Keith Barrows : August 2005

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I have a vision: We will travel to the stars within my lifetime!
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence

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2 new civilian astronaut wings awarded yesterday!

In the turbulent era of 1960s Cold War confrontations, Moon race headlines, and war in southeast Asia, eight test pilots quietly flew the radical X-15 rocket plane out of the atmosphere and into the record books, earning astronaut status...

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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:21 PM by Founder | 0 Comments

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Detailed survey of the structure of the Milky Way

New Look for the Milky Way

Artist's impression of the Milky Way. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R Click to enlarge

Aug 16, 2005 - Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have created a detailed survey of the structure of the Milky Way. Based on this evidence, they think the shape of the Milky Way is more complex than a plain old spiral. Our galaxy seems to have a long central bar, approximately 27,000 light-years in length. From our vantage point going around the Sun, we see this bar at a 45-degree angle.

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