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Four Walls @FourWalls (86565) • United States 13 Apr

It's nearly time for my birthday. I'm an old lady. But over the past weekend, I was a kid again. I grew up in the 60s, the time of America's space exploration. The astronauts were heroes. We cried collectively over the...

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India is on the Moon

MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 23 Aug 23

An event of great importance for space exploration, and the world took place yesterday. India became the fourth country in the world to have been able to land a lunar module on the south pole of the Moon. The other three are the...

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From Cosmic Web to Quarks: A Mind-Expanding Journey Through the Universe and Beyond

Zain Ullah @zainkhan121 (858) • Pakistan 15 May 23

I just had the most delightful experience while watching a video on YouTube! This video takes you on an incredible journey, zooming in from the cosmic web to the local supercluster, then to the local galaxy group, and eventually...

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Is it Rational to Aim to Live in Planet Mars?

Levis @levis2020 (171) • Philippines 12 Mar 18

If you search in youtube, maybe you happen to watch a video about Elon Musk and his goal to colonize the Red Planet, that is Mars. He and his company, SpaceX, is spending billions of dollars building rockets that will eventually...

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When Charting the Course of Human Events, Communication is Critical

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 1 Aug 16

This Cracked article - "6 Mistranslations That Changed The World" - will really give you pause and make you think long and hard, and choose your words carefully; especially when you are not speaking in your native...

apollo 18: fact or fiction

cherigucchi @cherigucchi (15934) • Philippines 7 Mar 13

I enjoyed watching movie which makes controversial statement like Apollo 18 did. I borrowed a tape from the store and I read what was written at the back which said: "The reason why men never went back to the moon." As I watched...

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Life on Mars!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 4 Jun 10

I see that there is more planning for further exploration of the planet Mars. Now there are six volunteers to be locked up for nearly 18 months to see how a future mission to Mars could cope psychologically. Do you think...

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Have you ever imagined as viewing our planet from outer space?

Rock_Me_In @Rock_Me_In (400) • India 23 Dec 09

Human is one species on the planet who wishes to view and know and accomplish everything in this wide open world. Its just a small imagination my friends. Have you ever imagined how our planet would look when we view it from...

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the_lioness @the_lioness (177) 12 Aug 09

I realized something extraordinary this morning. As I was sitting on the toilet and turned around to flush, I lost my balance and fell down the bowl. Obviously I got flushed down and briefly saw my life in front of my...

space exploration spending it is helpfull or not?

uncooked @uncooked (10) • Philippines 15 Jun 09

space exploration can it be helpful or not if you look on general situation of world economy and there are more people starving, countries that engage in space exploration must think if its really worthy to appropriate such...

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How Do Astronauts Know Which Way to Go?

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 16 Sep 08

Is it necessary to take off from different places on Earth to reach different destinations in space? Or to go at certain times so that the Earth is facing the right way? How do we know that, for example, when a space probe...

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A remarkable photo of the Phoenix mars lander

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 28 May 08

http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=080527-phoenix-crater-02.jpg&cap=Mars+Reconnaissance+Orbiter%27s+High+Resolution+Imaging+Science+Experiment+%28HiRISE%29+camera+acquired+this+image+of+Phoenix+ha...

Probe to make perilous landing on Mars

Aussies2007 @Aussies2007 (5336) • Australia 23 May 08

After a nine-month journey through space, the US probe Phoenix is about to land on the arctic surface of Mars to dig for ice in a new quest for signs of life on the Red Planet. NASA's $US420 million ($A439.47 million) probe...

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Life on Mars

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 21 May 08

Is there life on Mars? Would you be a colonist to begin life on MArs?

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Solar Responsibility

AD11RGUY @AD11RGUY (1265) • United States 15 Dec 07

There's talk about mining minerals from other celestial bodies in our solar system for use here on Earth. This is of course a grand idea for sustaining our existence on this wonderful globe. But like strip mining here on Earth,...

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Space Exploration

jillmalitz @jillmalitz (5131) • United States 14 Jun 07

I'm in favor of space exploration and the new discoveries that have come into existance thanks to space work. The space station could be in jepardody. The shuttle is soon to be retired. The technology on the shuttle is circa the...

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Government Spending Habits

Silencio Barnes @silenciobarnes (249) • United States 6 Apr 07

How come money is being spent on space exploration when it could be put to good use right here on Earth?I know that there are a lot of private funders, and for them, it's alright. They can do whatever they want with their money....

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solar eclipse....ready to witness

kavi112 @kavi112 (232) • India 18 Mar 07

are all of you ready to watch the solar eclipse...tomoro ...why do you think we should not see it directly with naked eyes

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What will become of humanity?

DavidReedy @DavidReedy (2378) • United States 5 Mar 07

Any thoughts on the future of humanity? (It might help to know where I'm coming from, so consider reading Alvin Toffler's 1970 book "Future Shock."). Anyway, if we don't start changing the nature of our society really soon, we'll...

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black hole

kavi112 @kavi112 (232) • India 3 Mar 07

do you know the theory of the black hole?. its really so mysterious and interesting.here is a fact.. a black hole consists of two horizons ..apparent horizon and event horizon..its beyond apparent horizon even light cant...

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