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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #705 on: December 18, 2008, 10:18 PM »
NASA looks for places to display retired space shuttles



Move over Enterprise: the orbiter on display at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia may be replaced by another space shuttle. Credit: collectSPACE.com

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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #706 on: December 19, 2008, 12:45 AM »
Imagine having one of THOSE in your collection... :o
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #707 on: December 19, 2008, 03:29 AM »
You would think they would be cheaper, look at the mileage they have!   :D

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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #708 on: December 19, 2008, 10:46 AM »
Meh, their not MIB.
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #709 on: December 19, 2008, 11:23 AM »
I guess they are in "played with" condition.
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #710 on: December 19, 2008, 01:02 PM »
I guess they are in "played with" condition.
And if you read the report, they are loose and MISSING some accessories...and I bet there's no market for repros of those.
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #711 on: December 19, 2008, 01:26 PM »
I guess they are in "played with" condition.
And if you read the report, they are loose and MISSING some accessories...and I bet there's no market for repros of those.
It was a small production run though, so I doubt the market will be flooded.
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #712 on: December 19, 2008, 02:32 PM »
Do you think Protecto Pak would make a case for it?

Meh...some ******* would probably get it AFA'd.   ::)
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #716 on: January 3, 2009, 11:24 AM »
5 years ago today & they still keep going.  8)

NASA's rovers mark five years on Red Planet



This mosaic of frames from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gives a view to the northeast from the rover's position on its 1,687th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 22, 2008). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.



The red-and-white line on this image traces the route that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove from its landing inside Eagle Crater on Jan. 4, 2004 (Universal Time; Jan. 3 Pacific Standard Time) through the 1,742nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Dec. 17, 2008). During that period, Opportunity drove 13.62 kilometers (8.5 miles). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/OSU/ASU.



I still like the dust devils they captured on film.  8)


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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #717 on: January 4, 2009, 10:42 AM »
It's nice to know that we can build things that live way beyond their life expectancy. I'm excited for the team that built them.
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #718 on: January 4, 2009, 08:50 PM »
National Geographic Channel had a special about these two rovers.  It was really well done.
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Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« Reply #719 on: January 4, 2009, 10:57 PM »
The meteorite discussion actually jogged my memory about one that I saw in the summer of 1994.  I actually was able to dig up THIS CBC REPORT about it.  It was an amazing fireball to see as it streaked across the skies of northern NY and southern Quebec.  It was so impressive that it makes me wish that I had a video camera with me that day.
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