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   | Atlas Stays on the Pad, Shuttle Bumps Back SETI@home: A Year Old and Two Million Strong Which Station is Better? Moon Nuke Plans Released ATLAS STAYS ON THE PAD, SHUTTLE BUMPS BACK High winds kept the first Atlas III US/Russian rocket firmly on the ground yesterday, and pushed its next launch window to Wednesday at 5:37PM EDT (2237 GMT). Because the same tracking system is required to operate the Atlas III and the Space Shuttle Atlantis, and it takes 24 hours to switch vehicles, the shuttle has been bumped back to Friday. Original Source http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/ News Stories http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/shuttle_atlantis000517.html http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac201/status.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_750000/750588.stm http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/05/16/shuttle.01.ap/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000517/space_shuttle.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/398210.asp http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-00u.html http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/05/16b.html SETI@HOME: A YEAR OLD AND TWO MILLION STRONG After only a year of being introduced, the SETI@home has now had over two million users download and install the free alien-hunting screen saver. And in the past year, the project has amassed over 280,000 years of computing time for the project, making it the largest network computing effort in human history. Unfortunately, they still haven't found any aliens. Original Source http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ News Stories http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000517/space_seti.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/400458.asp http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/05/16c.html WHICH STATION IS BETTER? This article from the Washington Post examines the status of Mir and the International Space Station. Even though it was designed to be retired years ago, and suffers from innumerable problems, Mir is still flying high, and strangely winning the "space station race" against the stalled International Space Station. This is a great article that examines the underlying causes. Original Source http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14609-2000May16.html News Stories http://www.msnbc.com/news/408603.asp MOON NUKE PLANS RELEASED It's hard to believe, but in 1958 the U.S. Air Force requested a plan from scientists on the effects detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon - to symbolize American strength in light of recent Russian space advances. Fortunately, the plan was never carried out: our Moon remains a nuclear free zone. And the US went on to develop other ways to demonstrate its capabilities in space. http://www.msnbc.com/news/408463.asp http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/051600sci-us-nuke.html EXCELLENT SPACE LINKS! Astronomy Web Site - http://astronomy.physics.tamu.edu/ the @stro pages - http://www.theastropages.com Astronomy articles, telescope making, calendar & astrophotography for the amateur. Starlight XPress - http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk Astronomical and Industrial CCD Cameras Obliquity - http://www.obliquity.com Features SkyEye, a monthly description of what to see in the night sky, and the acclaimed blue moon calculator plus a selection of "Frequently-Asked Questions" about Blue Moons with the answers. North Georgia Astronomers - http://members.tripod.com/~NGeorgiaAstronomy a group of Amateur Astronomers based in North Georgia with 50 members ranging from children to an Astrophysicist. The Torino Scale - http://www.TorinoScale.com The Torino Scale is Earth's new way to gauge the potential damage that may occur in the event of an impact from asteroids or other objects from space. AnimAlu Productions - http://www.animalu.com Production of high-quality 3D imagery and animation for film, video, and CD-ROM with an emphasis on aerospace and planetary exploration. Kepler Mission - http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov A search for earth-size habitable planets around other stars. Dr. Gregory Sloan's Astro-Page - http://www.phys.vt.edu/~sloan
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