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And it might be shining lasers

It was just a one-shot signal, and as usual... hasn't been confirmed. But think, how many of the signals that we've specifically beamed out into space have just gone out in one direction... once. If there is a second confirming laser signal.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

Bob Schroeck Wrote:http://www.voanews.com/english/news/sci ... 21519.html]Potentially habitable exoplanet found!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101001.html]And it's already got a name. (Unofficial, of course, but that didn't stop me from adding it to the FenWiki.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Paraplegic-assistive exoskeleton unveiled. The Lame Shall Walk, With The Power Of SCIENCE!.

http://www.gizmag.com/ber...elegs-exoskeleton/16599/
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

You know, this means we're that much closer to effective power-armor. (^_^)

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/ima ... page1.html]Lunar Colonization Images.

(I've already grabbed a few of these for the FenWiki - http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ton_Crater]Shackleton Crater and http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Luna]Luna share an image, and http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ry_Complex]Blind Io Luna Observatory Complex and http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... Foundation]Artemis Foundation have their own images.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

And another: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/ima ... 04193.html]Two K-1 vehicles re-supply a Kubrick/Clarke Fenship just off Port Phobos

This image is too good not to put on the FenWiki, but nobody's written up the ship it's about. The image says it's called "Copernicus"...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

http://www.ecohab.co.uk/

Prefab Tiny/efficient homes
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Foxboy Wrote:http://www.ecohab.co.uk/

Prefab Tiny/efficient homes

Wow - some of those cost less than a high-end automobile.

And by their shapes and sizes, I can picture them being located all over Mos Eisley. They certainly look like Tatooine buildings...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Looks like the housing solution we needed a bit ago, eh?

And I said in-story that the folks at Mos Eisley weren't interested in receiving any of that surplus Irish housing. I suppose they already had some of these popping up like mushrooms...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

For those who spend a lot of time in Zero-G (and don't have access to, or want to use, anti-deterioration drugs), http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11686304]this may prove useful.

For the folks who want to do a PLANETES-style cleanup of Near-Earth Orbit, http://alglobus.net/NASAwork/papers/Ast ... paper.html]NASA's done the project proposal for you.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Tech watch: http://io9.com/5667125/new-ultra+flexib ... -your-skin]"Implanted LEDs can be the new tattoo - put red ones down your spine for the sexy Cylon look!"
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

New candidate for the solar system's largest volcano (Olympus Mons to be dethroned)
And this really needs to be handwaved: The Triceracopter.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Does the paper suggest evidence that the Tharsis Rise is an Etna-like shield volcano, as opposed to a tectonically-raised area of high volcanic activity? I'm sure there are ways to tell, but the NG article doesn't suggest any.

I had a hunch, which proved correct: the FenWiki has an InterWiki Map, allowing a link to a Wikipedia article to take the form [[Wikipedia:Target article]. It's probably a copy of (an old version of) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map]the Wikimedia InterWiki Map.

Proginoskes Wrote:I had a hunch, which proved correct: the FenWiki has an InterWiki Map, allowing a link to a Wikipedia article to take the form [[Wikipedia:Target article]. It's probably a copy of (an old version of) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map]the Wikimedia InterWiki Map.

Y'know, I really hate that feature - it makes external links look like internal links. (Click on one, and you have to use the Back button to go back to the wiki you actually wanted to read...)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Alright. I can tell internal and InterWiki links apart by colour, but I've been told that I have an unusually keen colour sense. I've just changed the only InterWiki link I added back to an ordinary external link and will refrain from adding them in future.

A DevaintArt deviation of interest to the Crystal Millenium.

Alternate Costume Designs for Senshi
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

...and I whack Foxboy with the thank you stick for sending me into that artist's gallery for the last half hour. That's some amazing work... and not just the Senshi in a pseudo-"modern Disney" style (which, as he notes, works very well and provides a mountain of inspiration for the Fenspace Senshi).
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

And it certainly beats some of the other costume redesigns floating around Deviantart, that have a tendency to follow Rule 34 more than anything.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

It being that time of year, here's an Xmas card A.C. will NOT be posting (Greenpeace maybe, if she's feeling mischievous enough... And A.C. can't stop her).

I have to hang a NSFW on this, merely because of the URL. Heck, I've got it noted as 'The Not Family friendly x-mas outfit':

http://www.naughtytentaclehentai.com/im ... royuki.jpg]LINK.

Remember the lady who claimed ownership of the sun a few months back? Well, someone set their sights higher and http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blo ... -ebay.html]now has her beat. Doubly so, because they apparently have a sense of humor about this, unlike their predecessor.
ETA:  Money generated by this goes to support http://seds.org]Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.  That's a name I haven't heard in many years -- some friends of mine in college were among the group's earliest members (and helped organize the 1989 SEDS International Conference).
ETA2:  SEDS sure as hell ought to have representatives in Fenspace, at least fringe ones.  I'm not sure if they'd be a resolutely "hard-tech only" group or not...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I think I may have found a name for the Crystal Cities' under-bedrock levels... Has anyone here read the book http://www.unshelved.com/2007-2-4]recommended here, to confirm it's appropriate to cite?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... net-found/]First solid exoplanet found.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.