Space & Astronomy

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Geotimes October 2007 Erin Wayman	Reaching for the Stars in Planet Formation Most known exoplanets orbit stars that appear to be rich in metals. New research suggests these stars may be polluted with metal from planetary debris -- or even a planet -- that collided with the star.
Geotimes October 2007	Hubble Sees Evolving Galaxies Researchers at the Space Telescope Science Institute recently compiled more than 500 images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to reveal a tapestry-style image of at least 50,000 galaxies in a small stretch of sky near the Big Dipper.
Popular Mechanics September 25, 2007 Rand Simberg	Space Gas Station Would Blast Huge Payloads to the Moon Boeing has unveiled a radical redesign of NASA's plan to return to the lunar surface: save weight by saving gas for an orbital fill-'er-up, then shoot 15 times more material to the moon.
Wired September 25, 2007 Miyoko Ohtake	Virgin Galactic Preps for Lift-Off at the World's First Spaceport New Mexico Spaceport Authority unveils design for world's first public launching and landing site for space vehicles.
Wired September 25, 2007 Erik Malinowski	How Do You Simulate Space Junk Hitting a Rocket? A 45-Foot-Long BB Gun. Physics lab creates high-velocity gun to test durability of future composite or aluminum skins for spacecraft.
Scientific American October 2007	Racing past the Moon Today competition matters less than conquering space.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 James Oberg	Russians Prepare to Go to Mars Without Leaving the Ground In a battered brick warehouse in southeastern Moscow, scientists are preparing to confine a team of volunteers to a simulated Mars-bound spacecraft for more than a year. The simulation is really like a classic exercise in reliability engineering.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Tim Beyers	To the Moon, Google! Google puts up a $30 million cash prize to whoever can explore 500 meters of the lunar surface and transmit high-definition video back to Earth before December 31, 2012.
Wired September 13, 2007 Spencer Reiss	Google Offers $20 Million X Prize to Put Robot on Moon Google will award $20 million to the first private team to put a robot on the moon.
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Ronald Grover	Gentlemen, Start Your Rockets A group of space entrepreneurs is trying to get the Rocket Racing League off the launchpad.
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