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what about retractable wings? With technology today they should be able to design light weight wings and make them retractable so they would only be exposed...

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Its called aerogel. A person size block of aerogel weighing a pound can can hold half a ton. This matterial has left Earth and is on its way to incounter the...

May require subscription (no money). www.nytimes.com/2003/12/09/science/space/09RADI.html

BBC story on NASA & Jupiter. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3302947.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2 /hi/science/nature/3302947.stm

There is a small program with demonstrates this theory at http://www.eskimo.com/~rebrady/Gravity.exe Bob

Last night while up at the corner, I had just a very few people stop, but one lady and her son made it all worthwhile. She was in a wheelchair and I'm glad...

Alright, it was my fault. She said each planet's orbit has two foci. One is the sun. She wants to know any new theories on what the other focal point is. My...

Hi all. I'm interested in purchasing a good book that will help me to find and identify all of the constellations and was wondering if any of you star gazers...

Nancy Neal/Don Savage Headquarters, Washington December 9, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1547) Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,...

Definitely one of the coolest solar eclipse images I've ever seen... http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Sorry I missed it. Rick

Dear reader, I have noticed that more than a few of you are having trouble understanding Einsteins special relativity and general relativity principles. I am...

looking for a new scope (as always): Orion Atlas 10", US$1299 (www.telescope.com, does not ship to europe) Orion Atlas 10", EUR2160 (www.aquariusoptics.com,...

Hello All, I've been given an assignment by my teacher. This assignment basically is asking for any new theories on the 2 foci of the solar system. Does anyone...

I read these are ancient galaxies,and were created when the universe was very young. That means they must be very far away. Could we be seeing them...

It sure is. in a 40x eyepiece it appears about the size of a pin head,however at 80x and up it is gorgeous.An 8 inch scope really brings it up.At 200x...

Hi, I'm planning on getting my first telescope this Christmas (for the wife! ;-) and I need a little direction. I started out looking at the 80GT and after...

Hello, A friend of mine has a Tasco Luminova refractor on a (very shaky) equatorial mount. There is a picture of it...

A quick amateur question. I just wanted to confirm that when the moon phase reaches 0% illumination, you can't actually observe the moon because it'll...