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SpaceNow, a New Space Education Initiative

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the we-need-more-space-awareness dept.

Avacar writes "SpaceNow has officially launched their new website. It contains fairly detailed and technical explanations on how standard rocketry works, as well as orbital mechanics for interplanetary travel. They advocate putting fusion engines in space as a clean, cost-effective way to travel between planets. They also have a full curriculum for educating youth about space, and will soon be starting up weekly debates on touchy issues with space travel on their forums."

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  1. Universal Warming by fragmentate · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank God it's clean. Last thing we need is Universal Warming. Imagine if the universes Vacuum Layer had a hole in it!

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    My ZooLoo
  2. Gasp! by wangf00 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could this mean /.ers will actually know what they are talking about in science?

    Nah... (bye bye Karma)

  3. How hard is this? by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny
    How standard rocketry works:

    1: Light fuse.
    2: Stand back.

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    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  4. Let me be the first to say... by DaSwing · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I for one welcome our new fusion-powered rocket overlords.

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    11. Thou shall obey Da mighty Swing
  5. Re:For the public good? by eaolson · · Score: 4, Funny
    Fusion engines are very efficient

    The real downside to fusion engines is that they are also very fictional.