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Photos: Mars Orbiter snaps first high-res image

NASA scientists are all smiles after the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sends back its first image.

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Image galleries 2006-03-24

Photos: Mars Orbiter snaps first high-res image

NASA scientists are all smiles after the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sends back its first image.

Tags: Mars, smile, NASA, scientist, image

Image galleries 2006-03-24

Photos: Mars Orbiter snaps first high-res image

NASA scientists are all smiles after the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sends back its first image.

Tags: Mars, smile, NASA, scientist, image

Image galleries 2006-03-24

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Comet carries a building block of life

"Life came from outer space".It made me smile to read that.He is called God. He created life. And yes, in a way you could say He is from 'outer space'.It's funny how more and more knowledge becomes available including the major faults in the evolution religion, and people still staunchly...

Tags: Gunther, dinosaur, major fault, COMET

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

We don't know what we don't know

We don't know what we don't knowShock! I thought the debate was over...You mean we really don't know everything? You mean we have no idea why more and more reliable scientific studies show that we are currently in a global cooling trend? You mean we don't know why there has...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopes

White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesWhen you quit...reading them.RE: White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesThe Webb telescope that will be launched after Hubble is decomissioned will be able to measure infrared just as well as the Planck and Herschel. The upgrades that...

Tags: NASA, White House, Hubble

Discussion threads 2009-05-10

Another gas problem for the NEXT U.S. President

Another gas problem for the NEXT U.S. PresidentMaybe the EPA doesn't act becauseCO2 is NOT a pollutant? Or maybe because somebody realizes that manmade global warming is the biggest hoax in history? I'm surprised that Mars has not threatened to sue the EPA. After all, there's...

Tags: Man-made global warming, carbon dioxide, gas problem, NEXT U.S., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, global warming

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

European telcos squeal: should we care?

One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group  for the industry arguing...

Tags: Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Dennis Howlett, Government, Mobile, Networking, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Polar warming, hot time in the Arctic Ocean

Polar warming, hot time in the Arctic OceanThey're having similar problems on Mars.Seems the polar ice caps on Mars are warming and thawing as well.It must be all of those CO2 spewing space probes we've sent there.Funny thing is...the level of CO2 in the Martian atmosphere is something to the...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide, ice cap

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

What do the British really believe about global warming?

What do the British really believe about global warming?lolu got ot be kidding meRE: What do the British really believe about global warming?You have got to be kidding! I can not remember when it really snowed properly in the UK, we are seeing greater instances or extreme weather such...

Tags: Now Let, global warming, climate change, British Public

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

The Phoenix Lander's thirst for Martian water

After the Phoenix Lander touched down near the north pole of Mars, the mission has been on to find water. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi interviews planetary scientist Paul Doherty about Martian water, ice, and snowflakes, and why finding any of them would be a big deal.

Tags: Phoenix Technologies, News, kara tsuboi, paul doherty, jared kohler, pheonix mars lander, nasa, university of arizona, space

Videos 2008-05-29

Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?

Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?Inconvenient indeed ....I'm 100% in favor of this lawsuit. The movie was nothing more than a self serving political speach and now a bunch of idiots who saw the "movie" think that they know about "global warming".More than 90% of the information presented by the...

Tags: global warming, movie, Gore Lawsuit, Untruths, inconvenient untruth

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Rating Al Gore's tech cred

Rating Al Gore's tech credAgendasFirst of all there are many scientists who link global temperature fluctuations to a documented cyclical increase in solar activity.The theory of 'human-caused catastrophic climate change' is first and foremost a tool for implementing global socialism. Lot's of people including you through your implications like to...

Tags: Al Gore, global warming, climate change

Discussion threads 2007-11-02

Report: Debate's over--act now on global warming

Report: Debate's over--act now on global warmingReport: Debate's over--act now on global warmingI hope in light of all this global warming that solar panels become more efficient.Debate's over. Windows is better than Linux. Stop using Linux.See how easy that is? I don't actually NEED to prove my point. All...

Tags: capitalist, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Maps for hiking on Mars

When the first astronauts land on Mars in about 20 years, they will have good tools to explore the planet. Using data provided by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera HRSC onboard ESAs Mars Express and transformed into 3-D computer models, the first hiking maps of Mars have been produced. These topographic...

Tags: Leisure, Science &, Nature, Space &, Aerospace

Blog posts 2007-02-14

NASA: There's water flowing on Mars

The Mars Global Surveyor is one engineering project that keeps going and going. The spacecraft launched in 1997 and lost communications with NASA about a month ago, but keeps sending back gems. The latest: There has been water flowing on Mars in the last seven years. From NASA: NASA photographs...

Tags: NASA, Science, General

Blog posts 2006-12-06

Heating Mars with mirrors

This University of Arizona UA project doesnt want to terraform the whole Red Planet. In fact, this project is funded with a very modest $9,000 grant from NASA and just wants to heat a one-square kilometer area of Mars surface by using space mirrors as reports New Scientist. The plan...

Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation, Mars, Rigel Woida

Blog posts 2006-11-16

Day 2: Eclipse on Mars

(Jeff Norris et. al. gave a presentation in the Theater on NASA Mission Operations with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. -Ed) The Eclipse RCP is like a Launch Vehicle. It provides you with a component architecture, extensible GUI, and common application capabilities. Our expertise is on spacecraft,...

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Blog posts 2006-03-21

NASA handler who muzzled scientist resigns; faked college degree

The public affairs toady who tried to handle NASA chief climatology scientist James Hansen resigned today amid revelations that he faked a college degree from Texas A&M. George Deutsch prevented the press from interviewing Hansen after he made comments about global warming because he considered it his job to be...

Tags: NASA

Blog posts 2006-02-09

A roundtrip to Mars in one day?

According to ideas developed in the 1950s, it should be possible to build an 'hyperspace' engine allowing a spacecraft to reach Mars in 3 hours. It would also allow us to travel to stars more that 10 light years away in 80 days by slipping into a different dimension. But...

Tags: theory, magnetic field

Blog posts 2006-01-09