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Good news: Jim Riggleman keeps his job as Nats' manager. Bad news: he's still managing the Nats.
about 2 hours ago
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Have heard (2nd hand) that tomorrow's LCROSS presser will feature unspecified "major news". (Your defs of "major" and "news" may vary.)
about 4 hours ago
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RT @: Time Mag., passing over the Snuggie, names NASA's Ares rocket "Best Invention of the Year."
about 4 hours ago
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Could use some updating, especially item 2: RT @: 5 Things You Didn't Know: Space Tourism
about 7 hours ago
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It's not the "Gold Arm" award, after all: RT @: The NL's Gold Glove 3B, Ryan Zimmerman:
about 24 hours ago
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.@ I'd suggest or for the SEDS SpaceVision 2009 hashtag: short and not actively used by others now.
12:14 PM Nov 11th
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Report: Cecil Field in Jacksonville to get spaceport license "within days" But who will fly from there?
6:01 PM Nov 9th
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That's it from the Planetary Society event.
2:06 PM Nov 9th
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Friedman notes that they will not use a Volna rocket for these missions; that was the converted SLBM that failed on the Cosmos 1 launch.
2:02 PM Nov 9th
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Apparently the LightSail project will be featured in tomorrow's NYTimes Science Times section.
1:57 PM Nov 9th
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First spacecraft scheduled for launch by the end of 2010.
1:53 PM Nov 9th
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LightSail is a 3-spacecraft project using nanosats (multiple CubeSats) to demonstrate solar sail tech. Each s/c weighs ~5 kg.
1:53 PM Nov 9th
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Lou Friedman: "I've been scooped by Al Gore." Solar sail project enabled by a $1M anonymous donation.
1:50 PM Nov 9th
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Al Gore speaking (prerecorded video). Announces the LightSail solar sail project The Planetary Society is unveiling today.
1:47 PM Nov 9th
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Ann Druyan mentions the Auto-Tuned Sagan YouTube video and how much she liked it.
1:44 PM Nov 9th
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@ no one else tweeting that I know of.
1:42 PM Nov 9th
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Squyres, on the Mars rovers: this is day 2,081 of our 90-day mission.
1:37 PM Nov 9th
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Wes Huntress is giving the Tom Paine Award for advancing the human exploration of Mars to Steve Squyres.
1:30 PM Nov 9th
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Nye and Tyson starting the event talking about the legacy of Carl Sagan.
1:21 PM Nov 9th
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In attendance here, among others: Bill Nye, Neil Tyson, Ann Druyan, Steve Squyres, and Jack White (!)
1:03 PM Nov 9th
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- Name Jeff Foust
- Location Bethesda, Maryland
- Web http://www.jfoust...
- Bio Space industry analyst, writer, blogger, baseball fan. Links not endorsements; opinions my own.
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