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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>135837</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/135837/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Costa Rica Creates a Trash Collecting Space Rocket, Will Offer Rides to Mars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz has developed a plasma rocket which could cut the cost of space travel by more than half, transforming the aerospace business and clearing the way to exploration for more countries, such as his native Costa Rica. 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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>119617</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/119617/1/</url><title><![CDATA[SPACE MONKEY PICTURES: 50-Year Anniversary]]></title><description><![CDATA[A squirrel monkey named Baker peers out from a 1950s NASA biocapsule as she's readied for her first space mission. 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