Monthly Archives: November 2009


From Fulton to Falcon

November 30, 2009 – 9:04 am

Some people have become impatient with the pace of progress in the development of the commercial space industry. Bob Clarebrough looks back two centuries to the development of a different industry to find lessons of innovation for today’s space entrepreneurs. Read More at The Space Review…

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Funimation Adds Sekirei, Tetsuwan Birdy Decode & Decode:02

November 29, 2009 – 5:07 pm

The North American anime distributor Funimation has announced at the Anime USA convention on Saturday that it has licensed the home entertainment, broadcast, and digital rights to the first 12-episode Sekirei anime series and both 13-episode seasons of Tetsuwan Birdy Decode from Aniplex . Funimation plans to release both projects on DVD in 2010. Funimation [...]

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Thanksgiving comes early

November 27, 2009 – 8:56 am

In the darkest hours, Jim and Beth Harmon found themselves standing the hallway just inside their front door, staring at framed photographs of the son they thought they had lost to his abiding love. Read More at The Galesburg Register-Mail…

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Armada 2526 released

November 26, 2009 – 4:48 pm

Filed under: Downloads , Strategy In the early 1990s there was a space strategy game released for the PC called Armada 2525 . It didn’t get as much attention as other similar games like Master of Orion but it was designed by R.T. Smith who later went on to become one of the major designers [...]

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Swiftrank’s as best portrait of Andromeda Galaxy

November 26, 2009 – 3:26 pm

The NASA Swift satellite is out there searching for distant cosmic explosions.   Swift  has also taken the highest resolution ultraviolet portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy a neighboring spiral galaxy of ours.  The galaxywhich is known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy.

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Buzz Aldrin: In Search of a Real Spaceship

November 25, 2009 – 4:41 pm

In Search of a Real Spaceship By Buzz Aldrin Imagine this scenario: you are a tourist coming home from a special vacation jaunt. Or… Read More at The Huffington Post…

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Shuttle Atlantis heads for rendezvous with International Space Station

November 23, 2009 – 4:24 pm

Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off under sunny skies from Kennedy Space Center today with a crew of six headed to the International Space Station. Read More at Florida Today…

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Shuttle mission to extend life of space station

November 23, 2009 – 8:55 am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The space shuttle Atlantis was poised for launch on Monday on one of the final missions to outfit the International Space Station so it can remain flying long after the shuttles are retired. Read More at Reuters.co.uk…

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2012: NASA’s Scientific Reality Check

November 19, 2009 – 8:09 am

NASA is now joining in to combat the 2012 nonsense. Don Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near Earth Object office has produced a video and written an article, providing the scientific realities surrounding the celestial happenings of 2012. Yeomans has done a wonderful job explaining everything that is and isn’t going to happen in [...] Read [...]

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Astronauts inspect space shuttle in case of damage

November 17, 2009 – 4:20 pm

(AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station. Read More at PhysOrg…

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