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1 posted on 10/27/2010 3:29:01 PM PDT by neverdem

Who knew? Wonder how long there have been Moslems on asteroids.

2 posted on 10/27/2010 3:34:35 PM PDT by badgerlandjim

3 posted on 10/27/2010 3:37:30 PM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)

Is it possible to detect an object coming from the Sun's direction, blinded by its light and radiation? I know the odds of that occurring are slim but the titanic didn't see it coming either.

4 posted on 10/27/2010 3:43:32 PM PDT by Musketeer

Apollo 13 Schweickart?

5 posted on 10/27/2010 3:46:20 PM PDT by traderrob6

You guys seeing a pattern here with the asteroid stories?

6 posted on 10/27/2010 3:47:13 PM PDT by Walkingfeather

Barrack o Crap is full of it

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Historic KSC Launch Pad 39-B Dismantled
WESH 2 Orlando ^ | October 27, 2010

Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:41:40 PM by greatdefender

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forty years of space history is being demolished at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral as crews worked to begin dismantling historic launch pad 39-B.

It is not yet clear when launch pad 39-B will make history again. The pad is one of two used for both the Apollo and Shuttle programs.

Shuttle Discovery is prepared for its next flight on the only remaining pad, 39-A, where it is set to launch Monday.

The last time pad 30-B was used it launched an Aries 1X, which was to be the rocket to launch astronauts to the moon again. The Aries program has since been canceled.

The director of the space center said the future for NASA is bright.

“We have been directed to build a heavy-lift rocket ... that allows us to go anywhere,” director Bob Cabana said during a news conference.

Pad 39-B saw the return to flight after the Challenger accident and 53 other shuttle launches.
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KEYWORDS: ksc; launchpad; shuttle; space; Click to Add Keyword

7 posted on 10/27/2010 3:48:08 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)

A decade or so ahead of an expected impact, we would need to ram a hunk of copper or lead into an asteroid in order to slightly change its velocity.

10 posted on 10/27/2010 4:30:35 PM PDT by iowamark

Perfect journey to prep for a Mars trip? No, a stunt as opposed to setting up a moon base and training a new generation of engineers and astronauts, making real gains.

11 posted on 10/27/2010 4:32:06 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)

The Hundred Year Starship: The NASA mission that will take astronauts to Mars and leave them there forever Read more

13 posted on 10/27/2010 5:00:34 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)

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14 posted on 10/28/2010 6:48:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)

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