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Re: The Moon or Mars? That is the question.
Jason, I agree with your enthusiasm. We can accomplish great things but we need the motivation. Unfortunately, I don't see a lot of motivation to move out into space at this time. Humans tend to rally when faced with significant challenges as the...

Published by RC Davison (3,079 pts ) on Oct 29, 2009 to
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Nothing But The Facts About The Constellation Orion
The Orion constellation is second only to the constellation of the Big Dipper in recognizability. The constellation was well known to the ancient Greeks with its own hero's and villains and is one of a handful of constellations that are visible from...

Published by George Garza (1,900 pts ) on Oct 29, 2009 to
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What Are The Minor Planets?
The minor planets become a topic of heated discussion after the decision of the IAU to strip Pluto of its status as a planet and to consider it as a minor planet in 2006. Read on to find out more about these minor elements of our solar system. What Are...

Published by rojarose (2,371 pts ) on Oct 28, 2009 to
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Stellar Classification
How can you talk about stars if you don't know how they are classified -- or, if you don't know what the different classification systems out there are? This article goes through and describes the basic structure of the Harvard and Yerkes...

Published by allychevalier (14,709 pts ) on Oct 28, 2009 to
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Facts and History about the Geminid Meteor Shower
The Geminid meteor shower is so named because its trail of meteors is traced back to the region of the constellation Gemini. The Geminid shower produces the brightest meteors of any shower. A spectacular event is expected on the 13th and 14th December...

Published by Sushma (3,052 pts ) on Oct 28, 2009 to
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LCROSS’s Impact On the Moon (October 9, 2009): What Is It All About?
The much talked about event of LCROSS impact on moon, was successfully executed on October 9, 2009. This mega event had a lot of apprehensions and expectations. It may reveal some long awaited questions about the moon, which may change the history of...

Published by Sushma (3,052 pts ) on Oct 28, 2009 to
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BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey – looking for dark energy
The expansion rate of the Universe is increasing, not slowing down. How is that possible? The problem is that studying ordinary matter and energy, scientists are unable to account for the expansion. So scientists suspect that some other type of energy...

Published by George Garza (1,900 pts ) on Oct 28, 2009 to
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Re: The Moon or Mars? That is the question.
Playing devil's advocate here, I say we just push through and go to Mars. Human history is full of biting off challenges bigger than we can chew, but we always find a way to make it happen. From building the great pyramids to the invasion of Normandy...

Published by Jason C. Chavis (4,403 pts ) on Oct 28, 2009 to
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Re: The Moon or Mars? That is the question.
Ally, all very good points and I think I agree that it's a logical stepping stone. Our biggest problem (or maybe it's just my impatience!) has to do with the snail's pace that we are moving at in getting out there - anywhere! If the money...

Published by RC Davison (3,079 pts ) on Oct 27, 2009 to
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Nothing but the Facts About the Constellation Libra
The constellation Libra is a faint collection of stars positioned between Virgo and Scorpius. Named Libra because of its resemblance to scales, its brightest stars come together to form a quadrangle. Libra is also represented as one of the signs of the...

Published by Jason C. Chavis (4,403 pts ) on Oct 27, 2009 to
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