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• Backyard rockets

  
  Bits & Pieces — Authority: 623
  This reminds me of the shuttle launch I saw last March.   An awesome thing to experience in person.
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• Space time capsule December 21, 1968

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 145
  What does it mean that the stars we see in the sky represent light coming at us from millions of years before? The images we have of Earth, of ourselves from space, invoke a time passed too, actually. Although we’re accustomed now to seeing our planet from above, as a quilt of satellite photos wrapped around a globe ...
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• Harwell Set to Become UK’s Space Exploration Headquarters

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Harwell lined up to be country’s space exploration centre Herald Series Harwell could become the country’s space exploration capital if a new national space agency is built in the area. Science Minister Lord Drayson announced the creation of a new British space agency to co-ordinate research while ...
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• Lord Drayson Announces New UK Space Agency

  
  Moo News Moo News - Entertainment, Sports, Showbiz, Celebrities & TV — Authority: 452
  Lord Drayson, the Science and Innovation Minister has announced that Great Britain will be the recipient of it’s very own dedicated space agency. The new body will be responisble for all future space activities conducted in the UK as well as replace the soon-to-be obsolete British National Space Centre. At present, ...
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• Okay, Cross off "Asteroid Impact" from List of 2012 Earth-Ending Disasters

  
  WEIMAR WORLD SERVICE — Authority: 131
  It turns out that we might not be at the mercy of unknown life-ending asteroid collisions any longer, at least after Monday, when NASA launches its WISE telescope . WISE -- aka Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer -- will search for objects that give off any heat. National Public Radio notes: WISE should find many ...
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• 22 million horspower solid rocket engine test

  
  Bits & Pieces — Authority: 623
  For the impatient. skip to the 1:40 mark.   NASA and industry partners lit up the Utah sky on Sept. 10, 2009, with the initial full scale, full-duration test firing of the first motor for the Ares I rocket. ATK Space Systems conducted the successful stationary firing of the five-segment solid development motor 1, ...
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• Russian GPS: SNAFU

  
  La Russophobe — Authority: 137
  CNN reports:Late last month Moscow celebrated the birthday of Father Frost, the Russian iteration of Santa Claus, with a new-fangled announcement: Father Frost’s retinue would move through the holiday skies aided by Glonass, the Russian answer to GPS.Eagerly waiting children could track his movement online, while he ...
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• Space Shuttle as it breaks sound barrier

  
  Bits & Pieces — Authority: 623
  via [IMG: http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/imagesspace_shuttle_sonic_boom_small.jpg]
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• Monday Morning News Kick Off: McCain Questions Work by Retired Generals; and is the U.S. Losing its Dominance?

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 470
  Now that everyone has shaken off the tryptophan side-effects from eating too much Thanksgiving turkey, we are ready to get focused and back to work. What better way to dive into the challenging work world than to read up on the latest news and headlines — beyond the Tiger Woods car crash (although it does seem a ...
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• Giving thought for food on space mission

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) Most people are familiar with the awe-inspiring images of space shuttle launches or images of the earth from the International Space Station. But how many people have paused for even a second to think about what those astronauts eat when they’re on a two-week space shuttle mission or are ...
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• Be Wary Of China Space Ties

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  This autumn, China and the U.S. began moving toward greater cooperation in space. As China lifted a little more of the veil covering its space program, U.S. officials expressed a greater desire to work together in exploring space. Presidential science adviser John Holdren floated the idea of increased cooperation in ...
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• China to Take Next Leap in Moon Probe

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 540
  Chang’e-2, China’s second lunar probe, will be sent up into space in less than a year. From China Daily : China’s second lunar probe, Chang’e-2, will be launched in October 2010, a top space scientist said Thursday. Ye Peijian, chief designer of the nation’s first moon probe, told the third ...
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• Review of Chinese Space Policy a Study in Domestic and International Politics

  
  Newsflavor — Authority: 423
   Title :               Chinese Space Policy A Study in Domestic and International Politics Author :           Roger Handberg and Zhen Li Publisher:        Routledge                         270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 ISBN:              ...
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• Look to the Stars

  
  The Weight of Silence — Authority: 103
  For today’s Good News Wednesday, I wanted to share a fun, uplifting story that I recently read from a Washington Post writer. The article described a program in one of the poorest areas of India, the village of Pannithittu, that is really amazing to me in its potential to open up the world to kids [...]
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• Astronaut says Mexico needs its own space program

  
  TexasFred — Authority: 471
  Astronaut says Mexico needs its own space program MEXICO CITY (AP) – A NASA astronaut says he wants to help Mexican officials start the country’s first space agency.Astronaut Jose Hernandez says he has no plans to leave his job at NASA, but hopes to help Mexico’s program get off the ground.Hernandez, the ...
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