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    NASA weighs 1999 RQ36, a near-Earth Asteroird

    http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2116526,00.html?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true While I fear popular journalism writing about space, flight, and science in general, I think TIME ran a fairly interesting piece about how NASA determined the weight of the asteroid. Even...
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    Scope of Government

    Split from Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? Did you go to school? Did you drive, walk, or ride a bike on public roads? Do you feel like if you call 911 someone will help you? I know I benefited greatly from public assistance. I went to a public school (for 13 years, then I went to...
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    Google Map Shows the Recent History of Banned Books

    In honor of banned book week, google put up a new map showing recent challenges to our free speech rights and the ability of students to access all ideas. Check out what books have been banned near you and read them...
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    New Standard Unit?

    http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1970849,00.html?xid=rss-topstories A physics student from Davis has organized an online campaign to get the new prefix for 10^27 to be 'hella' in recognition of Northern California's contribution to society. Hella, which is slang for a lot, is a...
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    Poll When were you born?

    Pick a range and lets see how old the average member of the community is!
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    Internet Mininova goes legit

    Seems like The Pirate Bay's would-be replacement has taken the death kneel. The story is here Will the industry succeed in stopping the geeks from creating new ways for people to steal stuff off teh interwebs?
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    Question What kind of car do you drive or wish to own?

    Most of us probably do not fly spaceships in real-life, but I imaigine many of us drive automobiles around... so OF, what do you drive? I drive a 2001 1.8L turbo VW Passat. It has the typical electrical problems associated with VW, but that turbo makes it all worth it.
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    Is Space flight worth it?

    Is manned spaceflight a worthy investment to begin with? Mod Note: Posts moved from http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=10726
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    Question What teams do you support?

    Football (soccer) it's Ajax of Amsterdam, Seattle Sounders FC, and the national teams of The Netherlands and the US. College sports- I support my Oregon State Beavers. American Football- The Seattle Seahawks Basketball- Portland Trail Blazers Baseball-The Mariners Hockey- Ducks What about...
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    How to not pass a class

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/how-not-to-pass-a-class-cci
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    Project Space Math tool, anyone interested?

    I wrote a silly little BASIC program (a port of a host of Ti83 programs I wrote with a more cohesive feeling) that can currently calculate: Accurate Launch Azimuths, Orbital Speed (both for LEO and non-earth problems), Eccentricity, Deorbit burn location (base relative). Also, I included a...
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    Real-time ISS Postions

    I haven't seen a thread with the latest ISS elements, so I decided it would be good to. I might update every now and then if people are interested. Anyways, just copy and paste this iss over one a .scn file set to current/date time. I usually use the Solar System at Present...
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    Earth to Callisto!

    After flying a wonderful flight to Callisto and back, I want to share some of the pictures and the general mission plan because it was a lot of fun. If you haven't taken the time to land on some of Jupiter's moons you should try them- the flights are fairly straightforward but they have a...
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    Tutorial A Newbie's Guide to a 20 step round-trip to the moon.

    I just started playing around with Orbiter and I must say that the learning curve is quite steep and is a fairly intimidating simulation when you think about the vast scope and the ability to explore it freely. I watched the tutorial video of the moon flight and was able to replicate what I saw...
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