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So... basically they are the only guys who now do human spaceflight?

and 2nd failed launch for Russian in 10 days. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/proton-m-launches-russias-ekspress-am4-communications-satellite/ although this one is a giant space debris stuck on the GTO.

ESA's article on the consequences for ISS: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM6GJUTTRG_index_0.html What is not clear is if the rocket that failed is the same variant as used in manned missions. [Edit] According to this article: http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=3&id=268437 "The first and second stages of the Soyuz-FG space rocket used for manned launches differ from those of the Soyuz-U, but the third stage [the one that failed - MR] is identical in both rockets". Thus the stay of astronauts currently at ISS may prolong a little bit.

nice pic !!!

The biomechanics of serpentine locomotion have been examined. Apparently it is very similar to legged locomotion. In the unlikely case ESA wants to build a serpentine robot, this paper should be a first read.

New YGT project, Grub and Lucene for ESA.

Luzi and Dario: can we use this semantic tool for the "temperature of ESA" project? please check

should we add DOI links to our publications? anyone knows if ESA publications are using this?

Public role game engine. It could be useful for creating a strategy game inspired on ESA.

Apparently, the generation growing up with internet (native digital) will be living and working in a completely different way. ESA might have to adapt.

bon appetit ....

Well appart from the space pen and that joke about the Russians just using a pencil. Has ESA had any space-originated inventions?

ACT is a bit too late for leadership on European Technology, but this looks like a science version of ESA - so this could be interesting for us to have an eye on it.

Like Google Docs, but hosted on your own server, which could put aside fears of privacy etc. Worth a spin on ESA intranet?

ESA did not accept you to be an astronaut? Check if you at least can be a Swedish Army officer... HEADPHONES REQUIRED!!!

some extensions to the known functions. for esa probabely a bit risky in terms of security...

Astronomers using ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory have demonstrated beyond doubt that dead stars known as white dwarfs can reignite and explode as supernovae. The finding came after the unique signature of gamma rays from the radioactive elements created in one of these ex...

Another Appathon with the aim to allow access to vast amounts of 'space data' and then play around.. In other words, a neural network's guy wet dream, so Paul, what are you waiting for?

I'm not really an app developer :P But I'll think about it

Its in italian sorry ... but its worth trying to understand ..basically its how an important italian news channel (TG4) gave the rosetta news ... WOW ... middle ages Basically they say ESA spoilt the magic of comets (jesus birth and similar stuff) revealing to the world that it is just a rock and nothing more spending 100 Meuros in the process.

A pearl of the italian national news channels. A comet is nothing more than a dusty rock. Wow, brilliant, such level of understanding of what is happening! Can we use the typhoon control or some other project to get rid of them? They're so confused and ignorant that it's not even clear what their point is, apart from "spoiling the magic of comets", which is not the case.

Also our British friends are doing good .... Apparently an ESA employee leaked this news to them -- wait for it .... Rosetta, Aliens .... just read it I do not want to spoil it for you

I'm sorry, I had to do it! We can't keep the secret much longer!

uups :)

Well, I wouldn't expect a reply: "all our past emails have been downloaded and sold to NASA" even if that was the case.

Of course Marek is right... What matters is the theatre of security, not security itself. Just like in airports :)