Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Space tourism presents scientists with new opportunities
SpinPort News
By Tandy Reynolds – March 1, 2011 Posted in: Lifestyle If everything goes to plan, within a year or two tourists will be taken into what is officially deemed outer space by a vehicle operated by Virgin Galactic. Four weightless minutes will set a ...
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Rebels repel attacks...Russia rejects no-fly zone...Storage space
9&10 News
(AP) — The International Space Station has a new supply closet and it has a name. Built in Italy, it's called Leonardo, after Leonardo da Vinci. Astronauts attached the 21-foot-long storage compartment today using the station's robot arm. ...
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Dead Space dev working on 'bold new IP'
Computerandvideogames.com
Visceral Games, developer of the brilliant Dead Space series, is working on a "bold new IP" the studio has revealed. This comes via a new job ad that seeks an executive producer on the new "AAA title", to be developed at the Redwood City-based studio ...
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Space tourism flights attract scientists - Physics Today News Picks
By Physics Today
New York Times: Science researchers may make more use of so-called space tourism flights than tourists, writes Kenneth Chang for the New York Times. Within a few years, Virgin plans to fly its SpaceShipTwo once or twice a day, ...
Physics Today News Picks - http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/
Minimalism: Using Negative Space In Your Photographs
By James Brandon
I hope this quick post will inspire you to go out and incorporate negative space into some of your work, if you haven't already. It really is nice to go out sometimes with the intention of creating a certain type of image and finding ...
Digital Photography School - http://www.digital-photography-school.com/
Space Station Gets Extra Storage Room | KSTP TV - Minneapolis and ...
The space station and space shuttle crews teamed up to attach the newest module, using a hefty robot arm to anchor it down. It became the 13th room at the sprawling outpost, and the only one devoted entirely to storage. ...
kstp.com - Top Stories \ Front Page - http://www.kstp.com/11forgottonlawsofthesecret.blogspot.com/
Private space companies, other spaceflight supporters: Congress ...
By scottpowers
The Write Stuff covers news on NASA's shuttle program, Kennedy Space Center, the international space station, robotic missions to the planets and rock.
The Write Stuff - Orlando Sentinel - http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/
2011 Renault R-Space Concept Live Photos: 2011 Geneva Motor Show
Imagined as a family car for the future, Renault's new R-Space concept offers a sporty, flowing silhouette with a unique interior space and wide-opening suicide doors. The inside might look a bit familiar if you're a fan of TV's Cash ...
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NASA: Humanoid robot moves onto space station
Computerworld
By Sharon Gaudin Using a robotic arm, astronauts brought a humanoid robot aboard the International Space Station. While the space station has used various robotic arms attached to the outside of the orbiter, this is the first humanoid robot that will ...
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NASA names Marshall Space Flight Center as program office for new rocket
al.com (blog)
By Lee Roop, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, AL - NASA made it official this afternoon with an announcement that the Marshall Space Flight Center will house the program office leading the development of America's next spacecraft, the heavy-lift rocket ...
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Nationals' Espinosa powers up vs. Mets
MLB.com
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com | 03/01/11 3:45 PM EST Livan Hernandez kept the Nationals in the game with three runs of one-run ball at Space Coast Stadium. (AP) VIERA, Fla. -- Danny Espinsosa's two-run homer highlighted a four-run fourth inning and it ...
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Space tourism painted black
CanadianBusiness.com (blog)
By Matthew McClearn Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company, promises that anyone who can afford the US$200000 fare and pass pre–flight medical exams and a two–day bird course will soon be able to look down on Earth's majesty from 360000 feet. ...
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Google storage launch: up to 16 terabytes of space
Fortune
For companies, educational institutions and even home users who want to increase the amount of space in their Google (GOOG) Apps accounts, Google today introduced new tiered pricing plans for buying huge swaths of additional storage. ...
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Better Space Vision: 'Older' Astronauts Test Superfocus Glasses
Space.com
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer The stellar view from the International Space Station may be a little sharper for some astronauts now. When NASA's space shuttle Discovery arrived at the station Saturday (Feb. 26), it was carrying a handful of new ...
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Speaker Boehner's Space Odyssey
Huffington Post (blog)
While the speaker may have traveled 650 miles to Nashville to deliver this attack, his speech came from the far reaches of the solar system, detached from the space-time continuum that keeps us earthlings rooted to reality. "The FCC is creeping further ...
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Cubicles, offices are shrinking, while space for teamwork grows
Kansas City Star
Technology such as flat screens and smart phones require less desk space. And a younger, mobile workforce is more apt to get shared or unassigned space. The recession also played a role. More workers were forced from their jobs, pressuring employers to ...
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Boeing Seeks to Help Develop Indian Fighter, Equip Manned Space Missions
Bloomberg
The planemaker is also interested in cooperating with India's Defence Research and Development Organisation on aero- structures, avionics and materials, Vivek Lall, the head of its Indian defense and space operations, said in a Feb. ...
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Space station gets much-needed storage room
Forbes
The International Space Station got a sorely needed storage room Tuesday, a 21-foot-long supply closet packed with goods and a humanoid robot that will remain boxed up for another two months. The space station and space shuttle crews teamed up to ...
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Seeing a Space Shuttle From an Airplane | Nick's Stream
By admin
Flying from Orlando, FL I had the rare opportunity to be able to watch Discovery's final launch as it embarks on STS-133.
Nick's Stream - http://stream.iamtherealnick.com/
Birthday BLAST OFF! {Space Party Theme} // Hostess with the Mostess®
By jenn s.
His most recent passion of the sciences is all things space: moon, stars, planets, rocket ships. In this collection you'll find all the wares to host an out of this world party that your little astronaut will never forget, from dessert ...
Hostess with the Mostess® - http://www.hostessblog.com/
Space tourism: Great for scientific research? - SmartPlanet
By Larry Dignan
Virgin Galactic may just make one great research lab. The argument: NASA may become one of the biggest space tourists. The New York Times made the arg.
Smart Takes Blog RSS | SmartPlanet - http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/


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Scientists and Space Tourists
New York Times (blog)
By KATHERINE SCHULTEN If all goes as planned, WHO may be "rocketing into space aboard a Virgin Galactic space plane — paying $200000 for about four minutes of weightlessness — before coming back down for a landing on a New Mexico runway"? ...
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Scientists get tickets to ride with space tourists
New Scientist
Virgin Galactic, founded by Richard Branson, is best known for its plans to fly tourists on suborbital jaunts to space. Now, it and XCOR Aerospace, another company with space tourism ambitions, have signed the world's first contracts to fly scientists ...
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Free up your hard drive space with DaisyDisk 2
Macworld
If you've found yourself wondering where all your once-plentiful hard drive space has seemingly vanished to, a utility like DaisyDisk Team's DaisyDisk could prove invaluable in helping you free up long-lost disk space. Recently upgraded to version 2.0, ...
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SAIC Awarded Cybersecurity Contract by U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems ...
PR Newswire (press release)
MCLEAN, Va., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to provide technical ...
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The First Space Checkin and How You Can Earn the NASA Explorer foursquare ...
GISuser.com (press release)
Astronaut Doug Wheelock 'Checks In' From Space Station, Kicking Off NASA Partnership With Foursquare - Did you know that by using foursquare you can earn a badge similar to that earned by NASA astronaut @Astro_wheels when he checked into the ISS? ...
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Space station to receive its Italian float-in closet today
Spaceflight Now
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD A final US module will be attached to the International Space Station Tuesday, an upgraded supply transfer compartment that will serve as a permanent storage closet to give station crews more room. The Italian-built Permanent ...
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Florida's Space Coast Hit by 13000…
MyFox Atlanta
The blaze, fueled by strong winds and dry conditions spread quickly along the Space Coast in Brevard County and Volusia County, having started around noon Monday in the Scottsmoor/Mims area. Officials closed an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 95 and part ...
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First US Commercial Spaceport Names New Director
Space.com
by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer After going more than seven weeks without a leader, the nation's first dedicated commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, now has a new executive director. Former civilian Air Force official Christine ...
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Research insitute buys six tickets to space
TG Daily
But the Southwest Research Insitute has handed over $1.6 million to Virgin Galactic to fly some of its staff into space. SWRI is hoping to use the trip to carry out microgravity, biology, climate and astronomy research. Initially, two researchers have ...
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Bright side of space glitch: No gravity | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-03-01
Philadelphia Inquirer
A robotic-system shutdown interrupted Monday's space walk outside the International Space Station, leaving a Discovery astronaut stuck with an 800-pound pump in his hands for nearly a half-hour. Lead spacewalker Stephen Bowen was in no danger, ...
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Oz firms develop first beer that can be consumed in space
Sify
Two companies in Australia have developed a beer that can be safely consumed in space. With space tourism preparing to take off as early as next year, Saber Astronautics Australia and the Four Pines Brewing Company came up with the thirst quenching ...
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NASA selects ITT analytical tools for space flight
Processing Talk
NASA has selected ITT's OI Analytical-branded total organic carbon analyser (TOCA) and WTW-branded Vario conductivity temperature meter for inclusion on the space shuttle Discovery's final flight. The instruments will be used by the crew of the ...
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Bear landlord says grocers eyeing space
The News Journal
11:30 am Safeway occupied 50000 square feet in Governors Square, but the space can be expanded to 60000 square feet to meet today's standards for grocery stores, the developer says. / News Journal file Grocers are eyeing the space in Bear left behind ...
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Henderson Space and Science Center opens second exhibit
Las Vegas Sun
By Paul Takahashi (contact) The Henderson Space and Science Center on Monday opened its second exhibit, "It's a Gas!" at the Galleria Mall. A technical problem forced the new exhibit to delay its public opening from Saturday to Monday, but "everything ...
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