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Wednesday 18 June 2003
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Denis Tito made history by being the first civilian to visit the International Space Station as a tourist. After the loss of Columbia, the scheme was stopped by the Russian Space Agency, Rosaviakosmos, and two partner companies are expected to announce a resumption of tourist flights. Paying passengers will fly to the station on the empty third seat on the scheduled twice-yearly Soyuz "taxi flights." The next such flight is scheduled for October. [spacetoday.net]
7:17:44 PM  Google It!
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Neil McIntosh over at Online Blog wonders if blogging has passed its peak: Something I've noticed over recent weeks: the output of some of my favourite bloggers has declined markedly. I know quantity doesn't equal quality (insert your own joke here). But the fall in output does appear to be more widespread than could be explained by just one or two individuals' hectic schedules leaving them with no time to blog. Maybe they're getting bored with the medium? And what does this mean for the likes of our blogroll (the list of links to the right)? Should we start replacing under-performing bloggers, like poor stocks in a share portfolio? Will they be offended at removal? And what if they're prolific, but have just got really boring of late? This is a whole new social minefield...
From our blogroll, who would you replace - and who's worth introducing? [onlineblog.com]
7:09:14 PM Google It!
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When I saw the above headline my first thought was "This is nothing new. Robert L.Forward was talking about this years ago." And indeed he was. He made it part of his novel Time Master, in which people and cargo were lifted into orbit by rotating tethers. However, when I read the article further I found that NASA is working with Tethers Unlimited, the company Forward co-founded to examine ways of turning this science fiction concept into reality. [SPACE.com]
6:16:36 PM Google It!
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I've finally given into temptation and orderd a new laptop. I've opted for the 12" Powerbook from Apple with an airport card and Airport base station. I've also ordered iStream from Eircom, or at least I tried. Firstly, the first number on the Eircom Website was wrong. The second number worked and after I gave all my details to the young lady on the other end of the line, she said she would pass on the message. The following conversation ensued:
Me: But isn't this the iStream dedicated number?
Her: Yes, but I don't work for the iStream sales team. They're busy at the moment, but I'll pass on your message.
Needless to say, 24 hours later and not a peep from Eircom.
5:54:21 PM Google It!
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