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The AIM: Core i7 920; watercooled Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 6GB DDR3 1600mhz RAM OCuk: Extreme Performance > Watercooled Intel Core i7 920 clocked at 3.40ghz. (liquid cooling) Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 6GB DDR3 1600mhz RAM 650W PSU (no quad-SLI) UD3R mobo (UD5 is better, cooler) OnBoard 7.1 sound...

Samsung R720 - £755.43 P7350 (51) - 2Ghz; 1066FSB; L2=3MB/2Ghz 1600x900x17.3in (106dpi) 4GB (max) of DDR2/3 (?) at 800mhz Radeon HD 4330 - 512MB Asus N81VG - £829.13 P8600 (31) - 2.4Ghz; 1066FSB; L2=3MB 1366x768x14in (111dpi) 4GB (max) of DDR2 at 800mhz NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Samsung R710 -...

Russian cosmonaut set to command the ISS, Gennady Padalka, told not to use NASA's space toilet or exercise bike. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/mar/31/space-mission-russia-us

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/05/galaxy-collision-space-milky-way Imagine being 100,000 mph out. Gees. And I've just paid off my car!

Howdy, I've been trying to beat my own record flying from KSC, Florida to Wideawake International on Ascension Island. By means of a hypersonic scram flight at around 45km, I've been able to make the trip in 53 minutes and 22 seconds. Admittedly, though, I have been -- for the sake of...

Just found and read this patent application: The idea is to fly at least one (or, perhaps, just one) Mach 1+ jet (piloted) around in specially planned patterns, creating sonic-booms within the eye and structure of a hurricane. Two things should occur: If the booms are planned and controlled...

http://www.space.com/news/081112-mars-rover-spirit.html Power generation is down to 10% from Sol 1. They've ordered the rover into safe-mode, and not to contact the Earth tomorrow. Seems they got nothing back, either because the safe-mode command is set in successfully, or Spirit doesn't have...

I've decided to build my first home PC. :cheers: Go, me! I've a lot of experience tinkering and upgrading with desktop computers, so I know I'm not out of my depth trying to build one from scratch. Essentially, I'm taking what I can from my current PC, buying a new case, and then all new core...

Just stumbled across this. Not sure if anyone here knew about it. But it's certainly going to be music to a few of your ears. Red Dwarf is coming back! 4 half-hour episodes are set to air in 2009. With all of the original 'core four' (Charles, Barrie, Llewellyn and John-Jules) coming back to...

http://www.space.com/news/080930-simonyi-spacetourist.html Apparently, clients who fly more than once are an example of spaceflight marketplace's growth, and not one of people having too much money...

Anybody go on this site regularly? I usually check it everyday. However, it doesn't appear to have been updated for a while. The last article posted was the 16th of September. Whereas usually there is a new headline story every 2/3 days.

Hi guys, In December, NASA are hoping to launch their Orbital Test Vehicle, Boeing's X-37B. An orbital, full scale derivative of the X-37 drop test model. It's scheduled to be launched atop an Atlas V rocket before the end of the year, orbit, re-enter and land on the Shuttle runway at either...

Seems the range safety officer had to chime in and destroy this one after the rocket started to fly off course. qAr4OiscFAA Some limited information about the flight on its Wikipedia Page.

Hello all. I'm trying to find a semi-decent, potentially realistic flight plan for a sub-orbital jaunt to Habana from KSC in a DGIV. So far, all of my trusty test pilots and passengers have had to experience around 7-9g on re-entry. This is due to the rapid thickening of the atmosphere bought...

Hi folks. Contrary to what I was expecting, the weather was OK this morning for viewing the eclipse- all be it only a partial one here in sunny/cloudy ol' England. Using my cheap Meade 'toy shop' telescope, and a wall/ceiling/manilla envelope as a projection screen, I snapped these shots on my...

LRO Delayed. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080730-lro-delay.html I guess we know where the US Govt.'s priorities are...

Hello all. It's me complaining about my Orbiter related graphics issues again. :sorry:. After a bit of a hiatus (and fresh re-install of Windows XP), I have recently downloaded and started using Orbiter again. I downloaded all my favourite addons, hires textures etc. and fired up a quick DGIV...

An interesting article and audio interview with the NASA boss.

I direct your attention to this article (http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14364-moonlighting-engineers-design-alternative-nasa-rocket.html) regarding the Ares alternative launch system, Jupiter. The picture NS have used sure looks a LOT like Orbiter, does it not? The caption states that...

Recently I've been pondering this: Does the interpretation of gravitational fields (ie; information) travel faster than the speed of light? For instance, if a satellite or scientific mission is observing gravity fields in the universe, has the information they are receiving 'travelled' and/or is...