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    News Elon Musk wants to put millions of people on Mars.

    You need an awful lot of ancient life to later metamorphose into fossil fuels. I reckon if Mars ever experienced a Carboniferous period we'd be able to tell by now.
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    Meteoroid explosion in Russia

    I thought it was the meteor breaking up when I first saw that vid. But on closer inspection it's clearly down to surface irregularities/scratches in the windscreen of the car.
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    News Whats in your burger?

    "censored-a-doodle-doo." :rofl:
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    News Whats in your burger?

    Nah we would have used a super sheep or a banana bomb. Far more effective than 3 mad cows. I ate British beef all through the 'crisis'. It never did me or my imaginary friend any harm. ;) :blink: ;) ;) ;) ;) :blink: ;) ;) ;) :thumbup:
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    General Question Origins of Brighton Beach

    Good point, I hope it's for England's now famous beach. "From Soho down to Brighton" Yeah, the London to Brighton route's quite legendary now. There's a gruelling cycle ride for charity that occurs annually, attracting some quite big names from the sport. Traditionally London's commoner...
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    General Question Origins of Brighton Beach

    Ah, memories of childhood came flooding back. Although I remember more drizzle and sea spray. Anyone spot the Rover at 5:16? Lol, I used to think Brighton's Royal Pavillion was "where all the Russians lived". Mistaking the Indian style minarets for the Kremlin. (this was very a young kid...
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    General Question Origins of Brighton Beach

    My mind was always drawn to Brighton beach in England. For which NYC's Brighton Beach was named. Although I am unsure of Orbiter's Luna reference. Brighton's a seaside town on the Sussex coast in England, The beach is all pebbles ranging from 1" to 10" in size and hosts two Victorian pleasure...
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    Merry Christmas to all

    Merry Christmas to one and all.
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    Question What are you reading?

    I picked up a small H.G Wells novel in a dusty little bookshop in London today. Was pleasantly surprised to find my home town as the main setting for this short science fiction story. 'Argonauts of the air', A cautionary tale to the early days of flight c.1895. It's about the maiden flight of...
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    Volo Airsport

    http://volo-airsport.net/blog/ I happened across this squirrel-suit skydiving simulator a couple of weeks ago. Wondered if it might appeal to any chaps here as I've been having loads of fun with it. You need a gamepad with analog sticks to play, like a 360 controller. It's still in Alpha...
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    Olympics 2012

    Matched me with C.Sinclair : Canadian soccer player Maurice Smith : Jamaican Athlete Katie Dawkins : British synchronised swimmer. Could have been worse. It could have compared me to four ladies. :lol: Interesting though. If that were a Hertzsprung–Russell diagram I'd be sitting well on the...
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    Shirtsleeves on Mars?

    Is this the incident you mentioned? Quite chilling footage. I noted he didn't stay conscious long enough to possibly do anything practical. He went out like a light. An interesting astronaut's quote I recall..... during EVA's the spacesuit's pressure is low enough they can compress the...
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    Cool names for spacecraft

    I have always liked the name Erebus for an explorer ship, and have the lander or probe named Terror. Who wouldn't want a spaceship named Terror? Except for the superstitious.
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    Gaming Star Trek Excalibur: game in development.

    I'm very patient for this sort of thing. I can wait. This goes right up there with the Ravenstar mkII on my 'must stay alive long enough to have a go' list. Don't worry, I'm not bouncing off the walls with excitement. It's just not often I come across something I'll enjoy anticipating. Not...
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    Gaming Star Trek Excalibur: game in development.

    http://stexcalibur.com/ I came across this a few weeks ago, surprising myself I had not come across it before as it seems to have been under development for a few years. Looks like a very exciting project to any Star trek fans. A free to play, community developed, bespoke engined Star Trek...
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