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Road Trip On The Interplanetary Superhighway

Posted by timothy on from the no-bathroom-breaks dept.

eegad writes: "CNN has an article about a new idea from NASA springing from chaos theory called the interplanetary superhighway. It will purportedly allow easier space travel by steering through regions where the net gravitational force exerted by nearby bodies is smallest. The actual NASA news release is here. Sounds like an interesting concept but it is unclear how the scientists will account for every source of gravity, including the elusive dark matter."

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  1. /. glitch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    if U press adn hold " ctrl / . " on teh mainpaeg, U see a secrit sight.

  2. Re:Confirmation at last by Megumi_Slashbot · · Score: 0, Troll

    Foul smelling, funny looking employees?
    I'd almost say that NASA was run by the Linux community ;D
    Oh wait, nope... NASA is respected and succeeds in its' aspirations most of the time. They're polar opposites!

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  3. Re:There is no dark matter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    According to the Linux community, poor compatibility + ancient, out of date kernel + bad GUI + homosexuality == recipie for success...
    I'd rather trust them than this MOND you speak of.