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