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" At all distances out to the orbit of Pluto and beyond, it is possible to obtain Earth-normal solar ...

Article - Robert Walker - Oct 27 2018 - 10:05am

the machine do all the work by itself: here is the data, tell me if there's something odd in it. ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 1 2019 - 3:04pm

as real as you can get. “It all only seems” expresses a feeling, a suspicion of absence of ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Oct 22 2014 - 4:37am

fundamental equivalence of all possible minds (the core of the Plenitude Principle), and, since already ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Mar 7 2018 - 8:34pm

based on current research, Mars could not be terraformed in as quickly as a few centuries, if at all. In ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 5 2021 - 9:20pm

complained that it all has no relation to physics. Well, so here you go guys, now the same, but instead of ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Nov 15 2014 - 9:52pm

— hydrogen and helium — were created shortly after the Big Bang, together with some lithium, while almost all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2011 - 1:32pm

as the constellation is visible all night at some point in the year. Then, any planet approaching ...

Article - Robert Walker - Aug 23 2016 - 7:32am

or with centrifugal sleeping quarters for the crew. I think this all depends on what turns out to be ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 4 2017 - 12:39am

states that the exploration of outer space shall be done to benefit all countries and shall be free for ...

Blog Post - Brian Taylor - Apr 25 2010 - 5:45pm

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Hontas Farmer
I'm not going to say you are wrong about any of the above. I'd not be surprised by a rising price tag as that seems to be how these things always go. I can't think of any big science...

The Thirty Meter Telescope May Be Cancelled Not by Ordinary People's Protest, but by Wealthy People's Whim · 14 hours ago
John
To be honest, TMT did this to themselves by not being honest about the cost from the start. Had they told everyone that the cost for the installation would be on the order of $3 billion (most of...

The Thirty Meter Telescope May Be Cancelled Not by Ordinary People's Protest, but by Wealthy People's Whim · 1 day ago
Zack Y.
Isn't this a dangerous inversion of how science is supposed to be done? What's to prevent this same scenario playing out for ANY potential discovery coming from a precision measurement...

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bizdean
Thank you for this, IrishNeanderthal. Actually I believe what’s going on in America is under-hyped. The mainstream press is far too easy on Mr. Trump, who is convicted of multiple felonies and...

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