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Published Date: 21 March 2009
ASTRONAUTS successfully unfurled the newly installed solar wings on the International Space Station last night.
The work was a highlight of the space shuttle Discovery's mission. Completed 220 miles above Earth, the new 240ft panels are the final pair of electricity-generating wings and should boost the amount of science research that can be done at the orbiting outpost.





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  • Last Updated: 20 March 2009 8:20 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Space science
 
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Jim A,

21/03/2009 05:40:18
If mankind can keep the heed and not destroy itself and the planet, I wonder how far they will have gotten in say two or three hundred years from now.
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21/03/2009 08:09:15
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Jim A,

21/03/2009 08:44:39
#2 Posty, c'mon be positive man, geez we're getting over populated as it is. We have to start looking outward.

"Anyways, Dennis still wants to puke on you, so feel free to book a flight over and oblige him, he won't disappoint:-)))))))"

Been there done that three times. Next step is payback. GRANDCHILDREN, gonna send them home loaded with sugar ;-)
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Jim A,

21/03/2009 08:51:04
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.

One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks.

The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question.

His son translated for the NASA people: "What are these guys in the big suits doing?"

One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon.

When his son relayed this comment the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give
to the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon.

Recognizing a promotional opportunity when he saw one, a NASA official accompanying the astronauts
said, "Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder.

The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief. The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said.

The son listened to the recording and laughed uproariously. But he refused to translate. So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for other members of the tribe. They too laughed long and loudly but also refused to translate the elder's message to the moon.

Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After he finally stopped laughing
the translator relayed the message:

"Watch out for these a$$holes. They have come to steal your land."

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21/03/2009 11:20:53
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Graeme Gibson,

Sydney Australia 22/03/2009 08:03:02
Postmark 55 is right.
Its much of a wate of money.
I often thought what great improvements the NASA scientists would make to saving the earth, if they just concentrated on that.

 

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