Gravity Sling is an inertia based puzzle game where the player needs to use the gravity of nearby planets to sling the astronaut ...
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• More Than Jobs At Stake in NASAs Future, Experts Tell House Panel

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 141
  The nations security, economic well being and educational standing are at stake as the White House and Congress chart NASAs future beyond the retirement of the space shuttle, a panel of aerospace experts warned a House oversight panel on Thursday. The House Science and Technology Committee hearing examined the issues ...
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• Only £244.00 for Celestron Skyscout - Personal Planetarium - Electronic Gadgets

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 160
  £244.00 Info / Buy Product Information Introducing the Sky Scout from Celestron. The Sky Scout is a revolutionary, one of a kind, patented handheld device that instantly identifies and/or locates any celestial object visible to the naked eye, providing ...
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• What Would NASA Do with an Added Shuttle Flight?

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 657
  Space Shuttle Atlantis sits poised for the STS 129 launch from Pad 39 A on 16 November 2009. Atlantis would likely fly a proposed new flight as STS-135. Credit: Ken Kremer The end of the Space Shuttle Era is rapidly approaching and with it some urgent questions including, “How will the US support continued use ...
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• Space Coast Unemployment Could Hit 13 Percent

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 530
  Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center Our views: Lawmakers must press case for space support Florida Today The Space Coast unemployment rate is clocking in at 11.4 percent, a number that’s taking a brutal toll on individuals and families struggling to survive. Now imagine the impact a 13 percent ...
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• What Will Happen When Astronauts No Longer Fly On The Space Shuttle?

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 719
  Dragon Spacecraft (Image © SpaceX, used with permission) There are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining ...
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• Alert mission protects U.S. airspace, interests

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Shaw Air Force Base Airmen supporting the Operation Noble Eagle alert mission provide quick-reaction support to protect U.S. airspace and significant events like presidential movements and space shuttle launches. "We have to be ready if the alarm goes off at 2:30 in the morning," said Master Sgt. William Martin, the ...
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• John Travolta turns down astronaut training offer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, December 06 (ANI): Plane-fanatic John Travolta does not have enough time to train to be an astronaut even though he would love to.The actor even turned down Sir Richard Branson’s offer to take a seat on his Virgin Galactic space ship, scheduled for next year.“I think I would like it. I’ve been approached ...
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• How long would it take to get from the earth to Jupiter?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 170
  I’m doing a science project, "selling tickets" to go to Jupiter. I need to know how long it would take to get from the earth to Jupiter if I was in a space shuttle with food and other supplies. I’m pretty sure Jupiter is about 628,730,000 miles away but I’m not sure how fast I would be going.
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• The USAFs Secret Spaceplane

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Its been a long wait—in some ways, more than 50 years—but in April 2010, the U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch an Atlas V booster from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the newest U.S. spacecraft, the unmanned X-37, to orbit. The X-37 embodies the Air Forces desire for an operational spaceplane, a wish that ...
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• India to test world’s third largest solid rocket booster

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Venkatachari JagannathanChennai, Dec 6 (IANS) The Indian space agency is expected to take a major step in January towards realising its next generation rocket by ground-firing the world’s third largest - in terms of fuel mass and length - solid rocket booster developed in-house.An Indian Space Reasearch ...
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  SANCTE PATER — Authority: 542
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• John Travolta declines spacecraft ride offer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood actor John Travolta turned down the chance to go to space on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space ship because he feels that he can’t take the necessary time off to train to be an astronaut.Travolta was approached and asked if he’d like to take a seat on one of [...]
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• Shuttle Ascent Video: Atlantis

  
  The Awesomer — Authority: 630
  Life is just awesomer with a soundtrack: NASA’s JSC remixes Space Shuttle Atlantis’ ascent video to eclectic music that is part BSG , part Lord of the Rings and part Lord of the Dance . Link: http://www.theawesomer.com/c/click.php?id=8136 Hat Tip: ...
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• The STS-129 Mission: Delivering the Goods

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 608
  Space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-129 mission was an ambitious and demanding undertaking that began Nov. 16, 2009, with a spectacular and on-time liftoff at 2:28 p.m. EST from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Aboard were Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, Pilot Barry E. Wilmore, Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Mike ...
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• Endeavour Readied for VAB Trip

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 608
  In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians are halfway complete with a three-day leak test on space shuttle Endeavour’s environmental control and life support system, as well as structural leak tests.The shuttle’s move, also known as rollover, to the Vehicle Assembly ...
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