From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2004 - 17:43:50 PST
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Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, January 5, 2004
Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, January 5, 2004 -- http://www.space.com/
In today's issue:
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Science/Astronomy:
* Galaxies in Young Cosmos More Massive and Mature than Expected
* Quarry in Tow, Stardust Begins Long Journey Home
* Astronotes: Conditions Ripe for Complex Life at 10 Percent of Stars
Spaceflight:
* NASA Releases 3-D Images of Mars Surface
* Recognizing Martians: If We Find ET, Will We Know?
* Team Spirit Readies Robot for Mars Duties
* Spirit's First Images of the Red Planet
* Image of the Day: Mighty Air Force Titan 4
* NEW! Daily Space Trivia
NEW! Entertainment: A Special Section created in partnership with Cinescape Magazine!
* DVD Review: Deep Space Nine -- Season 6
* FIREFLY's Master and Commander Speaks -- Part One
* Movie Review -- Big Fish
* A Sleeker 'Battlestar Galactica' Returns
* DVD Review -- X2: X-Men United
* Spotlight: ALIENS Egg Added to Smithsonian Collection
Recent Headlines:
* Saturn: The Star of New Years Eve 2003
* Stardust Prepares to Make History
* Zoom View: Bam, Iran Earthquake Damage
* Gravity Probe B: Delay in Space and Time
* Space Station Crew Orbits Into a New Year
* Twin Mars Rovers to Take Photographs of Red Planet
* First China-European Union Satellite, Double Star, Launched
Plus...
* Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
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Science/Astronomy:
* Galaxies in Young Cosmos More Massive and Mature than Expected
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/gemini_survey_040105.html
The universe is laden with massive galaxies that formed while the universe was just one billion years old, an era when such mature galaxies were not expected to exist.
* Quarry in Tow, Stardust Begins Long Journey Home
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/stardust_update_040102.html
Stardust is on its way home with its quarry -- comet particles some 4.5 billion years old -- in tow.
* Astronotes: Conditions Ripe for Complex Life at 10 Percent of Stars
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
As many as 10 percent of all stars in the Milky Way Galaxy might offer suitable conditions for the development of complex life, according to a new computer model.
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Spaceflight:
* NASA Releases 3-D Images of Mars Surface
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_3D_040105.html
NASA on Monday released a sweeping, 3-D panorama of the surface of Mars snapped by the newly landed rover Spirit, as scientists awaited the first detailed color images of the robot's surroundings.
* Recognizing Martians: If We Find ET, Will We Know?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040105.html
As NASA prepares to set twin robots loose on the Martian surface and makes plans to send another in 2007, the agency's long term goal is clear: Determine whether the red planet does or ever did harbor life.
* Team Spirit Readies Robot for Mars Duties
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_readied_040105.html
NASA's Spirit Mars rover continues to be healthy, with engineers here at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reporting they have established direct-to-Earth communications from the robot. Doing so is critical to the rest of the rover's mission.
* Spirit's First Images of the Red Planet
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_images_040104.html
"What a night," said Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator for Spirit from Cornell University. "Spirit has shown us her new home, Gusev Crater. It's a glorious place…a wonderful place from a science perspective," he said in a midnight press event at JPL.
* Image of the Day: Mighty Air Force Titan 4
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_040105.html
Enjoy this file photo of a mighty Air Force Titan 4 rocket from Lockheed Martin while you are able as the days for this heavy-lifting launcher are numbered.
* NEW! Daily Space Trivia
http://www.space.com/php/trivia/
One of Today's 5 New Questions: What is the name of the rock and roll band whose players are all astronauts?
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NEW! Entertainment:
http://www.space.com/entertainment/
* DVD Review: Deep Space Nine -- Season 6
http://www.space.com/entertainment/ds9_season6_review.html
If you've read my reviews of the earlier seasons of DEEP SPACE NINE then you'll already know I'm what they call a "Niner", that is, a fan of this incarnation of STAR TREK.
* FIREFLY's Master and Commander Speaks -- Part One
http://www.space.com/entertainment/whedon_part1.html
Joss Whedon owns the internet. Type his name into Google and do a search and see for yourself how many fansites there are for BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, its spinoff series ANGEL or even for FIREFLY, Whedon's short-lived science fiction series with a western twist from last season.
* Movie Review -- Big Fish
http://www.space.com/entertainment/big-fish_review.html
Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) has two problems. One is that his father, Edward (Albert Finney), is dying back home in Alabama while Will has made a life for himself and his pregnant wife (Marion Cotillard) in France. Will hurries to the old man's bedside, where he comes face to face with another problem: from Will's point of view, Edward has not told a single true story in his life, instead embellishing on the facts until they're unrecognizable.
* A Sleeker 'Battlestar Galactica' Returns
http://www.space.com/entertainment/galactica_new_031204.html
"Battlestar Galactica" is returning as a four-hour miniseries, backed by hype befitting a science fiction classic in the same galaxy as "Star Wars" or "Star Trek."
* DVD Review -- X2: X-Men United
http://www.space.com/entertainment/xmen2_dvd_review.html
When I was a kid, superhero movies sucked. No, not just in movies that were poorly made, but all of them. Comic-books presented the kinds of stories that just couldn't be made into movies, which is one of the reasons readers cherished them so much.
* Spotlight: ALIENS Egg Added to Smithsonian Collection
http://www.space.com/entertainment/spotlight.html
The next time you're visiting the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, don't pull a Kane and look into the alien egg.
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Recent Headlines:
* Saturn: The Star of New Years Eve 2003
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/saturn_newyear_031230.html
* Stardust Prepares to Make History
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/stardust_update_031230.html
* Zoom View: Bam, Iran Earthquake Damage
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/zoomviewer/
* Gravity Probe B: Delay in Space and Time
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/gravity_probe_b_031231html
* Space Station Crew Orbits Into a New Year
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp8_update_031231.html
* Twin Mars Rovers to Take Photographs of Red Planet
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/rover_photos_031230.html
* First China-European Union Satellite, Double Star, Launched
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/china_doublestar_031230.html
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http://www.space.com/spacewatch/
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http://uplink.space.com/
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