NASA Coolant Tank Comes Back to Earth and Almost Bombs Australia
A retired coolant tank put into space by the ISS and NASA has unexpectedly reentered the Earth’s atmosphere off the coast of Australia. Luckily, the 1400lb tank came back over water and the atmosphere broke it into tiny pieces. No pieces larger than 15lbs are believed to have made it back intact.
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At 7:34 Moscow Time (10:34 EST) Richard Garriott touched down in Kazakhstan, ending a ten day voyage into space.
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South Korea has unveiled it’s first space launch vehicle, imaginatively named the KSLV-1. From an aesthetic standpoint, the thing is definitely a rocket. If you were to doodle a rocket in the binder of your eighth grade notebook, it’d probably look something like the KSLV-1.
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Nasa has released a photo of the bottom of the aeroshell that will soon be roving all over Mars. It’s the largest aeroshell in the history of space exploration, which isn’t saying much considering the runner up is about the size of a breadbox.
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If your going to insist upon getting a gold fish, at least get it a cool looking place. Instead of a conventional bowl, how about a retro and cool "space" bowl?
It’s available from Wrapables for $21.95. Depressed goldfish not included.
Space Communists
And just when we thought the Red Menace was gone, here comes China plotting to overtake the Space Continuum.
China is planning to send a three man crew of "space communists" into space next year and they want to spend their time "learning the Party’s policies and exchanging opinions on the Party’s decisions."
MIT Wants to Lasso Asteroid
MIT researchers have come up with a way to ‘capture’ an asteroid so that astronauts can see it up close and personal.
Basically, they want to really lasso this sucker with a rope (I do not make these things up). No cowboy involved though. The rope would be launched from a "remote-controlled rocket."
Space Hotel in 2012
This may a bit too ambitious, but a company is actually shooting for a 2012 opening of the Galactic Suite, a hotel in space. For a mere $4 million for a three-day stay, you can start saving those benjamins now. Read It
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MIT’s Dava Newman has designed a space suit. The suit is called the Biosuit. This space was designed for Paris’ adventure into space. It’s like so hot… The suit is designed for optimum maneuvering and is fully functional…
In the 40 years that humans have been traveling into space, the suits they wear have changed [...]
Tragic Blast in Virgin Galactic Rocket Test
A test for a new rocket for SpaceShipTwo, intended for Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic private space company, went tragically wrong when an explosion killed two people and injured four others. No word yet on why the explosion occurred at a remote pad at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Burt Rutan, owner and founder of [...]
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