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NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show 201

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 13, 2009 @11:14AM from the what's-in-a-name dept.

olddotter noted that NASA's Facebook page says "NASA's newest module for the International Space Station will get a new name on April 14. The agency plans to make the announcement with the help of Expedition 14 and 15 astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams on Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report.' The program will air at 11:30 p.m. EDT."

83% of Businesses Won't Bother With Windows 7 545

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 13, 2009 @10:34AM from the count-me-in dept.

Olipro writes "Most enterprises stated they won't bother with Windows 7 for at least a year as they simply continue to distrust that compatibility issues won't occur with their mission-critical software ... The Million Dollar question will be whether the fact that XP upgrades to Windows 7 requires a clean install will prove to be Microsoft's undoing." I suspect that will change before they actually release the OS.

SpaceX Successfully Tests Nine-Engine Cluster 182

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 24, 2008 @11:08AM from the what-did-you-do-this-weekend dept.

the_other_chewey writes "At their test facility in Texas, SpaceX, the privately funded space-flight company, have successfully tested their nine-engine cluster which is planned to provide the heavy lifting capability for their Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy rockets. The firing lasted three minutes (a full 'mission duty cycle,' i.e. a simulated launch) under full power, delivering 3.8MN (or 855,000 lbs.) of thrust. SpaceX have made a video of the test available. The Waco Tribune has a short report about it, with comments by locals."

Comment Father's Day ... (Score 1) 590

by pierreg0 on Wednesday June 16, 2004 @02:11PM (#9444100) Attached to: Last Handwritten Letter You Wrote?

If a Father's Day card counts (I assume it does because of the birthday/christmas card option), then I wrote one yesterday.

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