Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Tuesday 15 July 2014

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Space race: eight sites shortlisted for UK's first commercial spaceport -
The Guardian

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:24 AM PDT
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The Guardian
Space race: eight sites shortlisted for UKs first commercial spaceport
The Guardian
We have a dynamic and growing space sector, a strong pedigree in space
science research, and as the UK government has highlighted, we have both
the infrastructure and the geography." Newquay airport in Cornwall and
Llanbedr airport in Snowdonia ...
Britains spaceport ambitions revealedKTVZ
U.K. to open its first commercial spaceport by 2018VentureBeat
Galactic getaways: Britains mission to spaceExpress.co.uk

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Wanted: Uteruses To Populate Space Colony - Popular Science

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:09 PM PDT
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Wanted: Uteruses To Populate Space Colony
Popular Science
Even in science fiction, Rand points out, writers build worlds where space
explorers travel at the speed of light, make contact with alien
civilizations, and order dinner through “Replicators� that synthesize food
on demand—but women are rarely ...



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NASA To Fund Studies of Science Instruments for Europa Probe - Space News

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:02 PM PDT
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Space News
NASA To Fund Studies of Science Instruments for Europa Probe
Space News
Prospective instrument developers were told to consider both options in an
announcement of opportunity NASA posted online as an amendment to the
agencys Second Stand Alone Mission of Opportunity Notice for planetary
science proposals. ... Grunsfeld ...
Final Text for Europa Instrument Investigation released as Appendix O
of ...Space Ref (press release)
Could a moon called Europa hold clues to alien life?BBC News

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Astronomers Are Doing Real Science With Space Photos They Found on Flickr -
Smithsonian

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:38 AM PDT
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Astronomers Are Doing Real Science With Space Photos They Found on Flickr
Smithsonian
To get detailed images of deep space, astronomers have a couple of options,
says Technology Review. They can either use a long exposure to capture one
really detailed image, or stack multiple less-detailed images together.
Lang and colleagues opted for ...