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The Ultimate Future
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OF all long term forecasts about the
distant future, by far the most imaginative was that made in
1964 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev. He foresaw
that a civilisation such as ours is likely to go through three
phases: (1) when it harness all the resources of its parent
planet, (2) when it does the same for its solar system, and
(3) when it extends its management to its entire galaxy. |
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Hubble's Saga
After the Hubble Space Telescope has been
repaired next year and been given its new wide field camera
to view the distant universe, many astronomers believe it will
enter its period of greatest glory. |
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Faster than Light?
Far out at
the edges of the solar system, the motions of two spacecraft,
Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, appear to be breaking all known
laws of physics. |
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Arrogant
Experts
How many times in history
has "mainstream scientific opinion'' turned out to be
wrong? If the judgement of experts had been accurate, then
the Earth would be flat, the Atlantic would be infinite and
unnavigable, the stars would be equidistant from us; and
radio communication, photography, nuclear energy, motor
cars, aviation and space travel would all be impossible. |
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It Really
Was A Giant Step For Mankind
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WROTE this article for the Daily Telegraph on July 20, 2009,
to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first human landing
on the Moon, to show how the mission brought back great
treasures to Earth. more>>>
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Be Prepared! |
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WHEN astronauts travel to Mars, there is an
ominous possibility that they will all die during the
voyage – from poisoning by cosmic rays from distant parts of the
galaxy...
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