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How to Become an Astronaut

This article will tell you what it takes to become an astronaut, what all is involved, like training, experience, education and other factors that are required of you in order to fly in space.

Published by mandasparkle (399 pts ) on Oct 7, 2009 to
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Exploring the Many Causes of Space Weather and its Effects on Earth

The concept of space weather might seem strange, but it appears less so once you realize this kind of weather doesn't involve rain, snow, heat, cold or other atmospheric conditions.

Published by ebishirl (1,545 pts ) on Oct 7, 2009 to
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Just What Is That Bright Star In The Night Sky?

You're out one evening and a bright object in the sky catches your attention. What is it? A planet, a star, a satellite, maybe a comet or shooting star, or maybe it's a UFO? It could be any of these and more but read on before you phone in that UFO sighting...

Published by RC Davison (3,079 pts ) on Oct 7, 2009 to
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Orbital Mechanics and Interplanetary Trajectories

Navigating in space is not the same as moving about on Earth. You are dealing with the interaction of two bodies--the Earth and the spacecraft. That brings into play laws developed by Kepler and Newton that dictate how a spacecraft can move in orbit.

Published by George Adcock (3,791 pts ) on Oct 5, 2009 to
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US Space Policy and the Vision for Space Exploration

The 2004 Vision for Space Exploration promises to push space exploration in a way that it has not seen since the Kennedy years, from lunar bases to brand new spacecraft technology. But how is it being implemented, and what is Obama's take on it? This article provides an overview.

Published by allychevalier (14,652 pts ) on Sep 30, 2009 to
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Suborbital Passenger Flight – Will Suborbital Transport Ever Take Off?

Space is the ultimate frontier. Already astronauts have safely conducted manned flights to the moon and lived in space stations. Is space tourism for the everyday man and woman just around the corner? Well don't pack your bags just yet there are still some hurdles to suborbital transport…

Published by Dorothy B (1,098 pts ) on Sep 30, 2009 to
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What Is Time? - Part 2

Continuing and diverging from what was mentioned in Part 1 into more of the specific uses and intricacies of time, we here survey notions such as biological time, quantum time, relativistic time, and provide some more information relating to the concept of time.

Published by slight_underweft (1,296 pts ) on Sep 30, 2009 to
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Impact! Shoemaker Levy 9 Comet and Jupiter

While we haven't had a good impact here on Earth in a good long while, they're fairly commonplace on the larger planets—especially the largest of them all, Jupiter. This article goes over the famous impact by comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and discusses some of the discoveries made due to this impact.

Published by allychevalier (14,652 pts ) on Sep 30, 2009 to
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Military Space Stations - The USSR Almaz and the U.S. Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Space stations before Skylab and MIR? The USSR's Almaz space station and the United States' Manned Orbiting Laboratory were two Cold War-era military space programs - manned space stations with military personnel that would collect reconnaissance data! Read on for more interesting details.

Published by johnsinit (12,600 pts ) on Sep 30, 2009 to
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The Anthropic Principle of Cosmology

Is it curious that intelligent life was able to manifest in the universe? Was the universe perhaps "fine-tuned" for the evolution of intelligent life? Does intelligent life create the universe? How integral a role do humans play in the universe? Read about the Anthropic Principle.

Published by slight_underweft (1,296 pts ) on Sep 29, 2009 to
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