“They slipped the surly bonds of Earth, and touched the Face of God…”

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Holy cow, I'm checking out the pictures and video being posted of the meteor that blew up over Chelyabinsk (I hope I spelled that right). "Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait has compiled a bunch of good stuff.

Are there any Russians in this community who saw it?

Infographics fun!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-takes-the-helm-of-the-international-space-station/article9687300/

Very sad to hear the news about Neil Armstrong.  His 'one small step' remains one of the most amazing achievements of the human race so far.

“July 20, 1948 - the National Council on Astronautics, or NCA, has been brought into being.

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“For the eyes of the entire world now look into space - to the realms of low and high Earth orbit, to the Moon, to Mars and the other planets - and to the stars beyond ( Read more... )

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I watched the space shuttle Columbia launch on a TV in my second grade classroom, in 1981.

I watched the final landing just now, in 2011, at work on my "smartphone".

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Just got the word via a friend elsewhere:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-156

Thank you for everything, Spirit. May we find a way to repay our debt in proper fashion, and sooner than later...

Can someone tell me why NASA is not exploring the possibility of telepresence on the Moon? They're going through all this fol-de-rol of “Returning to the Moon,” with scarcely any better reason than the first time, and it's probably never going to happen - not by NASA - but look at this.

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