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- (Lunar science takes off at NASA)
- Lunar science takes off at NASALunar MissionThe purposes of going to the moon should be to:1. Construct a permanent, self-sustaining residences.2. Construct a lunar surface to L1, L2, L4, or L5 launch system for construction and supply of space-based construction platforms.3. Construct solar energy collection system...
- Tags: Strategy, NOW IT, NASA, Lunar science
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
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- To the Moon: Grumman, One Giant Landing for Mankind
- The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
- Tags: Spacecraft, Aircraft, LEM, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-19
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Lunar science takes off at NASA
- With NASA just days away from launching its LCROSS lunar observation satellite, CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman headed to the Lunar Science Institute to hear what the new agency is up to. by CNET News.com
- Tags: NASA, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-06-13
- Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center (Kennedy Space Center)
- Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center Kennedy Space CenterHasn't Changed Much...I visited here in the 80's as a child. Some of these exhibits look nearly the same as they did back then.I still have pictures next to the moon rover...RE: Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center Kennedy Space CenterMaturing memories there...
- Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center visitor, F-1
- Discussion threads 2009-01-25
- Top science search terms
- Rank Search Term Volume 1. wikipedia 0.52% 2. dictionary 0.47% 3. fafsa 0.22% 4. dictionary.com 0.15% 5. funbrain 0.09% 6. thesaurus 0.07% 7. yahoo answers 0.07% 8. online dictionary 0.06% ...
- Tags: Science, Dictionary, Yahoo, Wiki, Online Communications, NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo; Plans open architecture spaceship
- Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo; Plans open architecture spaceshipBeautifulThey are much better looking than the first ones. I hope that they accelerate space exploration and lunar landings. Unfortunately, the current goal is mostly space tourism, which is impractical. Maybe they'll raise enough money from it to fund the bigger picture, though.RE:...
- Tags: space elevator, Virgin Galactic, architecture spaceship, SpaceShipTwo
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- A purple Classmate!
- A purple Classmate!comparison requestPerhaps not immediately, but would it be possible for you to also provide a comparison with these devices and the new EEE PC from ASUS? The EEE PC is a bit pricy when compared to the OLPC, but considering that its ASUS, it may have excellent...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Purple Haze, Classmate, Classmate PC, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows Vista, Eee PC
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon again
- Any work NASA is doing to return to the moon is "silly," Burt Rutan, the engineer who won the Ansari X Prize for a suborbital rocket plane, told a panel at CalTech on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the space program, News.com reports. "Taxpayer-funded NASA should only...
- Tags: NASA, Productivity, Leadership, Management, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Google backs contest to put robot on moon
- The transition from huge, government-funded space projects to those driven by private initiative and capital took a great step forward Thursday. The X Prize Foundation announced that Google is financing a contest to put a privately funded robotic rover on the moon. The thing would...
- Tags: Google Inc., NASA, Moon, Robot, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- NASA's future inflatable lunar base
- If you think that future NASAs moon camps need to have a science fiction look, you might be disappointed. Today, NASA is testing small inflatable structures. In fact, if these expandable tents receive positive reviews, astronauts will camp on the moon as early as 2020. These 12-foot (3.65 meter) diameter...
- Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Save the planet! (Pluto, that is)
- Save the planet! (Pluto, that is)Pluto Fightback by the Common PeopleAs the scientists are fighting against IAU's decision, the common people are opposing the decision with their own petition with 450 over signatures at http://pleasesavepluto.orgThe Elite hide pluto from the future for it proficyThe Elite hide pluto from the future...
- Tags: astronomer, Pluto
- Discussion threads 2006-09-01
- American competitiveness and the global economy
- American competitiveness and the global economySputnikUnfortunately, I suspect that the US [b]will[/b] respond the same way we did to Sputnik: with a great deal of [i]Sturm und Drang[/i] all resulting in far more of the same.Recalling the effect of Sputnik on the educational system that I occupied at the time...
- Tags: CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, Zakaria, American Competitiveness, Sputnik
- Discussion threads 2006-06-07
- Air and ground robots to collaborate in space
- Today's discoveries about our solar system are done by using robotic devices such as remote-sensing orbiters, probes, landers and rovers. But space missions usually rely on very few instruments. If one is lost, the mission is almost over -- and has failed. But now, a team of scientists from the...
- Tags: California Institute of Technology, spacecraft
- Blog posts 2005-10-22
- Focus On Today 1.20 (Windows)
- Focus calculates sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, lunar phase, and current local time anywhere in the world, and lets you access this info by simply clicking its calendar and map. Add Focus to your Windows Startup folder, and it generates a daily celestial report, personal reminders, and a quotation. Choose quotations...
- Tags: RAJE Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2005-09-23
- Last week's mini-Y2K: What went wrong?
- Last week's mini-Y2K: What went wrong?My 1 million year error free systemIn 1992 I overhauled the time system in the big application of our lab. After finding that in UNIX there was nothing accurate, reliable, precise enough for us, I wrote the whole from scratch as I use to, starting...
- Tags: SECURITY, mini-Y2K, time system
- Discussion threads 2004-01-13
- MoonMenu 1.0 (Windows)
- Program that draws the current phase of the moon in the system tray area, next to the system clock. The moon, when clicked, reveals a textual description of the moon phase, illumination percentage, the moon's age in days, current lunation number, and upcoming quarter predictions. Select an item in this...
- Tags: Moon, Microsoft Windows, System Tray, MoonMenu
- Software downloads 2001-05-15
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