SETI public: Fw: Earthlike planets common? / Galaxy shows evidence for furious star formation

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EARTHLIKE PLANETS MIGHT BE COMMON, MODEL INDICATES
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Astrobiologists disagree about whether advanced life is common or rare in
our universe. But new research suggests that one thing is pretty certain
-- if an Earthlike world with significant water is needed for advanced
life to evolve, there could be many candidates.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/10earthlike/

GALAXY SHOWS KEY EVIDENCE FOR FURIOUS STAR FORMATION
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Astronomers have discovered a key signpost of rapid star formation in a
galaxy 11 billion light-years from Earth, seen as it was when the Universe
was only 20 percent of its current age. Using the Very Large Array radio
telescope, the scientists found a huge quantity of dense interstellar gas
-- the environment required for active star formation -- at the greatest
distance yet detected.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/10cloverleaf/

DELTA 4-HEAVY ROCKET GOES VERTICAL
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The first Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket was erected vertically at pad 37B
around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, one day after rolling horizontally to the
Cape Canaveral complex. See a collection of images documenting the
rocket's lift.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/10delta4heavy/01.html

PROTON ROCKET DPELOYS THREE NAVIGATION SATELLITES
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Topped with a trio of Russian navigation satellites, a Proton rocket
blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday. Hours later, the Breeze M
upper stage successfully deployed a trio of Uragan spacecraft into orbit
for the Glonass satellite navigation constellation, Russian media
reported.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/10proton/

NEW NATIONAL SECURITY MISSION TO FLY ON ATLAS 5
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International Launch Services has received authorization to begin
operations for the launch of a new payload for the National Reconnaissance
Office on a Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket. The launch is set for early
2006 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/10atlas5nro/

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