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Space Travel For Those With The Right Stuff

To date, just over 500 men and women have ever made it into space. If you consider that number spans over 50 years of space exploration then it becomes apparent how few opportunities exist for would be astronauts. But most … Continue reading

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That’s One Small Step For The Moon Hoax, Kubrick and Hollywood

There has never been any doubt in my mind that humans have been to the moon. It was talked about in my house throughout my childhood. I’ve met and known people who worked on the Apollo missions, and listened to … Continue reading

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One small step for curiosity, one giant leap for all humanity

Watching Curiosity touch down on Mars today almost 40 years after the Viking landers first visited Mars in the 1970s brought back a lot of happy memories for me. Too young to remember the Apollo moon missions, but just old … Continue reading

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The End Of The Space Race

It’s a pretty sad state of affairs to see the US government cutting around $300million from NASAs planetary science program. In 2010 President Obama, announced a vision for NASA that included a mission to Mars, but in light of these … Continue reading

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Kepler 22b and the LHC

There have been a couple of big stories in science over the last week. Firstly NASA has confirmed the detection of an earthlike planet and physicists at CERN have called a special seminar to discuss their progress in the search … Continue reading

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