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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jul 2, 2009
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Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break Posted Jul 3, 2009
Back at the 
! How long before they send people again? I looked at the Nasa site, and they just say this is "first steps" to getting back there. The launch camera looked fantastic -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107197.stm
I just wish it was a longer clip!
Speeaking of steps - I loved the bit in the Triumphs and Tragedies programme where the astronaut was making the first flight in the jet-pack thingummy -
"It might have been a small step for Neil, but it's one heck of a leap for me!!" 
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Jul 3, 2009
I'm intrigued by the label on the photo that says 'mini-RF' - has our very own ReddyFreddy got a mini-me that he's sent to the moon?
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Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break Posted Jul 3, 2009
I wonder if he'll get it together with Lola? Apparently she's a global lunar topographic model! Sounds glamorous!!
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Recumbentman Posted Jul 3, 2009
Great clip, Moonhogg! I wonder how much image stabilising was applied: the astronauts spoke of extreme vibration, that looked so smooth!
Up above the world so high
Like a teatray in the sky
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jul 3, 2009
RF sent a mini-me to the moon?
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are...
I loved that rhyme as a child, now I know what stars are, they are still 
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Jul 17, 2009
big piccy time again:
http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/ESOPIA/Nebulae/phot-26a-09-hires.tif.html
pretty? Oh yes - but check out the link at the bottom:
"This image in full-resolution (8000x8000pix, TIF format, 149 MB)"
8000 by 8000?
149Mb - flippin' heck that's gonna take some beating!
Although haven't checked it out as work might notice a transfer of that size that isn't work related 
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Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break Posted Jul 17, 2009
Probably a wise warning, Ictoan! 
Looks beautiful enough just at the page resolution though! Ta for the link!
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 18, 2009
just goes to show that even the smallest part of the universe needs a 
high resolution 
bob, this makes me feel small!
but it's not a bad feeling. my diet may be w*rking okay for me, but it is ever so slow
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Jul 18, 2009
just downloaded the big version - wow! That's some piccy.
What makes it even more interesting for me is that the pillars of creation may well be no more. There is evidence that a supernova may have gone off 'behind' them and destroyed them 6000 years ago. Since we see them as they were 7000 years ago that means we won't see their destruction for another 1000 years or so.
see here:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10925-pillars-of-creation-destroyed-by-supernova.html
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 19, 2009
note to self: remember to download big picture before 3009
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jul 19, 2009
Stuff like this shouldn't make you feel small. We're all made up from starstuff, every atom of our being came from the hearts of stars long since exploded. We're part of it, it is part of us. It makes me feel like I belong, not insignificant.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 19, 2009
i never thought you were insignificant, luv 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 19, 2009
i finally managed to download the big thing
will use it as background on my giant imac screen at w*rk
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Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break Posted Jul 21, 2009
"We're all made up from starstuff, every atom of our being came from the hearts of stars long since exploded. We're part of it, it is part of us."
Coo... Never looked at it like that before...
I *AM* a star!!
Or I was, anyway... Bit of a has-been now, I suppose...
"That's not dandruff - it cosmic dust!"
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