Planetary Society Blog for Friday 29 August 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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Back on the Rails with OSETI

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 05:06 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce...ith-oseti.html

The Planetary Society sponsored all-sky optical SETI search at Harvard
University went off the rails, telescope roof rails that is, but it is back
on track and hunting the sky for ET.

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NASAs Big Rocket a Step Closer to Reality

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 10:33 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...o-reality.html

NASA's Space Launch System passed a critical milestone yesterday, but
buried within the announcement was news that the first launch could slip by
nearly a year.

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Canadian Mars Analogue Mission: Field Report, Week 2

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 09:17 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...mission-2.html

Tanya Harrison wraps up the final week of Mars sample return analogue
mission operations at the Canadian Space Agency.