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Space: The forgotten frontier

20 Jan 05:45am

Filed under: Mars, Movies, Nasa, Space, The Moon

Thursday December 9, 2010, was an interesting day for news in the world. It was the first time in human history a private company launched and returned a capsule from orbit, possibly opening transport possibilities to the International Space Station.

The interesting thing about this is the remarkable lack of fanfare surrounding anything to do with humanity’s exploits in space these days.

When you consider that 40 years ago the world stood united by the feat of landing a person on the moon, it’s quite remarkable that now, when people are in space are doing life threatening work on a space station people really don’t care.

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Chris L says:

07:10pm | 21/01/11

Tim, those scriptures are the basis of that particular religion. If christianity is now unrecognisable from that book from which it is based what is its point and purpose? Don’t get me wrong, I’m very pleased that the vast majority of religious people are wise enough to ignore the urging… Read more »
Chris L says:

07:04pm | 21/01/11

Gonzo, a ninety-nine point nine percent chance of failure still leaves a point one percent chance of success. Even though the odds of life were probably vastly more miniscule than point one the number of star systems in our galaxy virtually guarantees it will happen, and more than once. Read more »

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