Space agency wants volunteers to fly to Mars. Sort of.
The European Space Agency wants volunteers to take the 520-day trip to Mars. Well ok, a simulated version of the red planet voyage but you would get to go to Moscow and pretend you were on a spaceship.
Twittering the final frontier
Lots of us follow stars on Twitter but that has become rather passé; the new big thing in the Twitterverse? Going to the stars.
Japanese astronaut to test no-stink undies
Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut who will be living on the ISS for the next six months, will be testing specially designed underwear that can remain stink-free for much longer than traditional undergarments.
China's first lunar probe crashes into the moon
China's first lunar probe made a planned crash into the moon Sunday, completing the first phase of a lunar program partly meant to solidify Beijing’s status as a space power.
Xinhua runs spacewalk story before astronauts leave Earth
China's official Xinhua News Agency ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts sent aloft for the country's first spacewalk, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts. There was just one problem: the astronauts had yet to blast off for the spacewalk, which is scheduled for the early hours of Saturday morning, Beijing time.
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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Twittering the final frontier
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Xinhua runs spacewalk story before astronauts leave Earth
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Space agency wants volunteers to fly to Mars. Sort of.