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  1. NASA and Megatron Make Their Case For Space Exploration

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    SPACE: 2099 Team
    , 03-02-2012 at 09:37 PM


    In what we dub "required viewing" for anyone who believes space exploration is a trivial pursuit, NASA has partnered with
    Frank Welker, arguably the most recognizable voice in Film history, to make their case for continuing to venture into outer space.

    Why do we explore? It is part of who we are, and it is something we have done throughout our history.

    The video displays some of NASA's greatest moments, from landing on
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  2. Capturing and Holding a Large Fan Base

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    SPACE: 2099 Team
    , 03-01-2012 at 11:14 PM
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    Columba receives our post of the day in the forums, and wonders if this is indeed the BEST time to start a space series? Would you agree that the time is ripe to build a series that is faithful to classic audiences, but ALSO crosses over into new ones..possibly the mainstream?

    Quote Originally Posted by Columba View Post
    In my opinion, the time is ripe for this new series. There is no current Star Trek series, Stargate has been cancelled with little hope of bringing that franchise back any
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  3. U.S. Budget Cuts Hurt Canada’s Chances Of Making it to Mars

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    SPACE: 2099 Team
    , 03-01-2012 at 08:23 AM
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    The recent 2013 Budget proposed by the White House kept funding for NASA at a modest $17 billion (a .3% drop), but missing from that number is the cancellation of funds for the ExoMars project.

    The ExoMars project was put together in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, designed to look for biological life on Mars as part of a two part mission: landing an orbiter on the red planet and two rovers that could     ...
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  4. What Your Computer Looked Like in 1995 (and What It Could Be 100 Years from Now)

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    SPACE: 2099 Team
    , 02-28-2012 at 06:41 PM
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    1995 could best be marked as the period when the internet had more or less just been launched and mobile technology was about to hit its meteoric rise.

    How has technology changed since then? Take a look at how far the PC has traveled in 17 years:

    Part 1995 PC 2012 PC
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  5. New Ultradense Planet Discovered; How Much Do Humans Really Know About The Universe?

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    SPACE: 2099 Team
    , 02-24-2012 at 11:57 PM
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    Days after a modern construction company announced “plans” to send an elevator a quarter of the way to the moon, astronomers are beginning to question their own theories on how planets are formed.

    The new planet has been named CoRoT-20b, and is 4,000 light years away from Earth. The planet isn’t terribly large compared to some recent discoveries, namely Gliese 581c and HD 85512 B, which have 5.6 AND 3.5 times the Earth’s mass respectively, but     ...
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