welcome to weird things 5.0

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As you?ve probably noticed, Weird Things has been looking a little different since last evening, especially if you tried to read it on your smartphone or tablet where you more than likely found it a lot more readable. After a few weeks of research and careful consideration, this theme was the closest match to what [...]

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PAL-V ONE The Car-Plane Thats Easy To Fly And
Cheap Were Kidding About The Cheap Part

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Every kid ? at least the ones that grow up and read sites like Singularity Hub ? dreams of flying [...]

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UC Davis scientist prepares for Mars rover
landing

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Davis CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2012
As the Mars rover Curiosity prepares for landing on Aug. 5 after its nine-month, 352-million mile journey through space, UC Davis geology professor Dawn Sumner will be making preparations of her own. A co-investigator for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory team, Sumner will spend the first four "Martian" days - which are 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth - as the "long-term planner," coord

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The fractured features of Ladon basin

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Paris (ESA) Aug 03, 2012
ESA's Mars Express has observed the southern part of a partially buried approx. 440-km wide crater, informally named Ladon basin. The images, near to where Ladon Valles enters this large impact region reveal a variety of features, most notably the double interconnected impact craters Sigli and Shambe, the basins of which are criss-crossed by extensive fracturing. This region, imaged on 27

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The Indian GSAT-10 satellite is prepared for
Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 flight of 2012

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Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 03, 2012
One of the two satellites for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 flight of 2012 is undergoing checkout in French Guiana, as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger heavy-lift mission, scheduled for September from the Spaceport. India's GSAT-10 is now in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility, having been removed from the shipping container that protected this spacecraft during it

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Space tourism seen as billion-dollar biz

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Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2012
Commercial spaceflight and space tourism could become a $1.6 billion industry in the next decade, researchers told a congressional committee in Washington. A joint study by the Tauri Group and the Federal Aviation Administration found there will be enough demand for such spaceflights to fill 400 to 500 seats per year, at an average price of $200,000 per seat, Carissa Bryce Christensen o

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Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future

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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2012
NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned for future decades. "Curiosity is a bold step forward in learning about our neighboring planet, but this mission does not stand alone. It is part of a sustained, coordinated program of Mars exploration," said Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars

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NASA confident ahead of nail-biter Mars landing

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Washington (AFP) Aug 2, 2012
NASA said Thursday all was well ahead of its nail-biting mission to Mars, with its most advanced robotic rover poised to hunt for clues about past life and water on Earth's nearest planetary neighbor. On a two-year journey to seek out signs of environments that once sustained life, the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory and the largest and most sophisticated rover ever built, Curiosity,

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MSL Remains on Track for Weekend Landing

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Curiosity remains in good health, with no significant issues currently in work. There are no real-time activities planned. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft remains on a consistent and stable course, well within the limits required to reach its target landing ellipse. As a result, yesterday the flight team decided to cancel the build and test of a contingency version of Trajecto

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Hitchhiking Sensors Capture Curiosity's Entry

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Screaming through the thin Martian atmosphere at hypersonic speed, the Mars Science Laboratory is about to experience heat and pressure up to three times more intense than when a space shuttle returned to Earth, and NASA engineers hope to soon have the data to prove it. A suite of 14 sensors are embedded in the MSL spacecraft's heat shield, which will protect the Curiosity rover during its

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