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More on the Orbital Space Plane

Posted by michael on from the now-30%-less-likely-to-explode dept.

AP has a decent piece looking at NASA's orbital space plane program, and describing it as a sedan compared to a tractor-trailer. National polls show that public support for the space program continues to be very strong.

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  1. bit offtopic, but travel in space for FREE by lethalwp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now you can virtually travel in a 3D space environment, i've seen this news on newsforge, tried it out, and it was very interesting stuff :)

    You can go to the planet/star you want,at the time you want, travelling in a 3D/openGL system showing stars, comets, constellations, ... The software is called celestia
    Celestia link

    Also you can get a nice map of the stars using Skymap Link
    And it runs under wine :)

    Those are both great software you have to try out if you are interested in space/stars/...

  2. Re:Slashdotted, Text by EverDense · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "He said they are resisting unnecessary bells and whistles and not holding out for "some
    material like 'unattainium' that isn't in existence."

    Oh yes it does! It was invented by Dr. Ed Brazzelton

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    http://jesus.everdense.com/