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    <title>The Key to Survival, In Space | Anthropology Magazine</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["A society that refuses to protect our habitat, rejects the diversity that makes us most innovative and adaptable, and fears innocent people fleeing for their lives is not a society ready or able to move into space. Even with reusable rockets."]]></description>
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    <title>Cassini vs. Curiosity: Who Will Suffer the Space Budget Axe? | Wired Science</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[NASA has to find money to save, and it's likely Cassini will lose out.]]></description>
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    <title>Why Alfonso Cuarón Will Never Make a Space Movie Again | Wired.com</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Eventually I realized it was very unlikely that a Mexican kid in the early ’70s was going to be an astronaut. But I also wanted to make movies. And there you go: I just finished a movie about astronauts." Good interview.]]></description>
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    <title>Moon landing remembered as a promise of a ‘future which never happened’ | ScienceBlog</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["NASA’s shots of the astronauts walking purposefully towards the launch bay – repeated regularly in TV coverage of the landing – were carefully crafted to mimic the slow walk of Cowboys in the cinematic tradition of Westerns, they argue." On the memory of the moon landings.]]></description>
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    <title>Going Blind: The Impending Satellite Gap — NOVA Next | PBS</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why there might not be a US low earth weather satellite within a couple of years. "While the arranged marriage between NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force may have sounded good on paper, the way it was carried out “was flawed from day one,” says Tom Young, former director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center"]]></description>
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    <title>How to make 3d maps of Mars | stamen design</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How to make 3d maps of Mars]]></description>
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    <title>Who Killed The Deep Space Climate Observatory? | Popular Science</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Nearly a decade ago, NASA built an Earth-monitoring satellite that could have observed global warming in action. Then the agency stashed it in a warehouse in Maryland, where it remains to this day." A great piece but an anger-inducing read.]]></description>
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    <title>Home | ISS Photo Locations</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Since the first mission to the International Space Station over 12 years ago there have been over a million photographs taken by astronauts looking out from four hundred kilometers above Earth. Nearly all of them have been archived on NASA’s servers. I’ve crawled that archive, pulling down the location for each of the 1,129,177 photographs taken from the ISS." A fairly simple visualisation (although at reasonable scale), but it looks very good.]]></description>
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    <title>Mission to Mars: An Interview with Stephen Pakbaz | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog</title>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[the creator of this model, Stephen Pakbaz, aka Perijove, was an actual engineer for Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and worked on designing the very same Mars Rover in real life! The Brothers Brick decided to interview Stephen]]></description>
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    <title>Saving space junk, our cultural heritage in orbit | The Conversation</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-03T04:09:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://theconversation.edu.au/saving-space-junk-our-cultural-heritage-in-orbit-6025</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Is the problem as straightforward as just doing some orbital garbage disposal? What about the historic spacecraft in orbit that represent our incredible technological and social journey into space?"]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["By taking the space suit as a topic, then, de Monchaux stakes a claim for architecture as a wider pursuit — one that does not presuppose buildings. In the same period as the Apollo space suit’s production, architecture was undergoing changes of its own. Technical professions like engineering came to develop more and more of what might be thought of as the real machines for living: standardized components, HVAC systems, tempered glass — the real architecture." A good review of my favourite book of last year.]]></description>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:design"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/lost-in-space-cuts-to-nasa-threaten-innovation-diplomacy/13173/">
    <title>Lost in space? Cuts to NASA threaten innovation, diplomacy | PBS</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-28T13:39:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/lost-in-space-cuts-to-nasa-threaten-innovation-diplomacy/13173/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Janet Vertesi on NASA's 2012 funding and its implications. "In each case, NASA initially acted as a partner, only to leave ESA scrambling to make up the costs. This about-face is not only poor diplomacy, it is damaging to America’s long-term interests in space and on the ground."]]></description>
<dc:subject>nasa funding politics space exploration robotics via:@maximolly</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/earth-station-the-afterlife-of-technology-at-the-end-of-the-world/252454/#.TzBcxd0UY0U.twitter">
    <title>Earth Station: The Afterlife of Technology at the End of the World | The Atlantic</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-13T06:27:26+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/earth-station-the-afterlife-of-technology-at-the-end-of-the-world/252454/#.TzBcxd0UY0U.twitter</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alexis Madrigal: "This is the story of one of the old, weird ties between Earth and space." Well worth taking the time to read.]]></description>
<dc:subject>earth space communication technology theatlantic</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://instapaper.com/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:fc080276ae46/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/13/london-river-park-floating-public-space">
    <title>The London River Park: place for the people or a private playground? | The Observer</title>
    <dc:date>2011-11-13T19:46:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/13/london-river-park-floating-public-space</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The London River Park is a proposed floating green space on the Thames that could be ready in time for the Olympics. But is it really a 'public' amenity? Our architecture critic charts the stealthy rise of pseudo-public spaces." Rowan Moore, and a subject that I hope more people will become aware of, especially since "these places had their bluff called by the Occupy movement. Anxious to keep out the tented rebels, Broadgate and Canary Wharf reached for the injunctions that asserted their rights as private landowners. Paternoster Square put up barriers, manned by both police and private security, that jarred with its architectural look of traditional civic values."]]></description>
<dc:subject>london space public private property capitalism cityoflondon river thames park via:stml</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:f127b474b7b9/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/22/france-space-french-guiana">
    <title>How France's space ambitions took off in French Guiana | The Observer</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-22T21:03:22+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/22/france-space-french-guiana</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[
                
                    "Friday's launch was far from being a routine affair – for on this occasion Soyuz was taking off, not from its usual launch pad in Kazakhstan, but from one that has been built in the Amazonian jungle of French Guiana." On Ariane and Soyuz.
                
            ]]></description>
<dc:subject>observer space rockets ariane soyuz launch</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:4c15f635177e/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14783135">
    <title>Plan to revive 1970s UK satellite | BBC News</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-06T03:51:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14783135</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On attempts to talk to Prospero for its fortieth birthday, and the hazards therein (such as figuring out how to, when the group that maintained it has been broken up for most of that time). (Sidenote: Britain is the only country to have developed an independent launch to orbit technology... and then abandoned it.)]]></description>
<dc:subject>uk history technology space forgetting via:andym</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:9059cb12dd08/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:technology"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:forgetting"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://socks-studio.com/2011/07/21/evolution-of-space-mission-control-rooms/">
    <title>Evolution of Space Mission Control Rooms | socks-studio</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-26T16:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://socks-studio.com/2011/07/21/evolution-of-space-mission-control-rooms/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["MCC, the spaces, which, equipped with dozen of computers and screens, are the sites deputed to manage the flights, from lift-offs to landings. Let’s have a look to their evolution from the early missions to today." The deferred loading was annoyingly slow for me, and there's not much text to go with the pictures, but still, worth bookmarking, I think.]]></description>
<dc:subject>nasa space missioncontrol photography</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:1549c4a2abba/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jul/11/james-webb-space-telescope">
    <title>To scrap the JWST would be short-sighted | guardian.co.uk</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-11T22:17:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jul/11/james-webb-space-telescope</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["In the early stages of the project, Hubble was plagued by technical delays and budgetary problems. Its troubles continued after launch, and a manned rescue mission was sent to fix Hubble's optics at huge expense. Twenty years on, it is hard to overstate the impact that Hubble has had on science, and on the public imagination. Yet today the US government is on the brink of scrapping Nasa's successor to Hubble, the multi-billion dollar James Webb Space Telescope."]]></description>
<dc:subject>guardian space science telescope jwst hubble</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:5ace1bda9611/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.economist.com/node/18897425">
    <title>The end of the Space Age | The Economist</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-30T16:57:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.economist.com/node/18897425</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It is quite conceivable that 36,000km will prove the limit of human ambition. It is equally conceivable that the fantasy-made-reality of human space flight will return to fantasy. It is likely that the Space Age is over."]]></description>
<dc:subject>economist editorial space shuttle science iss history</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:ba5611a326fe/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://fest11.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=68">
    <title>Nostalgia For The Light | SFIFF</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-08T00:42:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://fest11.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=68</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["For a man who has been making political films all his life, Nostalgia for the Light by Patricio Guzmán appears at first to be an aberration: an examination of the strangely beautiful work of astronomers using the mammoth telescopes in the remote highlands of Chile’s Atacama Desert." "But there is another side of the Atacama. Here is where the Pinochet dictatorship quietly established its biggest concentration camp." Sounds fascinating, but sadly I can't make it to either showing.]]></description>
<dc:subject>sanfrancisco film documentary space telescope history</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:7b78ddcfec6b/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.stoutbooks.com/cgi-bin/stoutbooks.cgi/87637.html">
    <title>Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo. by de Monchaux, Nicholas | William Stout</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-03T06:00:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.stoutbooks.com/cgi-bin/stoutbooks.cgi/87637.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It looks like William Stout may continue to be dangerous.]]></description>
<dc:subject>book tobuy space apollo technology</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:2fef4b3985b0/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:apollo"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20202-gps-chaos-how-a-30-box-can-jam-your-life.html?full=true">
    <title>GPS chaos: How a $30 box can jam your life | New Scientist</title>
    <dc:date>2011-03-08T04:24:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20202-gps-chaos-how-a-30-box-can-jam-your-life.html?full=true</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Signals from GPS satellites now help you to call your mother, power your home, and even land your plane – but a cheap plastic box can jam it all." It's interesting how quickly GPS has become part of life- and how easy it is to mess up.]]></description>
<dc:subject>gps satellite space navigation radio via:straup</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:07588c3075dd/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.slate.com/id/2283469/pagenum/all/">
    <title>Space stasis: What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation. - By Neal Stephenson - Slate Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-03T17:18:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2283469/pagenum/all/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The phenomena of path dependence and lock-in can be illustrated with many examples, but one of the most vivid is the gear we use to launch things into space.]]></description>
<dc:subject>science space history rockets innovation technology via:everyone</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://instapaper.com/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:2beddb5c5a45/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.islandone.org/Propulsion/ProjectOrion.html">
    <title>Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth | Project Orion</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-02T03:28:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.islandone.org/Propulsion/ProjectOrion.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Project Orion was a space vehicle propulsion system that depended on exploding atomic bombs roughly two hundred feet behind the vehicle. The seeming absurdity of this idea is one of the reasons why Orion failed; yet, many prominent physicists worked on the concept and were convinced that it could be made practical." Speaking of Freeman Dyson, this Michael Flora article is well worth a read.]]></description>
<dc:subject>science space nuclear technology article history</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:575631d0a558/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-danger-of-cosmic-genius/8306/">
    <title>The Danger of Cosmic Genius - Magazine - The Atlantic</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-01T17:14:34+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-danger-of-cosmic-genius/8306/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["“The main point is religious rather than scientific,” [Dyson] writes, yet never acknowledges that this proposition cuts both ways, never seems to recognize the extent to which his own arguments proceed from faith. Environmentalism worships the wisdom of Nature. Dysonism worships the indomitable ingenuity of Man." This is a good read.]]></description>
<dc:subject>science politics environment history space physics climatechange freemandyson article</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://instapaper.com/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:c7b70ee7f9b9/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/26/pass-notes-sputnik">
    <title>Pass notes No 2,917: Sputnik | The Guardian</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-26T21:07:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/26/pass-notes-sputnik</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["A symbol of Chinese ambition, according to Barack Obama."]]></description>
<dc:subject>guardian sputnik space history us china sovietunion</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:715f99888e85/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://zoharesque.blogspot.com/2011/01/consuming-space-age-cuisine-of-sputnik.html">
    <title>The cuisine of Sputnik | Space Age Archaeology</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-26T21:04:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://zoharesque.blogspot.com/2011/01/consuming-space-age-cuisine-of-sputnik.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["While the US military and government were grappling with the political implications of Sputnik 1, one of the ways in which ordinary people responded was to translate the body of the spacecraft into something familiar and edible.  The humble olive, with the addition of three or four toothpicks to represent antenna, became a symbol of the satellite." It's worth delving into the archives, too.]]></description>
<dc:subject>space sputnik food history culture via:mondoagogo</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:0e09cef044bc/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:sputnik"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:food"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:culture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:mondoagogo"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/sep/12/nasa-flickr-space-rocket">
    <title>Nasa Commons: 50 years of photos | The Observer</title>
    <dc:date>2010-09-12T09:19:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/sep/12/nasa-flickr-space-rocket</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coverage of the Flickr Commons in the Observer. "The image is from a collection of photographs, Nasa Commons, that have been put together by Nasa, Flickr and Internet Archive to commemorate 50 years of photographing the space agency's spectacular ventures." (Minor peeve: NASA don't seem to have set the date taken metadata properly. Otherwise, c'est bon.)]]></description>
<dc:subject>observer news photography flickr commons nasa space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:f73e4547065a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:news"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:photography"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:flickr"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:commons"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:nasa"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/international-space-station/5000525.article">
    <title>International Space Station | Building Design</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-21T13:36:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/international-space-station/5000525.article</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["A few weeks ago, the final building block was delivered to the International Space Station, thus completing the first building beyond Earth. Here, one of the architects involved in its construction, charts the saga of the most technically advanced environment ever built"]]></description>
<dc:subject>space iss architecture buildingdesign article</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:4e4b296aeed5/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:architecture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:buildingdesign"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:article"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://randomorbit.net/">
    <title>Restful Satellite Tracking | Random Orbit</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-21T10:29:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://randomorbit.net/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Restful Services for Satellites, Created at Science Hack Day 2010 in London"- saves installing my own C-wrapped Python or Ruby library (or the beast that is Perl's Astro::SpaceTrack) and instead letting someone else do the work. Which is nice.]]></description>
<dc:subject>space astronomy iss sciencehackday</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:e31f7cd56189/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:sciencehackday"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/">
    <title>Welcome! | PyEphem</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-21T10:26:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["PyEphem provides scientific-grade astronomical computations for the Python programming language. Given a date and location on the Earth’s surface, it can compute the positions of the Sun and Moon, of the planets and their moons, and of any asteroids, comets, or earth satellites whose orbital elements the user can provide."]]></description>
<dc:subject>python code library module science space astronomy iss development sciencehackday</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:0c358f2931f2/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:library"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:module"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:science"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:astronomy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:development"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/collections/72157621244472915/">
    <title>Collection: The Icarus Project | Flickr</title>
    <dc:date>2010-03-27T17:41:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/collections/72157621244472915/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photos by Robert Harrison from his DIY weather balloon edge-of-space rig.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space aviation hacks photography uk technology flickr</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:ff0dbe2ab063/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:hacks"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:photography"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:technology"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7514429/Father-captures-pictures-of-earth-using-camera-fixed-to-weather-balloon.html">
    <title>Father captures Earth from weather balloon | Daily Telegraph</title>
    <dc:date>2010-03-27T17:40:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7514429/Father-captures-pictures-of-earth-using-camera-fixed-to-weather-balloon.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Robert Harrison used his ingenuity and a collection of cheap parts worth just £500 to take the spectacular shots using a Canon camera which he launched 35km above the planet's surface."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space aviation hacks photography telegraph uk technology via:deusx</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:32c46feae293/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:hacks"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:telegraph"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:technology"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0206/thedaysbetween.shtml">
    <title>&quot;The Days Between&quot; by Allen Steele | Asimov's</title>
    <dc:date>2010-01-28T17:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0206/thedaysbetween.shtml</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the better parts of the quite long Coyote saga, this is a fairly good standalone short story. "Perhaps Dr. Okada was busy helping the others emerge from biostasis. Yet he could hear nothing save for a subliminal electrical hum; no voices, no movement. His next thought was: Something’s wrong."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>sciencefiction story space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:7baf9d070d9b/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://spaceweather.com/">
    <title>information about auroras, etc | SpaceWeather.com</title>
    <dc:date>2009-11-04T16:25:00+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://spaceweather.com/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The first place to look for information on forthcoming aurora spotting opportunities.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>aurora photography enviroment sun space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:c73e4e6b1dba/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:photography"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:enviroment"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:sun"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14401165">
    <title>Space: Flying high | The Economist</title>
    <dc:date>2009-09-15T13:26:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14401165</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["America’s government has no money for its human-spaceflight plans. The private sector has plenty". Coverage of SpaceX and others getting contracts to service the ISS, while NASA's spam-in-a-can seems to be flailing.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>economist space nasa comment article spacex virgingalactic</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:381c65afbaf5/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:nasa"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:comment"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:article"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:spacex"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:virgingalactic"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.psychicpsquirrel.com/Satellite_Visibility.html">
    <title>Satellite Visibility | Psychic Psquirrel Psoftware</title>
    <dc:date>2009-09-11T16:59:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.psychicpsquirrel.com/Satellite_Visibility.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Satellite Visibility displays daily predictions for when satellites may be visible for your current location. It can display a chart of the whole sky, or a more detailed chart showing the path of the the satellite across the sky."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>iphone app satellite iss space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:423c47d4382c/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iphone"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:app"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:satellite"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.twisst.nl/">
    <title>alerts of local ISS passings through twitter | Twisst</title>
    <dc:date>2009-06-27T11:20:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.twisst.nl/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Someone has finally built abovelondon right; twisst sends personalised (based on location) ISS alerts via Twitter DM. It seems to be having teething troubles with API rate limiting, but it's nice to see someone implement this with optimum usefulness.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>twitter space iss abovelondon astronomy via:@sarahkendrew</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:968a022ce221/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:twitter"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:abovelondon"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:astronomy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:@sarahkendrew"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/CoEvolutionBook/Interview.HTML">
    <title>Space Colonies - Interviewing Gerard O'Neill | NASA</title>
    <dc:date>2009-04-19T20:46:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/CoEvolutionBook/Interview.HTML</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[""Is the surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization?" And, of course, once you ask the right question, the right answer follows almost automatically." The right answer, obviously (in retrospect), being no. Curiously, the bulk of the interview is about O'Neill's difficulty in getting the idea out.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space nasa brightshinyfuture theculture via:blackbeltjones</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:df3f3782fd82/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:nasa"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:brightshinyfuture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:theculture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:blackbeltjones"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/02/satellite_crash_simulated_in_3d_wit.html">
    <title>Satellite Crash Animation | Google Earth Blog</title>
    <dc:date>2009-02-13T20:40:21+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/02/satellite_crash_simulated_in_3d_wit.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Thanks to the KML development efforts of James Stafford, you can use Google Earth's time animation feature to see the orbits of the two satellites from the six minutes before the impact until they meet. The file  also includes one hour's worth of their orbital paths for some perspective."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>google google/earth visualisation space satellite collision via:straup</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:e8972152be24/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:google/earth"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:visualisation"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:satellite"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:collision"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:straup"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://twitter.com/abovelondon/status/1026652873">
    <title>Iridium Flare: mag -7 | Twitter - Above London</title>
    <dc:date>2008-11-27T17:44:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://twitter.com/abovelondon/status/1026652873</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I finally revived the scripts, an embarrassingly long time after a server move. (Lack of SMS did provide something of a disincentive...)
]]></description>
<dc:subject>abovelondon twitter bot space iss navelgazing</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:c5b9e7e256c1/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:bot"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/found-in-space/2008/11/25/1227491514585.html">
    <title>Backyard space watcher films lost tool bag | theage.com.au</title>
    <dc:date>2008-11-25T22:01:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/found-in-space/2008/11/25/1227491514585.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Kevin Fetter, a veteran satellite observer in Brockville, Ontario, has spotted the lost tool bag using his backyard observatory and published a video of it online." "Fetter used a $900 Celestron Nexstar 102 SLT telescope fitted with a high-resolution camera, which was in turn connected via a networking cable to his computer."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space astronomy iss nasa tracking radar spacejunk via:hex</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:4eef11bb091f/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:nasa"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:tracking"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://io9.com/5017588/rip-janet-dietrich-one-of-the-mercury-13-women-astronaut-trainees">
    <title>RIP Janet Dietrich, One of the “Mercury 13” | io9.com</title>
    <dc:date>2008-06-19T11:38:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://io9.com/5017588/rip-janet-dietrich-one-of-the-mercury-13-women-astronaut-trainees</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Dietrich passed the same battery of physical tests as the men chosen by NASA to become America’s first astronauts. But Dietrich [...] never flew in space - indeed, [she was] never allowed to complete [her] training"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>io9 space history feminism culture</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:fbc37870b875/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:feminism"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:culture"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://spacecollective.org/gallery/">
    <title>Gallery | SpaceCollective</title>
    <dc:date>2008-04-17T13:08:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://spacecollective.org/gallery/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Previously at www.collectiveperception.com, this is only sort of ffffound-esque; it's even more selective about posters and has an interesting custom layout/design. It's also good ffffound fodder.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>images sharing design ffffound space photography</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:0bed1b98c86c/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:sharing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:ffffound"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.ladybirdprints.com/">
    <title>Welcome | Ladybird Prints</title>
    <dc:date>2008-03-27T17:11:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.ladybirdprints.com/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia + children's books + art prints = product porn for the ffffound generation (UK subset). If I didn't have a copy of the Book of London I'd have to buy a chunk of its illustrations.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>art illustration london space children prints via:russelldavies</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:f701528d4121/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:london"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:children"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:prints"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:russelldavies"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/">
    <title>NSSDC - Master Catalog | NASA</title>
    <dc:date>2008-03-04T10:50:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Todo: scrape this into a calendar, then send emails fifty years after launches (so I can look up pictures and post them to ffffound). Mind you, I'm not sure if they'll all be photogenic.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>nasa data satellite space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:a851a7b61480/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:satellite"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/long_distance_love_affair/">
    <title>Long Duration Love Affair | the nonist</title>
    <dc:date>2008-01-21T12:48:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/long_distance_love_affair/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nice pictures from NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility, in orbit for five years from 1984.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>nasa space satellite photography images via:cityofsound</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:8b7e34dc2231/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:satellite"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:photography"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:images"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:cityofsound"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1394402,00.html">
    <title>Military dominates UK science | Education Guardian</title>
    <dc:date>2008-01-07T14:49:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1394402,00.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Almost a third of all public spending on research is funded by the Ministry of Defence - far more than is spent on research by the National Health Service." From '05, but I doubt things have changed (I'd love more recent figures though)
]]></description>
<dc:subject>science politics funding uk space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:43f6a9d91f8b/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:funding"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7174742.stm">
    <title>UK push for space station modules | BBC News</title>
    <dc:date>2008-01-07T14:49:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7174742.stm</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The group calculates the programme would amount to some £600m spread over six or seven years (until 2015). In other words, each year would be equal to a little under half of the UK's current annual civil spend on space." Note "civil".
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space funding politics uk science iss</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:bcfe7165124b/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:funding"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:science"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:iss"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2212234,00.html">
    <title>Beep beep beep | Guardian Unilimited Books</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-29T10:37:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2212234,00.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Matthew Brzezinski and Patrick Wright evoke the isolation of the Soviet Union with a pair of cold war studies, Red Moon Rising and Iron Curtain, says PD Smith"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>guardian book review space history war toread</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:6a37224a8ede/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:review"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:war"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:toread"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/gemini-withdrawal-worse-to-come/">
    <title>Gemini withdrawal: worse to come ? | The e-Astronomer</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-23T16:54:46+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/gemini-withdrawal-worse-to-come/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Looks at other things the Science and Technology Facilities Council might have to deal with. "When you allow for this, and compare to the STFC planned programme, they are about £80M short. This is a real cut."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space telescope gemini uk politics science funding</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:45bda399cfa8/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:gemini"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:science"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2212018,00.html">
    <title>Funding black hole threatens astronomy</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-23T16:52:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2212018,00.html</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joint letter to the Guardian from professors at four of the top ten universities in the world: "The loss of science in an area in which the UK excels would be out of all proportion to the funds saved."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space telescope gemini uk politics science funding ucl cambridgeuniversity oxforduniversity imperialcollege</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:f53a0459b4d4/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:gemini"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&amp;grid=&amp;xml=/earth/2007/11/16/scitele116.xml">
    <title>Science funding cuts to hit UK astronomers - Telegraph</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-23T16:50:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&amp;grid=&amp;xml=/earth/2007/11/16/scitele116.xml</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["British astronomers were last night shocked by a sudden funding cut that will prevent them having access to two of the world's most advanced telescopes"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space telescope gemini uk politics science funding telegraph news</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:522a6b7df0f4/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:telescope"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:gemini"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:science"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:telegraph"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Strat/Council/gemini.aspx">
    <title>STFC News - Gemini Observatory</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-23T16:49:30+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Strat/Council/gemini.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["the STFC, in shaping its programme for the next 3 years and beyond, is planning to withdraw from the Gemini Observatory. In the current financial climate this is one of a range of measures that has become necessary"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space telescope gemini uk politics science funding</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:67f372812972/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:telescope"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:gemini"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:science"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.so.stfc.ac.uk/roadmap/rmProject.aspx?q=127">
    <title>STFC Road Map Projects - Gemini</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-23T16:45:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.so.stfc.ac.uk/roadmap/rmProject.aspx?q=127</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Access to the Gemini telescopes by the UK community is a vital component of the multi-wavelength approach to solving the highest priority questions in astronomy."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space telescope gemini uk politics science funding</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:2f103a5dc75a/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:telescope"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:gemini"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:science"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7079876.stm">
    <title>BBC NEWS | UK set for military space launch</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-09T12:13:30+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7079876.stm</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The £3.6bn Skynet project represents the UK's single biggest space venture. ... The cost of the Skynet project has raised eyebrows, not least because it has been financed through a private company with City money."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>uk news space politics economics</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:dfafc3501575/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:news"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:economics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6993010.stm">
    <title>BBC NEWS | UK 'must have human space role'</title>
    <dc:date>2007-11-09T12:11:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6993010.stm</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The total cost for [UK astronauts on Soyuz] would amount to between £50m and £75m over a five-year period - rather than the £60m a year it would cost to join the European corps."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>uk news space politics economics</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:aad1e57d3320/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:uk"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:news"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:economics"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/20/070820fa_fact_owen?currentPage=all">
    <title>The Dark Side | The New Yorker</title>
    <dc:date>2007-09-14T21:50:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/20/070820fa_fact_owen?currentPage=all</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Subtitled "The war on light pollution", this is a glorious overview of the problems it causes and what we're all missing due to the human-generated glow in our skies. Well worth a read.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>astronomy environment history space newyorker magazine article lightpollution</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:7cf4e6a8c99b/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:newyorker"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:article"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/">
    <title>Human Space Flight (HSF) - Realtime Data</title>
    <dc:date>2007-08-11T14:33:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A useful alternative to abovelondon; it covers many more cities and gives you much more advance warning, but there's no indication of brightness.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>space shuttle astronomy observing via:ssp</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:930a56bdf0ee/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:astronomy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:observing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:via:ssp"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47977">
    <title>NASA Announces Plan To Launch $700 Million Into Space | The Onion - America's Finest News Source</title>
    <dc:date>2006-05-09T08:49:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47977</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is going to come across as terribly po-faced, but isn't NASA's real utter waste of money not the unmanned science stuff, but building Shuttles out of dollar bills baked into re-entry tiles?
]]></description>
<dc:subject>nasa theonion space unfunny</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:2e92a5b9adcd/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~pesti/europa/">
    <title>Google Maps Europa</title>
    <dc:date>2006-03-14T17:38:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~pesti/europa/</link>
    <dc:creator>blech</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Probably less popular than the Nighttime (Earth) map that's been tagged by 500+ users so far.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>google maps nasa space europa science</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:blech/b:fcd3bd9a098f/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:nasa"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:blech/t:space"/>
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