<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Here's what you need to know to fly into space : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Here's what you need to know to fly into space : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-12-01T16:50:23+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Here's what you need to know to fly into space]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48571/1/" /><id>48571</id><summary><![CDATA[Here's what you need to know to fly into space]]></summary><issued>2008-01-27T16:16:24+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-27T16:16:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Follow up to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/astronomy/l/48123/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">willster's earlier post</a> about Sir Richard Branson's space tourism endeavor.<br/><br/>dmmit I've fixed this themepic crop 2 times now....]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div><entry><title><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic Unveil The Mothership]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/70457/1/" /><id>70457</id><summary><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic Unveil The Mothership]]></summary><issued>2008-07-29T10:49:11+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-29T10:49:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In the Mojave desert, Richard Branson today showed off for the first time the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft that will launch his commercial space craft SpaceShipTwo.<br/><br/>More info a the official site <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.virgingalactic.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Virgin Galactic</a><br/><br/>Obviously a complete coincidence that this coincides with NASA's 50th.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic Space Flight Demo]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/30825/1/" /><id>30825</id><summary><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic Space Flight Demo]]></summary><issued>2007-08-09T16:09:59+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-09T16:09:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Europe latest to unveil space tourism proposal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24735/1/" /><id>24735</id><summary><![CDATA[Europe latest to unveil space tourism proposal]]></summary><issued>2007-06-21T21:47:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-21T21:47:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The 60's - The beginning of mankind's journeys into space]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19006/1/" /><id>19006</id><summary><![CDATA[The 60's - The beginning of mankind's journeys into space]]></summary><issued>2007-05-04T09:51:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-04T09:51:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On April 12, 1961, the Soviets launched a 27-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin on the world's first piloted space mission.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic one step closer to space tourism]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/118591/1/" /><id>118591</id><summary><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic one step closer to space tourism]]></summary><issued>2009-05-30T08:38:43+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-30T08:38:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic completed a successful test yesterday of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor that will propel space tourists into orbit. SpaceShipTwo will launch into orbit using these motors after reaching the upper atmosphere after detaching from the mother ship called Eve.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Future of Space Exploration]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36315/1/" /><id>36315</id><summary><![CDATA[The Future of Space Exploration]]></summary><issued>2007-09-21T00:25:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-21T00:25:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Oct 4th will be <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sputnik's</a>  50th  anniversary. Although it had its scary connotations, the dawn of the Space Age was also a hopeful event. Visionaries celebrated humanity&#8217;s long-awaited climb out of its cradle, and pragmatists soon savored the benefits of communications and weather satellites.<br/>   The evolution of the space program continues to be dramatic. In a decade or so, it will be hardly recognizable.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[NASA finds tiny hole in Atlantis caused by space debris]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/2324/1/" /><id>2324</id><summary><![CDATA[NASA finds tiny hole in Atlantis caused by space debris]]></summary><issued>2006-10-06T12:54:02+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-06T12:54:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[NASA discovered that space shuttle Atlantis has been holed by a tiny piece of space debris. 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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Branson unveils Virgin spaceship]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/1448/1/" /><id>1448</id><summary><![CDATA[Branson unveils Virgin spaceship]]></summary><issued>2006-09-28T10:27:39+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-28T10:27:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson is set to unveil a mock-up of the Virgin vehicle that will carry customers into space.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Space Curry - Now Safe For Sealed Space Suit Wearers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102576/1/" /><id>102576</id><summary><![CDATA[Space Curry - Now Safe For Sealed Space Suit Wearers]]></summary><issued>2009-03-27T17:17:23+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-27T17:17:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Space telescope unveils hidden cosmic giant]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44294/1/" /><id>44294</id><summary><![CDATA[Space telescope unveils hidden cosmic giant]]></summary><issued>2007-12-15T07:49:40+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-15T07:49:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Anousheh Ansari, space tourist, blogs from the ISS]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1257/1/" /><id>1257</id><summary><![CDATA[Anousheh Ansari, space tourist, blogs from the ISS]]></summary><issued>2006-09-27T01:54:08+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-27T01:54:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Anousheh Ansari is currently a tourist at the ISS, having paid to fly up on a Soyuz. Her blog is very entertaining, providing a view of everyday life in space that you won't find on any NASA site. Space Adaptation Syndrome, for example, isn't much fun. But life on ISS is!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Branson&#8217;s Virgin spaceships to gather climate data]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/78565/1/" /><id>78565</id><summary><![CDATA[Branson&#8217;s Virgin spaceships to gather climate data]]></summary><issued>2008-10-02T21:18:00+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-02T21:18:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[OK, while the nerdy sci-fi fan in Greenbang loves the idea of a Jetson&#8217;s style future where we all get round by jetpack or hop into our personal space vehicles for a short inter-galactic holiday, it seems completely environmentally irresponsible to be encouraging more space travel by developing the concept of space tourism in these times of climate change]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Space boomerang video released]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/60870/1/" /><id>60870</id><summary><![CDATA[Space boomerang video released]]></summary><issued>2008-05-06T23:39:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-06T23:39:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Remember the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/48218/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">astronaut who recently tested</a> whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/55203/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the objects do, in fact, come back</a> - even in the microgravity environment of the space station.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Costa Rica Creates a Trash Collecting Space Rocket, Will Offer Rides to Mars]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/135837/1/" /><id>135837</id><summary><![CDATA[Costa Rica Creates a Trash Collecting Space Rocket, Will Offer Rides to Mars]]></summary><issued>2009-11-19T11:39:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-19T11:39:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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. For now, Franklin plans to use the rocket, called the VASIMR, as a a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Space Elevator and the Controversial &#8216;Wobble&#8217; Problem]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/65113/1/" /><id>65113</id><summary><![CDATA[Space Elevator and the Controversial &#8216;Wobble&#8217; Problem]]></summary><issued>2008-06-11T18:22:30+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-11T18:22:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The idea behind a space elevator is simple. Deploy a cable stretching from the ground near Earth&#8217;s equator far enough into space, and centrifugal forces due to Earth&#8217;s spin will keep the cable taut.<br/><br/>*fixed]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Japan Hopes To Build A Space Elevator]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/77183/1/" /><id>77183</id><summary><![CDATA[Japan Hopes To Build A Space Elevator]]></summary><issued>2008-09-22T12:34:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-22T12:34:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bugs in Space: Can They Survive? ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/43851/1/" /><id>43851</id><summary><![CDATA[Bugs in Space: Can They Survive? ]]></summary><issued>2007-12-11T08:06:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-11T08:06:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Geomorphology From Space]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34446/1/" /><id>34446</id><summary><![CDATA[Geomorphology From Space]]></summary><issued>2007-09-04T10:59:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-04T10:59:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Geomorphology from Space is an out of print 1986 NASA publication edited by Nicholas M. Short, Sr. and Robert W. Blair, Jr. designed for use by the remote sensing science and educational communities to study landforms and landscapes. It has a gallery of space images consisting of 237 plates, each showing a different geographic region where a particular landform theme is exemplified.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Big Space Thing Looks Like a Moth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/46817/1/" /><id>46817</id><summary><![CDATA[Big Space Thing Looks Like a Moth]]></summary><issued>2008-01-11T00:34:46+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-11T00:34:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How do Astronauts Use the Toilet in Space]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34029/1/" /><id>34029</id><summary><![CDATA[How do Astronauts Use the Toilet in Space]]></summary><issued>2007-09-01T09:39:31+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-01T09:39:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[We all know that in space there is no gravity, thus things don&#8217;t fall down as they do on earth, they just float. Ok but what do you do when you need to go to the toilet, you don&#8217;t want your &#8220;things&#8221; to float all over the place do you?]]></content></entry></feed>