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    LaserMotive's Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA's $900,000 Space Elevator Prize

    New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander

    Vrrrrooom On the Moon

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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/06/09

    In reply to LaserMotive's Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA's $900,000 Space Elevator Prize
    if done right -- climbing an endless "gym rope" to the skies could very well feel like an ascent into heaven. #spaceelevator
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/05/09

    In reply to New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander
    Mars must have grown a lot of trees over the winter. Either that, or was bombarded with hamster food pellets #phoenixlander
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/04/09

    In reply to New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander
    Looks like a close-up of a cantaloupe.. #phoenixlander
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    Image of jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ
    11/02/09

    In reply to Vrrrrooom On the Moon
    Anyone who wants this in high res can get it here:

    [www.apolloarchive.com] #space
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    Image of AriellaDrury AriellaDrury
    11/02/09

    In reply to Vrrrrooom On the Moon
    I'm sure LIFE would like you to believe that these pics are exclusive to them, but it's just not so. NASA's images are free for everyone (your tax dollars at work).

    Head for the enthusiast-run link site www.apolloarchive.com. Click 'Apollo Image Gallery'.
    For new, huge hi-res scans from the original 2 inch negatives (!), click
    'Full Hasselblad Magazines '.
    To get the image from this post, click Apollo 17: 134/B (Color) EVA-1 & 3. Scroll down.
    This shot is AS17-134-20453. Click the image number for a preview. Push the 'Hires' button and it's yours. See you in a few hours, pictures at this detail level are addicting. :-)
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    Image of jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ
    11/02/09

    @AriellaDrury: I've been there before. The Hasselblad Magazine section is amazing. #space
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    11/02/09

    In reply to Vrrrrooom On the Moon
    Anyone know if any of these photos can be obtained in higher resolutions for desktop wallpapers? #space
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    11/02/09

    @Coolmodo: Unfortunately I believe the only way to do that is to purchase them from the link on the source page. I'm sure you can find some really high res shots if you just type in lunar rover on google images or something though.
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    Image of Ain't gettin a star Ain't gettin a star
    11/02/09

    @Coolmodo: I would just use google images and set it to find 'larger than 50MP' even when searching for the image 'clowns' you get a great space pic. #space
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    Image of Ausoleil Ausoleil
    11/02/09

    @Coolmodo: any flight pictures (like the astronaut on the rover) are not LIFE pictures but are NASA shots and are thus in the public domain. Go to NASA.gov and search their extensive image archives. For a lot of the really good ones you can get print resolutions, much less wallpaper level images. #space
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    Image of Patrick O'Neill Patrick O'Neill
    11/02/09

    @Coolmodo: We taxpayers own all of these images, we already paid billions for them. You can download most if not all of them for free in very hi-res from the NASA website.

    [www.nasa.gov] #space
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    Image of jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ
    11/02/09

    @Coolmodo: [www.apolloarchive.com]

    Click "Full Hasselblad Magazines" if you want the really good shots. #space
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    11/03/09

    @jayhawk11 eats H1N1 sammiches: Jackpot, thanks man, great material! #space
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    11/02/09

    In reply to Vrrrrooom On the Moon
    There he goes again. Jesus selling out to the man/Big NASA and perpetuating the myth. Everyone knows the moon does not exist! [www.revisionism.nl] #space
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    Image of opanitch opanitch
    11/02/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SavingsTime: lol I've always wondered what the ocean would do without the moon... would there be waves? would we all drown? very puzzling... #space
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    11/02/09

    @opanitch: The same thing it does now. There is no moon! #space
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    11/02/09

    @opanitch: Waves are caused by the wind, tides are caused by the moon (and partly by the sun). Ignoring all the other things that would go wrong if we didn't have a moon, there just wouldn't be any tides and water levels would just remain at the middle point between high and low tides.

    EDIT: Also came across this [curious.astro.cornell.edu]
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    11/02/09

    @opanitch: We'd have less exposed landmass. The moon's gravity pulls a pretty big "hill" of water up on both sides of the planet. #space
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    11/02/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: #RosaRocks: +1 That is an awesome site. Thanks. The Donut conspiracy opened my eyes. #space
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    11/02/09

    In reply to An Astronaut Explains How We'll Fall In Love With Space Again
    Promoting astronomy is the first step... we are doing our part with the Hyperstar DeepSky Imaging project:

    [www.rainydaymagazine.com]
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    Image of jfong91001 jfong91001
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    The two rovers have performed beyond what was asked of them. Horray for NASA for their excellent work!
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    The rovers have performed magnificently. Imagine what an updated version could accomplish if it was controlled directly from a long-term base on the planet. #mars
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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    11/01/09

    @Counterglow: Yea,... IF they hadn't gotten all budget conscious and started using outside cheap contractors.

    The Rovers are proof positive that NASA should keep their tech builds in-house! #mars
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    11/01/09

    @CoHPhasor: Oh, man, did you ever get that right! I bet you could graph disasters versus percentage of farmed-out fabrication and get a very pretty line. #mars
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    Image of Matthias Vandegaer Matthias Vandegaer
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    the things worked way beyond their expiration date, we need not mourn over them for they gave us way more bang for our buck than expected. #mars
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    Image of froggy froggy
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    "we must remind ourselves these rovers were built for 90-day missions. Spirit is currently going on five years, nine months. "

    maybe that means Mars is not quite as inhospitable as we thought. Maybe, just maybe, we should be a little more optimistic with regard to our ability to survive. #mars
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    Image of LukeDukem LukeDukem
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    "My uneducated guess is a Martian is playing with a magnet."

    Flash memory is not a magnetic storage medium and thus magnets do nothing to the contents stored in it.

    A martian with a EMI gun on the other hand... #mars
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/02/09

    @LukeDukem: Electromagnets screw with everything _ #mars
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    Image of JCWhitless JCWhitless
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    You know, when I'm old and feeble, I will probably take a day trip from the senior center to see these bad boys at the Smithsonian. Because I hope they get picked up and brought back home. They deserve a return trip. #mars
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    Image of ddhboy ddhboy
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    At this point, who cares? Mission accomplished. We flew robots to mars, had all of them land and function correctly, and had them function of years when they were supposed to only last for 90 days. And to add to it all NASA was one of the few federal agencies that got its budget severely slashed during the last president's term.

    Its really a shame that the common tax payer won't give a shit until China, Japan, or India, Russia or the EU try to do something cool. Watch when Japan gets that space based solar power system into orbit. Suddenly we'll be neck deep in space race syndrome. #mars
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    Image of DigitalSciGuy DigitalSciGuy
    11/01/09

    @ddhboy: It is unfortunate that the common tax payer doesn't give two shits unless a NASA mission involves explosions (not counting the big continuous one at the beginning of each one) or human landings... #mars
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