US Spaceflight for the future [update]
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Cool stuff.
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NASA spots smallest planet yet discovered outside Sun's solar system - CNN.com
smallest exoplanet found
1.4 times the size of earth, rocky planet, 560 LY away
that's cool
BBC News - Rocky exoplanet milestone in hunt for Earth-like worlds
Man, we're finding more and more of those buggers. I remember Nov or Dec 2010 issue of Astronomy magazine had a little blurb of finding a super planet like earth, size between earth and uranus. Now we're finding one that's even closer to Earth in size.
Strictly speaking, it's not the smallest... we've found smaller ones orbiting pulsars, since pulsars make it easy to check for any small planetary wobblings.NASA spots smallest planet yet discovered outside Sun's solar system - CNN.com
smallest exoplanet found
1.4 times the size of earth, rocky planet, 560 LY away
that's cool
BBC News - Rocky exoplanet milestone in hunt for Earth-like worlds
Not quite as interesting though, since pulsar planets are completely uninhabitable.
BBC News - Antimatter caught streaming from thunderstorms on Earth
large amounts of Anti Matter are produced on earth daily.
By thunderstorms
large amounts of Anti Matter are produced on earth daily.
By thunderstorms
Now if we can just dig up some dilithium crystals...BBC News - Antimatter caught streaming from thunderstorms on Earth
large amounts of Anti Matter are produced on earth daily.
By thunderstorms
First cosmonaut's daughter applies for Gagarin trademark registration | Russia | RIA Novosti
Not sure how I feel about this, I guess it'd be OK if she gave most of it to charity or used it to invest in space industries.
Not sure how I feel about this, I guess it'd be OK if she gave most of it to charity or used it to invest in space industries.
Why would Bigelow want to be associated with the Emirates and their slave labor?
btw I'm pretty much just reposting NASAWatch Twitter
wutcuz they arent afraid to kill a bitch to further research for earth
kinda like america when we rocked
For all you Mac a-holes: Exoplanet for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store
Kepler space telescope spots five Earth-sized planets in our galaxy - CNN.com
5 planets earth sized in habitable zones for planets
guess what
we arent alone faggots
and i mean back in the day, we would do shit that would further science which may have been held up for years because it was deemed dangerous
now days we are hamstrung by 4 point safety measures which rise the cost to almost gag reflux levels
it sucks
nothing gets done
5 planets earth sized in habitable zones for planets
guess what
we arent alone faggots
and i mean back in the day, we would do shit that would further science which may have been held up for years because it was deemed dangerous
now days we are hamstrung by 4 point safety measures which rise the cost to almost gag reflux levels
it sucks
nothing gets done
The comments on there are pretty funny. Sounds like the Wired editor really failed at that article.
NASA says its pockets not deep enough for new rocket - CNN.com
The marching orders from Congress and the White House to NASA were pretty straightforward.
Go out and build a new big rocket to replace the retiring space shuttle fleet.
Unlike the shuttle, the new rocket has to be powerful enough to get out of low Earth orbit and carry humans to an asteroid and eventually Mars, perhaps even the moon. There must also be a test flight by 2016.
But at this point, NASA officials are warning of a potentially devastating setback to future space exploration.
Its first new rocket in 40 years may not happen because the agency doesn't think the $8 billion budgeted over the next three years is enough.
"We have done calculations with current models and approaches to doing this type of development and it doesn't work with funding constraints combined with schedules that were laid out in the Authorization Act," Doug Cooke, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems, told CNN.
Congress has already responded that unless NASA can prove there's not enough money, the rocket must -- by law -- be built.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, a key space agency supporter, was adamant when he spoke to CNN: "NASA must stop making excuses and follow this law. I believe the best and brightest at the space agency can build upon the $9 billion we've already invested in advanced technology to design a new heavy-lift rocket, while taking a stepping-stone, pay-as-you-go approach."
"We're doing everything we can to get there," Cooke said.
The $9 billion was for the now-defunct Constellation program, planned to take astronauts to the moon and on to Mars. It was cut from the federal budget last year after being called behind schedule and over budget.
Cliffs:
Game over, man!
The marching orders from Congress and the White House to NASA were pretty straightforward.
Go out and build a new big rocket to replace the retiring space shuttle fleet.
Unlike the shuttle, the new rocket has to be powerful enough to get out of low Earth orbit and carry humans to an asteroid and eventually Mars, perhaps even the moon. There must also be a test flight by 2016.
But at this point, NASA officials are warning of a potentially devastating setback to future space exploration.
Its first new rocket in 40 years may not happen because the agency doesn't think the $8 billion budgeted over the next three years is enough.
"We have done calculations with current models and approaches to doing this type of development and it doesn't work with funding constraints combined with schedules that were laid out in the Authorization Act," Doug Cooke, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems, told CNN.
Congress has already responded that unless NASA can prove there's not enough money, the rocket must -- by law -- be built.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, a key space agency supporter, was adamant when he spoke to CNN: "NASA must stop making excuses and follow this law. I believe the best and brightest at the space agency can build upon the $9 billion we've already invested in advanced technology to design a new heavy-lift rocket, while taking a stepping-stone, pay-as-you-go approach."
"We're doing everything we can to get there," Cooke said.
The $9 billion was for the now-defunct Constellation program, planned to take astronauts to the moon and on to Mars. It was cut from the federal budget last year after being called behind schedule and over budget.
Cliffs:
Game over, man!