The China manned space engineering office has released plans for a 60 ton space station made up of three capsules and a cargo transport for supplies. It looks like it might be public friendly as well as they have asked for suggestions for names for the space station. The space station core module will be [...]
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NASA Still Struggling to Get the Space Shuttle Discovery Ready for Launch
NASA has just pumped in 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen into discovery’s external fuel tank. It’s been fitted out with sensors and other equipment to try and find the cracks in the insulating foam that have stopped the launch. At the earliest the shuttle will fly at the start of February 2011 but there [...]
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Space Junk Or Debris Needs Cleaning Up But Where’s The Bin?
Did you ever walk around town, getting annoyed at all the rubbish? It’s quite easy to pick it up and put it in a bin, although you wouldn’t think so looking at the state of some areas. In space, unfortunately, there are no litter bins are no floating cleanup people with a long stick happily [...]
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Best of the Web- The Earth in 1000 Years
Where will all the rubbish go? Space stations? Will aliens notice us if they come to visit and we are extinct? Sending a message to ET. A discussion on the problems and the benefits of living in the universe 1000 years in the future. Podcast (Part 2) Join the forum discussion on this post – [...]
