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AdamWaltersDIY on the Moon: how Buzz saved the launch back to Earth
timesonline.co.uk — “With Neil trying to sleep leaning back on the ascent engine cover, I curled up on the bottom of the LM, where I noticed some of the moon dust on the floor. It had a gritty, charcoal-like texture to it, and a pungent metallic smell, something like gunpowder or the smell in the air after a firecracker has gone off. More…
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APOD: 2009 July 5 - Genesis Missions Hard Impact
apod.nasa.gov — A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert in 2004 after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. No space aliens were involved, however. The saucer, pictured above, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. More…
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vroom101Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole
sciencedaily.com — Astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy's bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a region very close to the supermassive black hole at its core. The discovery provides important new information about the mysterious workings of the powerful "engines" in the centers of innumerable galaxies throughout the Universe. More…
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Solar Power from Outer Space: Microwaves and Frickin' Lasers
twilightearth.com — In order to meet our world's rising energy needs, and to help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, some ideas that seem right out of a science fiction novel are picking up steam with start-ups and investors. But does using satellites for energy production really make sense financially or environmentally? More…
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