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92How many satellites orbit the Earth?
Space is big, but it can still get crowded up there. The recent collision between two orbiting satellites, including one Iridium satellite, was just an accident waiting to happen, according to debris scientists at Johnson Space Center in Houston....
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87Why do we care about the solar system and space explorations?
Humans has always sought understand the Universe, who we are and were we come, or where we are going? We need to continue space and solar planet explorations because it is an investment for our present and our future. Studies in cosmology, astrophysics and other disciplines need to be funded.
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84How to spot satellites
One of the more pleasurable things I can remember about my childhood was spotting satellites with my father. We lived out in the sticks near Branchland, West Virginia at the time, so light pollution wasn't a problem. Back then, small towns (Think...
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84Mars moon Phobos: Are Aliens From Another World Living Inside Phobos?
There is a monolith on the Mars moon known as Phobos. Is it a natural phenomenon, or did somebody put it there? Is Phobos really a moon, or an alien space station in disguise? Could Phobos be a base from which other world beings observe the Earth?
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82Astronomy; A Beginner's Guide to Naked Eye and Binocular Objects - A Greensleeves Page
In this fourth page of a series of guides to the night sky for beginners, I look at the most prominent objects other than our Moon and the stars which can be easily seen in the night sky.
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81Space Tourism and the World of Robert Bigelow
Robert Bigelow, a 1967 graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, is a member of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) Foundation and an associate member of the Society for Scientific Exploration. In 1999 he founded Bigelow Aerospace (BA), a company responsible for the research, development and economic breakthroughs of habitable space stations, private enterprise space launch facilities, and space transportation in the developing a
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76The Northern/Southern Lights from the International Space Station
Take a moment to stop and enjoy these breathtaking views of the Northern Lights from space, and learn a little about what causes them.
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79Space Shuttle Retirement
The time for NASA space shuttle retirement is at hand. After almost 30 years, NASA will retire the space shuttles and send the remaining spacecraft to museums. The final shuttle flight is now scheduled for...
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79Building the Interstellar Space Vehicle
We began to build large structures in space with to advent of the International Space Station. This is just the first step in many more to come if humanity is to mount a mission to the planets and the stars.
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78What's NASA Worth?
Space cowboys, riding their expensive rocket engines into the sky, are wasting our time and money. Their job ended when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, but continues to give our strained economy no respite. This perception of the National...
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