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ESA's next stop: Jupiter's icy moons – Light Years – CNN.com Blogs

Monday, May 14th, 2012

One such instrument is the craft's magnetometer. Designed by Magnes' team at the Space Research Institute in Austria, it is outfitted with high-tech sensors for measuring the direction and intensity of a body's magnetic fields …

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The Discovery Enterprise: The Fabric of the Cosmos Episode 2

Monday, May 14th, 2012

In search of answers, Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time- travelling adventure , hurtling 50 years into the future before stepping into a wormhole to travel back to the past.

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Contrary Brin: Challenges for Future Generations: space, brain …

Friday, May 11th, 2012

See Our Reborn Future in Space , my look at the ambitious proposal by Planetary Resources to mine asteroids for “trillions” in purported mineral wealth. How are ….

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Space news 5/10/12 | keeptheshuttleflying.com

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Two of NASA's prime contractors are teaming with Europe's Astrium to develop a commercial space taxi built from shuttle heritage booster rockets and a prototype NASA spaceship originally designed as an alternative to the deep- space Orion capsule, the companies announced on Wednesday. ..

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Space news 5/10/12 | keeptheshuttleflying.com

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Two of NASA's prime contractors are teaming with Europe's Astrium to develop a commercial space taxi built from shuttle heritage booster rockets and a prototype NASA spaceship originally designed as an alternative to the deep- space Orion capsule, the companies announced on Wednesday. … While it may be some time before tourists can book space travel , an announcement Wednesday from Alliant Techsystems Inc.

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