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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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ESA's next stop: Jupiter's icy moons – Light Years – CNN.com Blogs
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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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The Discovery Enterprise: The Fabric of the Cosmos Episode 2
Tags: before-stepping, brian-greene, comet-impacts, comets, comic-book, comic-books, common, common-sense, complete, forbin, forbin-project, past, superheroes, the-ultimate, ultimate
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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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Contrary Brin: Challenges for Future Generations: space, brain …
Tags: ambitious, commercial-ship, faux-vintage, little-science, mine-asteroids, past, planetary, solar, the-ambitious, the-past, the-solar
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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
Tags: alliant, astrium, companies, deep, dream-within, europe, from-shuttle, originally-designed, orion, some-time, space travel, taxi-built, the-companies, wednesday
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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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Space news 5/10/12 | keeptheshuttleflying.com
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