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Seti narrows the search!

The Seti teams have produced nearly 200 good leads that is sending the Seti group back down to the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico to look closer at the best leads that have been processed to this point. [Wired]

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Todd Cochrane
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

NASA has 100’s of thousands of pictures that have been taken from manned and unmanned spacecraft. As many of you would we would accept the risk and go into space at the drop of a hat. But being that it…

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Todd Cochrane
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Where will the Brain go Next

We all have had friends that were absolutely wonderful people but always had a hard time of it in school. Obviously there are people out there that are really smart so smart in fact that they have no common sense.…

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Todd Cochrane
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Pioneer 10 Silent

If TRW had gotten a performance clause in there contract they would have been able to collect 30 years worth of royalties. As it has been 30 years since Pioneer 10 was launched on a 21 month mission which officially…

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Todd Cochrane
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Space Elevator

In what I consider a pretty wild idea Seattle-based company HighLift Systems is investigating the possibility of building an Space Elevator down in Australia. They think the technology is available but the funding isn’t. Time will tell if they get…

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Todd Cochrane
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Armageddon asteroids ‘best kept secret’

In a recent study scientist suggest if a extinction level event is upon us that it would be best not to tell the public. I think the rationalization of this is wrong and I am unsure how they could keep…

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Todd Cochrane