Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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Tennis Pro Novak Djokovic's Pressurized 'Space Egg'
ABC News
By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit Some are citing an odd, egg-like pressure chamber as the secret to Novak Djokovic's recent success in Tennis. ABC News asked sports medicine experts to weigh in on whether this odd device could actually help ...
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How Much for a Room at Earth's First Space Hotel?
TIME
"The hotel will be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for private companies who want to do research in space," says Orbital Technologies' CEO Sergei Kostenko. "A hotel should be comfortable, and this one will be. ...
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Russia lifts suspension on launches of main rocket
Reuters
MOSCOW Aug 30 (Reuters) - Russia's space agency gave the green light on Tuesday to resume launches of the main rocket it uses for carrying satellites into space after determining what caused a launch to fail this month. Roskosmos suspended the use of ...
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Rocket crash may force crew from space station
Los Angeles Times
The International Space Station could be flown from the ground without a crew, but the risk of a mishap would increase dramatically. (NASA / August 30, 2011) By Ralph Vartabedian and WJ Hennigan, Los Angeles Times NASA warned Monday that the ...
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Irene leaves Space Coast and Virginia launch facilities unscathed
Florida Today
Space launch facilities up and down the East Coast emerged unscathed from Hurricane Irene, with no damage that would delay launches of important NASA missions. NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia received a more direct hit than Cape Canaveral, ...
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Eureka Review: "This One Time at Space Camp..."
TV Fanatic
With the Astraeus mission so close to it launch date things got tense around GD; so "This One Time at Space Camp..." helped lighten the tension with a plethora of nerd and geek nods! From working in a History of the World Part One quote to referencing ...
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Senators back KSC space projects
Florida Today
CAPE CANVERAL — Florida's two US senators have tried to brush back an attempt by colleagues to steer money from Kennedy Space Center to other sites involved in the development of NASA's planned heavy-lift rocket for exploration missions. ...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

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How Would NASA Evacuate the Space Station?
Fox News
By Clara Moskowitz The International Space Station is photographed soon after the space shuttle Atlantis and the station began their post-undocking separation in 2009. In the wake of a Russian rocket failure, NASA is considering evacuating the crew of ...
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Shannon to review options for deep space exploration
Spaceflight Now
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has asked outgoing space shuttle Program Manager John Shannon to carry out an independent assessment of competing options for eventual manned missions beyond low-Earth orbit, officials say. ...
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Spaceflight Now | Space Station Mission Report | Space station ...
HOUSTON -- Astronauts may need to temporarily withdraw from the International Space Station before the end of this year if Russia is unable to resume manned ...
spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/110827unmannedops/
Space Invaders couch – Boing Boing
I have no idea if Igor Chak's "Retro Alien" (ahem, Space Invaders) couch is comfortable, or if it looks as good in real life as it does in renders, but it sure does look ...
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Astronauts May Have to Abandon Space Station
New York Times
By KENNETH CHANG Astronauts will abandon the International Space Station, probably in mid-November, if rocket engine problems that doomed a Russian cargo ship last week are not diagnosed and fixed. Even if unoccupied, the space station can be operated ...
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Developers Raise $25K for NASA MMO, Beta Coming Next Year
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius A group of developers has raised more than $25000 for a NASA-sponsored massively multiplayer online (MMO) game that takes aspiring astronauts on a journey to space in the year 2035. Developers have solicited more than 500 donations ...
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Need A Parking Space? Look In Your Hand
NPR
by Richard Gonzales A screenshot of SFpark, an app that lets San Francisco drivers see available parking spaces as well as each space's cost. A screenshot of SFpark, an app that lets San Francisco drivers see available parking spaces as well as each ...
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NASA Space Centers Clean Up in Irene's Aftermath
Space.com
Some NASA space and research centers along the US East Coast are mopping up in the wake of a weekend pounding by Hurricane Irene. Four NASA centers in two eastern states and Washington, DC were on alert for Irene's arrival heading into the weekend. ...
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NASA Might Have to Control the International Space Station by ...
By Kwame Opam
Space.com reports that, with last week's resupply failure putting NASA behind schedule, Russia needs to get its Soyuz craft back up to speed. If they don't, the ISS will be an empty vessel after the last of the current crew leaves in November.
Gizmodo
International Space Station Could be De-Crewed by November
By Nancy Atkinson
For personal reasons I had to miss the NASA press conference this morning which gave an update on International Space Station operations following the failure and crash of a Progress resupply vehicle last week. When I returned home and ...
Universe Today
International Space Station May Be Evacuated By Late November ...
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By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts may need to temporarily abandon the International Space Station this fall if last week's Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying, a NASA official said ...
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Space Invader Couch | Ubergizmo
By Hubert Nguyen
Designer Igor Chack has designed something that our geeky eyes could not miss: a Space Invader Couch. Named Retro Alien [...]
Ubergizmo
Freighter failure causes space plans overhaul — RT
By RT
The Russian Space Agency has reviewed its launch schedule after the crash of the Progress space freighter. It will affect the transport of crew members to and from the ISS because the agency naturally wants to be sure its rockets are safe.
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Space station may be abandoned during probe of Soyuz failure
USA Today
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Russian space vehicles are the only means of ferrying crews and supplies to the station now that the US space shuttle program has ended. Last week, the third-stage failure of a Soyuz rocket sent an unmanned Progress ...
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Seattle scored just behind space shuttle winners
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
A depiction of the Seattle Museum of Flight's Space Gallery, with the shuttle full-fuselage trainer. (Museum Of Flight) NASA offered up the retiring orbiters Enterprise and Atlantis, and the atmospheric test shuttle Enterprise. ...
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VA SHORE: Equipment bound for Space Station arrives at Wallops
Tasley Eastern Shore News
WALLOPS — A huge piece of equipment that will hold cargo destined for the International Space Station arrived by air at NASA Wallops Flight Facility Wednesday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene. The Pressurized Cargo Module, weighing 43000 pounds, ...
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Rackspace Adds Space to House its Growing Cloud
Data Center Knowledge
A look at finished data center space inside the DuPont Fabros CH1 data center in Elk Grove Village, Ill., where Rackspace Hosting has leased additional space. Rackspace Hosting continues to gobble up data center space to house its fast-growing cloud ...
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Video: Hurricane Irene's Birth and Death Seen From Space
Wired News
By Dave Mosher New satellite images from show the 10-day genesis of hurricane Irene from the storm's birth in the tropics to its death over the East Coast of North America. A geostationary weather satellite called GOES-13 recorded Irene's genesis as a ...
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Miniature Nuclear Reactor to Power Mars and Moon Colonies
Fox News
This smaller size is ideal for the type of conditions seen in space, said James Werner, lead researcher on the project. "Just taking it down to that size has a lot of significant differences," Werner told InnovationNewsDaily. ...
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Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists vie for space and control over feast prayers
Ahram Online
In another endeavor to gain popularity that would help them win seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Salafists have been fiercely competing in several Egyptian cities to control venues and spots designated for ...
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Romney clarifies scope of home expansion
Boston Globe
It's only doubling in size if you count normal living space. He described seeing Romney last week at a famed political haunt, the Red Arrow Diner, and asking at one point what the Republican presidential contender thought of the story - and the dozens ...
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