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Monday, October 1st, 2012
A few decades ago America put a man on the moon. Today, we’ve got a rover puttering around the surface of Mars. The mysterious universe that surrounds us is slowly becoming less and less mysterious. We’ve made leaps and bounds ...
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Dabney B. on
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
The US military is gearing up to launch the super top-secret X-37B back into space… again. This time they’re calling the mission Orbital Test Vehicle-3, or OTV-3 for the third such test. This flight will involve the X-37B that was ...
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Dabney B. on
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
You always hear about how spy satellites can read the text on a postage stamp. Claims like that one give people a somewhat skewed mental picture of spy satellites. They’re certainly high-powered, but just because they have an impressive zoom ...
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Dabney B. on
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
There’s almost a poetic balance in the fact that Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, died around the same time that Curiosity touched down on Mars. The world’s most famous astronaut has passed away, but ...
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Dabney B. on
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Last week may have been a time for celebration, but this week starts off with mourning. Just this Saturday, aviation legend Neil Armstrong passed away at the age of 82. For those of you who have been living under a ...
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