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Comment Re:I know everyone is against the FCC and all... (Score 1) 223

by ycatsce on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @10:18AM (#31909710) Attached to: BitTorrent CEO On Net Neutrality

We have both a hydro-electric and nuclear power plant nearby and both use electricity storage solutions. One uses a battery array, the other is much more interesting. Air is pumped into underground cavities during off-peak hours. This is then released during peak hours to drive turbine systems for additional production..

Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video 266

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 02, 2010 @12:27PM from the new-perspective-on-an-old-tragedy dept.

longacre writes "An amateur video of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion has been made public for the first time. The Florida man who filmed it from his front yard on his new Betamax camcorder turned the tape over to an educational organization a week before he died this past December. The Space Exploration Archive has since published the video into the public domain in time for the 24th anniversary of the catastrophe. Despite being shot from about 70 miles from Cape Canaveral, the shuttle and the explosion can be seen quite clearly. It is unclear why he never shared the footage with NASA or the media. NASA officials say they were not aware of the video, but are interested in examining it now that it has been made available."

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