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Leopold - this reminded me your lunch the other day. some interesting science too :)

so what can we do in this area? how can "we use citizen scientists for space"?

Francessco... This may be interesting for the YGT in web technologies bit late now, but never mind.

Interesting - apparently in the future (already in the US) you dont have to have someones address to send them presents, cards or goods. All you need is to be friends with them on facebook!!!

Francessco.... As you were nominated as head Nerd by Leopold in our last Wednesday meeting i thought you may be interested in this  :)

didn't I say "geek" ?

pity!

bad news ... hope that its not Ariane related (but does not see to be the case)

Not sure if you can view it outside UK, but here you go... To Tobby and his followers ;-)

from Fairouz

Look at the video... are they really going to pull this off?

> it will be lowered on to the surface of Mars with a landing system that has never been tried before yikes!

Gotta love the scientific method :)

Have to remember this very useful sentence...

haha

Informative Q&A.

I could come up with a name for the onboard computer of the spacecraft...

Cosmic Vision missions, some of which to be selected before the end of 2011.. Favorite phrase: "Mindful of the recent criticism the agency has received from member states on the issue of cost overruns, Professor David Southwood, Esa's director of science and robotics, told the teams: "Industry and the science community need to get to work on this; it's a collective responsibility."" :-> reference class forecasting!

".... taking at least 50kg of payload into a polar orbit with a minimum altitude of 400km (248 miles), but engineers would aim to get significant additional performance. "We'd be looking at a range from 50 to up to a maximum of 200kg because you'd want to do different sizes of satellite," said Mr Whitehorn."

Innovation in beer : "This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost."

"Tactical Nuclear Penguin"... wow... [Edit] BTW this news looks hilarious on the feed display right in front of the ACT's official website, lol

Can we use this for space?

memory cloning

"It would be very easy not to co-operate, and then it wouldn't work", that's still the important part. I'm sure Dario LOVES this paper. Would be nice to have a coffee with him right now...