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The  1/10-inch hole represents the second largest debris damage event ever identified. Fortunately, it missed everything that was important to the mission. Space debris is an increasingly challenging problem.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/6/2006 12:54:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-06T12:54:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>24735</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24735/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Europe latest to unveil space tourism proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astrium, the space systems arm of European aerospace company EADS, says it wants to build a four-passenger rocket-equipped jet to send space tourists to an altitude of 100 km (60 miles) above the earth for three minutes of weightlessness and a rare view of Earth's curvature.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>23</score><crdate>6/21/2007 9:47:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-21T21:47:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>30825</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/30825/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic Space Flight Demo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazing flight demo!  I hope I live long enough to do something like this.  Richard Branson (Virgin) is just the guy to do it too.<br/><br/>See also: <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/1448/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plime.com/science/l/1448/1/</a></div> <br/>(BBC news coverage posted by mrnelson)]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>103</score><crdate>8/9/2007 4:09:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-09T16:09:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>132535</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/132535/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japan's First Space Cargo Ship Ready to Fly ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new cargo ship is poised to launch toward the station on Sept. 10 at 1:01 p.m. EDT (1701 GMT) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on a shakedown cruise. If all goes well, the inaugural spacecraft, called the H-2 Transfer Vehicle 1 (HTV-1), should arrive at the station on Sept. 17.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>99</score><crdate>9/7/2009 9:16:34 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-07T09:16:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1448</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/1448/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Branson unveils Virgin spaceship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson is set to unveil a mock-up of the Virgin vehicle that will carry customers into space.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>16</score><crdate>9/28/2006 10:27:39 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-28T10:27:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>102016</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/102016/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Salmonella in Space Get Even Nastier ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists sent Salmonella bacteria to the International Space Station aboard two space shuttle missions in September 2006 and March 2008. The researchers found that when the bacteria were cultured in the microgravity environment of orbit, they became more virulent than those on Earth. The findings showed that the conditions in which the bacteria grows affect how dangerous it will become.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>270</score><crdate>3/25/2009 8:01:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-25T08:01:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>102576</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102576/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Space Curry - Now Safe For Sealed Space Suit Wearers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Indian space programme hit a minor snag when it came to the menu.  Many traditional dishes have side effects that you don't necessarily want in a confined space with limited breathable air on board.  The Defence Food Research Laboratory have stepped up to help create a more pleasant atmosphere.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>180</score><crdate>3/27/2009 5:17:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-27T17:17:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8509</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/8509/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Blue Origin has successful test flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blue Origin, another competitor in the burgeoning private access to space market, has released news(with video) of a successful test flight 11 November. The company is backed by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>70</score><crdate>1/3/2007 8:37:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-03T20:37:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>117658</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/117658/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Space storm caught slamming into Earth's atmosphere]]></title><description><![CDATA[A space storm has been observed exploding from a central point in Earth's upper atmosphere for the first time. The result could one day lead to better predictions of the storms, which can harm satellites and power grids on the ground.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>275</score><crdate>5/27/2009 6:36:52 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-05-27T06:36:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>77183</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/77183/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japan Hopes To Build A Space Elevator]]></title><description><![CDATA[The concept of a <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Elevator" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">space elevator</a> has long been a dream for scientists and has here to date been a staple for science fiction authors. Japan hopes to change that and make the dream a reality.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>181</score><crdate>9/22/2008 12:34:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-22T12:34:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>113197</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/113197/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hubble: From cosmic joke to cherished eye in space ]]></title><description><![CDATA[After its launch into space in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was stuck with blurry vision because its mirror wasn't quite right. It was the butt of jokes by late night comics; an editorial cartoon said its designer was Mr. Magoo, a nearsighted cartoon character. It seemed like a massively overbudget screw-up.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>406</score><crdate>5/10/2009 3:41:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-05-10T15:41:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>44294</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44294/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Space telescope unveils hidden cosmic giant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have discovered a new cluster of galaxies, hidden behind a previously identified cluster of galaxies. The recently exposed cosmic giant is apparently just as bright as the first group, but is six times further away. The astronomers made the discovery as part of an international team using the space telescope XMM-Newton.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>216</score><crdate>12/15/2007 7:49:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-15T07:49:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>128891</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/128891/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Far-Out Photo: Sunrise in Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new picture of a sunrise from space was taken with a handheld camera by astronauts Friday on the day the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station during shuttle mission STS-127.<br/><br/>Earth's atmosphere appears as a thin crescent shape ranging from white to blue to purple, while the planet in the foreground is a black as the void beyond.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>170</score><crdate>7/24/2009 9:23:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-07-24T09:23:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>43851</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/43851/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bugs in Space: Can They Survive? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catching a free ride to Mars takes more than sticking out a thumb, but some hardy Earth bacteria could survive as hitchhikers clinging to the outside of spacecraft, studies have shown. Now a set of experiments going up with space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station will test how exposure to the harshness of space might change bacteria during a simulated Mars mission.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>258</score><crdate>12/11/2007 8:06:12 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-11T08:06:12+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46817</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/46817/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Big Space Thing Looks Like a Moth]]></title><description><![CDATA[A moth-like structure with a 22-billion-mile wingspan is hovering out in space. This giant is actually a massive cloud of dust surrounding a nearby, young star imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope that has shown astronomers that these dust disks can take on unexpectedly unusual shapes.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>234</score><crdate>1/11/2008 12:34:46 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-11T00:34:46+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>