Proposed Next-Generation Space Station 153
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from the one-ticket-for-5/6ths-of-the-way-to-the-moon dept.
WallytheWalrus writes "This NewScientist.com article discusses the proposed next generation of telescopes and space stations. The concept presented with little fanfare by the NASA Exploration Team (NEXT) consists of placing a space station about 5/6ths of the way to the moon at one of a handful of local Lagrangian Points. This station would act as a springboard for constructing new telescopic mirrors, maintaining the telescopes that use them, and as a haven for future manned exploration missions. If only NEXT's budget was more than $4 million a year...."
A real NASA project (Score:4, Funny)
We need a class (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Space Cowboys (Score:1, Funny)
Good choice for name (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe Apple [apple.com] will buy them too
Progress... (Score:4, Funny)
Well, at least this year the toilets on the space station will be ready and paid for.
Poor Timothy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)
There must be a glitch in the Matrix.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:There must be a glitch in the Matrix.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:lagrangian points (Score:5, Funny)
Yep, that's why people on the surface of the earth occationally fall up to the moon, because they are on the moon side of the balancing point.
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Re:budget (Score:2, Funny)
You work for California don't you?
Obligatory Gundam Reference (Score:2, Funny)