Super Earth: New Planet GJ 667Cc in 'Habitable Zone'

GJ 667Cc: New Planet Discovered that Could Support Liquid Water Meet GJ 667Cc, described as a "super Earth" that could conceivably support human life. GJ 667Cc is relatively close to Earth. Note that we said Relatively": it's 22 light-years (129,329,758,210,039 miles) away....

Asteroid Eros: How to Watch 'Love Asteroid' in Earth Flyby

Asteroid Eros Approaches Earth: Closest Approach to Earth in 37 Years Asteroid 433 Eros ("the Love Asteroid") is approaching Earth, and will make its closest flyby in 37 years. On January 31, 2012, you will be able...

Aurora Borealis Video Roundup: Solar Storm 2012

Aurora Borealis Further South Due to January 2012 Solar Storm The solar storm that made its way to Earth in January 2012 resulted in some beautiful video footage of the Aurora Borealis. The Northern Lights were...

a letter

Positive Attitude I will get supported admission from a graduate engineering program this year. I will graduate with honors from this program in a reasonable timeframe. I will be highly regarded by all engineers everywhere. I will become known as a respected...

another yellow-cake scam

A crucial piece of ``evidence'' used against Iran in the November 2011 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran was ``fished out of the trash heap,'' where it had been put by former IAEA...

Hubble Captures Oldest Galaxy - 13.1 Billion Light Year Away

Hubble Captures Oldest On Record Galaxy - 13.1 Billion Light Years AwayNASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the oldest galaxy on record, the space administration announced January 10, 2012.The ...

the weak link

“Nothing is stronger than its weakest link.” Before i address that weak link in the previously presented fusion design, allow me to discuss a natural parallel: human skin. Loosely, that's a multifunctional interface: regulating heat within and allowing warmth to pass when...

China Sending Men to the Moon to Build a Lunar iPad Factory

Beijing -- China has revealed the purpose of its manned missions to the moon. The Chinese want to construct their next electronics assembly plant there as the first step toward using the moon as a manufacturing...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2012: When & Where to Watch

Quadrantid meteor showers will be the first to appear in the sky January 2012. This year, they will take place on the night January 3rd and proceed into the early morning hours of January 4th. What is the Quadrantid...

the next revolution

There's been some disagreement about which specific technologies transformed our society the most. Steam, electricity, the automobile,.. ^^ We're about to see a REVOLUTION in our society unparalleled in the history of humankind. The only comparable technologies are the ones...

Prior Extraterrestrial visitations. The cause of earth's religion

Prior Extraterrestrial Visitations New -- 1 May 2007 Abstract Analyses concerning intelligent extraterrestrial visitations to the planet Earth tend to limit themselves to the the feasibility of such beings overcoming various physical barriers in order to reach the...

competition vs collaboration

i've surveyed Xprize media several times.. i'll be criticized for alienating the very people i'm reaching out to.. That's a risk i must take for telling the truth, as i see it.. ^^ The concept for Xprize is admirable. It stimulates innovation and claims efficiency – that...

call for collaboration

On Christmas Eve, i sent the following letter to around 15 associates (loosely used), friends, and colleagues, asking for collaboration and cooperation. The 15 included Bob Zubrin and Peter Diamandis, perhaps the two most renowned of the list.. No reply yet from anyone; i...

major components

The following are major components for a fusion engine for interplanetary spacecraft. It's the simplest, most reliable, most robust design i can envision. Will it work? In the very least, we need to realistically simulate it ^^ :) Mostly likely, we'll have to combine...

the man who fell to Earth

Sometimes i feel like that [he].. If you remember the film, he had several marketable inventions which he used the profits from to build a spaceship to return to his home planet.. But unfortunately, the government intervened, he got depressed, and never made the return...

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