Latest Space News 2009-12-06 *Delivered Daily!*
Special Feature – STARWALKER TV Show Update
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For all would be astronauts, here is the info for the competition’s first episode. It will be more than just a basic fitness test, but no-one is disclosing the rules for elimination. The first test will see 75% of the initial team eliminated!
We have received the following information from the Executive producer of the STARWALKER show. Jonathan Nolan has released the first episode details of the astronaut competitions. They are physical competitions that anyone can do with moderate fitness. It is not hard to get fit enough for this, but the show will not just be eliminating a few entrants. This will be a mass culling of the field. The marathon will simply be a fitness test, but the team boat challenge will be different.
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NRO, Air Force working to formalize relationship
www.spaceflightnow.com
Senior government space officials are efforting to streamline their operations and boost their industrial base to improve mission assurance for a wide range of classified and unclassified programs, agency leaders said this week.
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Japan’s New GX Rocket Targeted for Cancellation in 2010
www.space.com
Japan’s medium-lift GX rocket has been targeted for cancellation.
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Hubble Photos: When Galaxies Collide
www.space.com
These 20 new Hubble images are part of a 59-image set that show galaxies in various stages of collision.
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65 Days of Astronomy
365daysofastronomy.org
The award-winning 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is proud to announce the project will continue for another 365 days, and is now accepting sign-ups for participants for 2010. This is a legacy project of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA)..
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Echoes of Apollo Special Historic Feature:
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LCROSS was Not the First to Hit the Moon. You maybe forgiven if you thought that the picture on the right was from LCROSS mission and dual impacts, but you would be wrong. Nor is it the impact of the sled used in the fun movie “Space Cowboys”. The image is from an impact experiment conducted nearly 40 years earlier.
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SCIENCE with a TWIST:
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www.newscientist.com
Sometimes the quest for knowledge leads scientist to do very strange things. Alex Boese presents 10 of the craziest experiments of all time
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