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Our new rockets will reach 499 kilometres

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382036) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Jan 23

The Australian Army is to spend millions with the purchase of the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket (HIMARS) system. This has made news headlines as well it might. But what strikes me as funny is that the system will allow...

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I have launched rockets with 2nd graders

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 29 Sep 19

I have launched rockets with my kindergarten class. The worst (almost losing) the rocket calculation was when the Twins and I launched rockets! We were off (ok I was off) but almost a 1/4 mile. This is a picture from that...

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Science Fiction Book Review James Blish Cities In Flight 1 They Shall Have Stars

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Dec 18

1956 Victor Gollancz – Science Fiction Masterworks #3. A quiet opening volume in the epic and startling Cities In Flight Quartet. The cities won’t take off until volume two, A Life For The Stars. Volume One deals with the twin...

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Students Watched History Being Made Today

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 26 Nov 18

First I want to thank @lookatdesktop for giving me a heads up that this was going on. Thanks to you, Anthony, my students were able to watch the action in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory control room as the InSight lander touched...

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When things on the news takes over your dreams....

****DANIELLE**** @VivaLaDani13 (60812) • Perth, Australia 16 Feb 18

I don't have the best record for having peaceful dreams. It's a constant battle in my head even when I am sleeping. Zombies, monsters, people chasing me, shooting me, my ex trying to kill me, being lost, being late for an exam,...

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Science Fiction Book Review – Rex Gordon – No Man Friday

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 Mar 17

1956 – Gollancz Press – spoiler alerts Having loved Andy Weir’s novel The Martian, about an astronaut marooned on Mars, I dug out a copy of this much older treatment of the same idea, though as its title suggests, Gordon’s novel...

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It Lit up the Night Sky

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128835) • Gainesville, Florida 20 Nov 16

Being that I was fully engulfed in watching football yesterday with my daughter, I really didn't pay attention to too much else that was going on in the world. After the football game yesterday, my daughter and I went out to eat...

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And We Have Liftoff!

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128835) • Gainesville, Florida 27 Aug 16

Today was a beautiful summer day here in Florida, not at all too hot or too humid like it has been most of the summer. So, I took advantage of such a nice day to take my son out to the park to launch his model rocket! Even...

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Are you interested in space? Then check out TMRO!

Stephen L. Thompson @oneoveralpha (434) • Brookville, Pennsylvania 11 Feb 16

TMRO (pronounced “tomorrow”) is a webcast dealing with space stories that airs every Saturday. They go over the latest rocket launches, interesting discoveries made by the numerous spacecraft exploring our solar system, or more...

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The Space Shuttle

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 31 Jan 16

It has been 30 years ago when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded over the Atlantic Ocean killing everyone on board. They were only about 10 miles or so from Earth and had just taken off. People at first did not understand...

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Escape velocity

Garavegeta @garavegeta (963) • Kochi, India 24 Nov 12

Do we actually know,what escape velocity is. A rocket,as we know starts from rest,and initial velocity is not 11.12 m/s.So at what point should the velocity be 11.18 m/s to escape from earth?This looks more...

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Rockets trade that lead to championship?

Sourceseeker @Sourceseeker (1197) • United States 25 Jul 10

The Houston Rockets stayed out of the free agent whrlwinbd except for the needed pick up of Journeyman center Brad Miller. However sports critic Jeff Walker is preposing a great trade. The trade he preposes is Chris Paul and...

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What is Rockets going to be!?

scottliu @scottliu (21) • China 7 Apr 10

What is Rockets going to be? With lots change and new team members, and those new guys take with new power! Brooks will still at Houston, and will still at this start position? How about Yao? so many questions! What is your...

T-Mac????????

ErrollLeVant @ErrollLeVant (4353) • United States 29 Dec 09

Tracy McGrady is demanding to be traded from the Rockets. And the Rockets are trying to accomodate him. I wonder where he will go. With a big contract and no bargaining leverage, it seems like the Rockets will not get much in...

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The Houston Rockets and The NBA ground

Sourceseeker @Sourceseeker (1197) • United States 26 Dec 09

The Houston Rockets are surprising alot of people in the NBA this year, the 2009 -2010 season. They have no marque players; their two stars, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming , for the most part, are out for the season though McGrady is...

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Have you seen the future of rockets?

monkeylong @monkeylong (3139) • Guangzhou, China 3 Nov 09

As we all know that thereare no yao and mai in rockets now,have you seen the future of rockets? We now are cheering up for rockets ,but they still have yao and mai . Can they win? We just hope they can do their best.How about...

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Do you like rockets still?

monkeylong @monkeylong (3139) • Guangzhou, China 2 Nov 09

Do you stiil like rockets? Do you think it is still a good team? I love them, Can you suport my thought to make rockets more famous? thank you.

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Rockets do you like?Do you like No.1?

weilie001 @weilie001 (35) • China 19 Oct 09

No.1,He will be back!I hold great hopes for him!Hope that he will return to the past state!your opinion?

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houston rockets stopped...but also won...

morninglwl @morninglwl (15) • China 17 May 09

i got the news that rockets lost the last game .actually,i have knew the result long before.but rockets gave us a pretty performance .i love them ..come on...

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What to do with Tracy Mcgrady?

Sourceseeker @Sourceseeker (1197) • United States 16 May 09

I know this is a strange discussion coming on the eve of the Rockets biggest game of the year. Game 7 of their 2009 Western conference semifinal series vs the LA Lakers. They have performed mightily. Whether they win or lose...

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