SETI public: Reaching for Interstellar Flight

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 04:37:17 PST

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    Spaceflight:

    * Reaching for Interstellar Flight

    http://www.space.com/futureofflight/

    When Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise hit the television screen in 1966, the science fiction series had trouble finding its own space and time slot.

    * Mars Express Positioned for Beagle 2 Deployment
    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/marsexpress_update_031216.html

    Ground controllers of Europe's Mars Express satellite on Dec. 16 successfully completed a precision-pointing maneuver to prepare the satellite for a planned Dec. 19 ejection of its small Beagle-2 lander, the mission's flight director said.

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    Science/Astronomy:

    * Artificial Astronomers: Computer Programs that Research While You Wait

    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/intelligent_agents_031216.html

    A team of astronomers, seeking to streamline the capabilities of telescope observation, has developed a computer program that can watch the skies for them.

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    Recent Headlines:

    * When is a Solar System Not a Solar System?
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031215.html

    * NASA to Take a Closer Look a 'Weird Life' Beyond Earth
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/nasa_astrobiology_031212.html

    * Earth's Magnetic Field Weakens 10 Percent
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth_magnetic_031212.html

    * Earth-Like Planets Common, Computer Simulation Suggests
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth-like_planets_031211.html


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