Tag Archives: International Space Station

What 11 Billion People Mean for Space Travel

Posted on November 28, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Robert Zubrin wants humanity to put down roots on Mars, and he thinks he knows how to make it happen at a reasonable price. The key … Continue reading →

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Mission Possible: Existing Tech Can Take Humans to Mars (Op-Ed)

Posted on October 20, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Doug Turnbull October 18, 2013 12:23 PM Doug Turnbull writes science fiction based on hard science. Most of his books, novellas and short stories confront problems faced by early settlers … Continue reading →

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Soul-searching in Cleveland after 3 slayings

Posted on July 23, 2013 by The Great One

Maybe if in a couple of years this guy is found guilty Al Sharpton will organize rallies to protest the imprisonment of a black man? TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — … Continue reading →

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Scientists find hint of dark matter from cosmos

Posted on April 3, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By JOHN HEILPRIN and SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be … Continue reading →

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Star Caught Circling Black Hole at Record-Breaking Speed

Posted on March 31, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Megan Gannon | SPACE.com Astronomers have spotted a star in our galaxy that races around a black hole at a breakneck speed, orbiting once every 2.4 hours, scientists say. The … Continue reading →

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Has Dark Matter Finally Been Found? Big News Coming Soon

Posted on February 18, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz | SPACE.com  BOSTON — Big news in the search for dark matter may be coming in about two weeks, the leader of a space-based particle physics experiment said … Continue reading →

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Good news: If the world ends next week, one Canadian will live to tell the tale

Posted on December 12, 2012 by The Great One

If nothing else, this story is a dichotomy… No two subjects are more opposite at their very core than religion and science. Here you have a man of science (an astronaut) traveling hundreds of thousands of miles through space during … Continue reading →

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Pope to call space station in papal first

Posted on April 22, 2011 by The Great One

The Pope to call the International Space Station; how exciting! Space exploration will never be the same again. On another note, the Pope should really get rid of that funny-looking hat. He looks ridiculous enough as it is with his … Continue reading →

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