a harsh but very, very necessary thing to say

post from weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown on 06 August 2012 07:43:48 AM. © weird thingsweird things | exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown

Over at Cracked.com, internet comedian Luke McKinney made a list of the world?s worst and most misanthropy-inducing reactions to the experiment showing the very probable existence of the Higgs boson and decided to swiftly tackle the unfortunately popular befuddlement over why we need to know whether the boson exists or not. His description of the [...]

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Where I will be watching Curiosity's landing

post from Planetary Society Blog on 06 August 2012 06:40:50 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

People have been asking how to tune in to the landing. Here's some information on how (and from where) I'll be watching tonight's events.

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We are on Mars

post from Planetary Society Blog on 06 August 2012 06:25:11 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

Somehow, it worked. Curiosity has landed on Mars, returning photos of her wheels and her shadow on a flat, pebbled plain.

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The Astrobiology Analytical Lab at Goddard

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 06 August 2012 05:16:43 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2012
When Daniel Glavin isn't designing a chemistry experiment to run from millions of miles away, he's a researcher in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where scientists are working to solve two of the biggest mysteries facing humanity: How did we get here? And are we alone? The answers may lie in carbonaceous meteorites. Defin

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Roscosmos Announces Tender for Moon Rocket Design

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 06 August 2012 05:16:43 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 07, 2012
The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced a ten-million ruble ($300,000) tender on Thursday to develop a blueprint of a heavy rocket-carrier that would be capable of carrying manned spacecraft to the moon, according to the official website that tracks state purchases. According to the tender, the proposals, to be submitted before August 28, must lay out the details of the rocket-carri

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Mars landing 'unprecedented feat of technology':
Obama

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US President Barack Obama hailed early Monday the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, calling it "an unprecedented feat of technology." "The successful landing of Curiosity - the most sophisticated roving laboratory ever to land on another planet - marks an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of nat

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JPL Infographics Site Wants You and Your
Creativity

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 06 August 2012 05:16:43 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

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JPL Infographics, a newly launched website and resource database from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is inviting space aficionados and graphic wizards to take on a visual challenge by grabbing NASA data and transforming them into a scientific work of art. The website provides extensive collections of NASA science and mission data, graphics and space images that members

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'Enormous step forward' as NASA lands rover on
Mars

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 06 August 2012 05:16:42 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Pasadena, California (AFP) Aug 5, 2012
NASA on Sunday successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, marking the most ambitious attempt to reach Mars in history. "Touchdown confirmed," said a member of mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the room erupted in cheers. "We are wheels down on Mars. Oh, my God." A dusty image of the rover's wheel

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NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain

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NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft that carried Curiosity succeeded in every step of the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars, including the final severi

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Humans send their Curiosity to Mars!

At 05:31 UTC, on August 6, 2012 – right on schedule, and right on target, after a 560 million kilometer voyage across space – the Mars Science Laboratory, affectionately named Curiosity, touched down on Mars.In an amazing display of[...]

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