Recent content by Rickycardo

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    Space weather scales are outdated and confusing. Here's what NOAA scientists are doing about it

    Taking decades to do what could be done in months? This sounds exactly like what waste, fraud and abuse sounds like.
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    Earth is bombarded with rocks from space — but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?

    What a horrible "we want it all and you're not deserving" attitude. Fortunately, mineral and landowner rights protect us in the United States. If it's natural and it falls on my land it belongs to me.
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    15 must-see naked-eye skywatching events in 2025

    Again, they left out the Moon passing through the Pleiades star cluster on January 9. Visible from North America.
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    Don't miss these 15 spectacular moon events in 2025

    They forgot to list the Moon passing in front of M45, the Pleiades the night of January 9 as viewed from central North America.
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    Mass Effect' TV series is headed to Amazon Prime Video

    I'm still waiting for live action series of the original RPG space games, Descent and Freespace. Or maybe just step all the way back to the original decision making space game Master of Orion.
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    Perseverance rover's Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress

    I disagree. One of the purposes of these projects is to develop new technologies and those technologies have a direct impact to daily lives here on Earth. From mammograms to CD players and hard drives to communications and even microwaves derive from the technologies of space flight and space...
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    SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt

    Hmmm.... I seem to recall the origin story of the Fantastic Four went something like this.
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    Perseverance rover's Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress

    Otherwise we're just littering on an interplanetary scale.
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    Newly discovered cave on the moon could house future lunar astronauts

    Or wake whatever is sleeping in the cave? 👹
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    Is it time to put a dimmer on the push for space solar power?

    I'm fine with it as long as it's not visible from Earth and doesn't block any of the night sky. I'd rather humans go extinct than lose the sky.
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    Best space settlement games: Manage bases & build cities on other worlds

    Sad that you left off Master of Orion but that was back in the MS-DOS days and that is prehistory to many readers.