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</script></div><link><id>70457</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/70457/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic Unveil The Mothership]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>238</score><crdate>7/29/2008 10:49:11 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-29T10:49:11+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>19006</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19006/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The 60's - The beginning of mankind's journeys into space]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>70</score><crdate>5/4/2007 9:51:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-04T09:51:07+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>118591</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/118591/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic one step closer to space tourism]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>166</score><crdate>5/30/2009 8:38:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-05-30T08:38:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36315</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36315/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Future of Space Exploration]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>134</score><crdate>9/21/2007 12:25:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-21T00:25:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2324</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/2324/1/</url><title><![CDATA[NASA finds tiny hole in Atlantis caused by space debris]]></title><description><![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.]]></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>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>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>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>1257</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1257/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Anousheh Ansari, space tourist, blogs from the ISS]]></title><description><![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!]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>9/27/2006 1:54:08 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-27T01:54:08+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>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>34446</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34446/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Geomorphology From Space]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>158</score><crdate>9/4/2007 10:59:56 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-04T10:59:56+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><link><id>34029</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34029/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How do Astronauts Use the Toilet in Space]]></title><description><![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?]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>54</score><crdate>9/1/2007 9:39:31 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-01T09:39:31+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>131777</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/131777/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Making Babies in Space May Be Difficult]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some animals have been bred in space, but not mammals. Japanese researchers are looking into the possibility, and doing experiments with mice on earth that mimic lower gravity space conditions.<br/><br/>There were some baby mice produced after the embryos were implanted, but not many survived compared to a control group]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>117</score><crdate>8/27/2009 1:35:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-08-27T13:35:33+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></items></xml>