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Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for Trip to Titan
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Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for Trip to Titan. Craigslist Astronaut Needed Titan. We've all dreamed of being an astronaut at one point or another. Now, thanks to Craigslist, you too can see space. As long as you're willing to die/not come home once you arrive...
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NASA Astronauts to Drink Own Urine
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downright disgusting, but if it’s done correctly, you process water that’s purer than what you drink here on Earth," remarked astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper. Stefanyshyn-Piper and other astronauts will be delivering the device to the ISS today....
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Ion Rocket Engine Can Take Us to Mars Faster
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meaning that astronauts would have to travel to and from only during those periods. Such a wait time would require a surplus of supplies of food, air and water. With ion propulsion's expected 39 day trip time, astronauts would be able to make a return trip...
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ISS Welcomes First Japanese Cargo Ship
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cargo ship as the spaceship docked alongside the ISS yesterday. . Following a flawless first voyage, the H-2 Transfer Vehicle 1 (or HTV-1, for short) successfully docked at the ISS with the help of astronaut Nicole Stott and a robotic arm on board the Space...
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Contest: Fictional Tech or Future Tech?
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on “24” pulls out his Treo 700w or James Bond gets data on his Sony Ericcson K800i, they owe debts of gratitude to the 2-Way Wrist Radio. Better. Faster. Stronger. When astronaut Steve Austin was nearly killed in a space flight accident, the government...
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Spider Runs Amuck on Space Station
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of a tangled mess than the symmetrical versions earthlings are accustomed to walking into. "The web was more or less three-dimensional and it looked like it was all over the inside of the spider hab," said NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, the space station’s...
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Remotes With More Control
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stock prices, photos or music from a PC in another room and controlling your TV at the same time. You can even stream music via A2DP Bluetooth from your PC to the stereo speakers on the charging station. Inspired by astronaut controls and royal scepters: the...
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NASA Says ISS Coming Down in 2016
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After all, the metallic beast has already cost $100 billion. NASA also plans to retire the decrepit Space Shuttle fleet by the end of 2010, forcing each astronaut to hitch a $51 million ride skyward with the Russian Soyuz spacecraft; the American-made replacement...
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NASA Teams Up With Students To Make Long Distance Phonecalls To Outerspace
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minute phone call to the International Space Station. From 11:20 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. CDT on Monday students and teachers from both schools will communicate with Expedition 17 astronaut Garrett Reisman. NASA’s education downlinks are part of the agency’s...
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GPS On The Moon
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it’s not a great destination for the average traveler. But, astronauts are going to have to go there, and NASA has set itself a target date of 2020 to get them there. Ron Li, a professor at Ohio State University, is planning to find a way to help astronauts...