Article by James William Smith The International Space Station (ISS) is an engineering marvel and a true example of what countries of the world can accomplish when working together. The International Space Station is a joint project among the countries of the USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, and several European countries. The research facility is...
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Tracking The Progress Of The International Space Station
What I Need To Know About Being A Part Of Civilian Space Flight History?
Article by Mitchell J Schultz With space tourism now here, are you thinking about going on a space flight because you can….sooner or later? Are you adventurous, daring and do you have what it takes; the time, medically fit, the money, the spirit and inclination to be amongst the earliest pioneers and adventurers willing...
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Gagarin’s First of Firsts in Space
Article by Declan Fennelly Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space. Gagarin was born near Gzhatsk, and his parents worked on a collective farm. The third of four children, his elder sister helped to raise him...
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What career area works on space travel?
Question by Psychedelic Worm: What career area works on space travel? Is it astrophysicists? Im a sophmore in highschool and interested in so many differnet things and i’m not sure what I want to do for a career because there are just so many choices! But lately I’ve been leaning toward working on furthering...
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So how about that commercial space travel?
Question by Ray Gun: So how about that commercial space travel? I recently read an article in AARP magazine that said Virgin Galactic and Spaceport America would have commercial space travel open to the public, and fully up and running within the next five years. Does anyone have any thoughts or more information about...
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Here is why FAST space travel is NEVER possible?
Question by Mcfs Mcfs: Here is why FAST space travel is NEVER possible? Simple reason: Suppose you make a spaceship which can travel at .1c. You still would not make it very much past the solar system. Reason: even a tiny rock in space hitting it would destroy it. I am right? So FAST...
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Who Cares About Flying Into Space?
With the dawn of a civilian space flight man’s opportunity to fly to the edge of space is quickly becoming a reality. How many people have shown an interest and actually taken positive actions forward? Space studies conducted in 2002 by Futron and 2006 by Spaceport Associates indicate a definite interest in space tourism....
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Will humans ever have enough energy for human interstellar space travel?
Question by TechPro256: Will humans ever have enough energy for human interstellar space travel? If it turns out that antimatter cannot be generated or found in large quantities, will humanity have enough energy for human interstellar space travel? Best answer: Answer by Marcus StevensYes. Why would we need antimatter? It has nothing to do...
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The Exploration And Colonization Of Space: By Humans Or By Machines?
UFO sceptics would have you believe that interstellar space travel is at best highly improbable, and at worst impossible. Therefore, UFOs cannot represent the technology of a space-faring race of extraterrestrials. Hogwash! Unfortunately for the sceptics, fact number one is that one doesn’t need any wormhole or theoretical ‘warp drive’ or other ‘Star Trek’...
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Deep Space Case
You are hurtling through space at speeds of about 650,000 MPH*. *Let’s assume that this is not only not impossible, but also safely attainable. You have been selected as part of a government program dedicated to ‘deep space exploration.’ The way you were selected was as ironic as it was random. For the purposes of...
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Science Fiction Bibliography of Jim Long space agent
A high ranking police officer crusader who’s ‘beat’ is infinity and eternity! Observe the universe we know amongst a multitude of such universes and cast your imagination to the universes that are never seen. Consider distances incomprehensible by the human brain that a single small unit of the cosmos is one light year. Light...
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NASA astronaut at a travel conference in Bulgaria
eCommerceAcademy.net launches ‘Trends & Innovation Travel Distribution & Investment Summit’ March 15-17, 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel, Sofia Bulgaria! Following the success of the November conference, this Summit will focus on the future trends in travel and how the Internet challenges the travel and tourism industry. This time, though, we will hold several other...
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