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Wednesday, 09 March 2005

twinkle, twinkle, tiny star

Astronomers have discovered the tiniest star ever detected, according to space.com. Discovered by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey, the wee star is just a little bit bigger than Jupiter, and is smaller than some extrasolar planets that have been discovered. It is, however, 95 times more massive than Jupiter.

maybe never

The shuttle program is due to end in five years, and the last class of shuttle astronauts has been warned that many of them may never fly, according to a recent AP story. When the program ends, the next generation space vehicle isn't due to be deployed until about 2015.

euthanizing Hubble

Although risk has repeatedly been the primary reason cited for not mounting a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and thus allowing it to eventually fail and fall from orbit, spacedaily.com is reporting that NASA never made any formal risk analysis before dismissing the idea. Rather, the decision was made wholly on the judgement of then-NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe.

 
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