Tourists in Space? Boeing Proposes Private-Sector Space Taxis

Boeing has plans to start commercial space taxis to transport astronauts and and maybe even tourists to outer space, cbc reports.The company has submitted a proposal to NASA for private-sector space taxis. NASA will sign agreements with a one or more companies in November. ...

Text A Message to Outer Space

Hello From Earth, a website set up in celebration of National Science Week in Australia is enabling Internet users to send a text-like message into the outer space. "They log into the website www.HelloFromEarth.net and type a Twitter-like message 160 characters long, which...

Tweeeets in Spaaaaace! Atlantis Astronaut Mike Massimino Twitters

Guess what, fellow kewl interwebbers — you might think your Twitterberry/Tweetie/Twitterfon updates are the most awesomesauce mobile updates evar, but you'd be wrong. Can you possibly compete with @Astro_Mike —...

Scientists Send Bebo to Far-Off Water Planet

Scientists have discovered a mysterious ocean planet... it's out there, orbiting Gliese 581 every 67 days. The planet could conceivably support underwater life, so they beamed out a message... from a social...

Scientology Cult Targets Haiti for Slave Labor

"The Scientology organization has increasingly targeted poor countries such as Haiti in its recruitment efforts. Why would this money-hungry crime-cult be interested in one of the world's poorest countries? The answer: Because they want to bring Haitians in to the USA on...

Cosmic Hand: NASA Photographs Massive Nebula

NASA's Chandra Observatory telescope has photographed a massive, gorgeous x-ray nebula shaped like a giant hand.  The image is a must-see. The nebula, dubbed "Cosmic Hand", was formed by a collapsed star, and is...

DURBAN UNIVERSITY ALIEN RADIO SIGNAL

It has been brought to my attention that this amazing signal find first located on July 28th 2008 by Professor MacPhearson and his students will be readily availible in the coming weeks for all to hear with common...

Volunteers line up for mock mission to Mars

"More than 70 people have volunteered to be confined in a mock mission to Mars – for 520 days. It would be the longest simulation of its kind. The Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) in Russia is...

Stephen Hawking's answer to the question of human survival: Er, I don't know

"It was an unusual move for one of the world's most eminent scientists. Having built a career shedding light on the darkest secrets of the universe, from the essence of space-time to the complexity of black holes,...

Discovery docks safely at Space Station

"The space shuttle Discovery glided today to a smooth docking with the International Space Station." The approach, at a gradual one-tenth of a foot per second, could be seen on NASA television from a camera...

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