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Citation added: March 19th, 2008, 11:43 am
If we assume that our alien neighbors are trying to contact us, we should be looking for them. There are currently several programs that are now looking for the evidence of life elsewhere in the cosmos.
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Milky Way Galaxy

Citation added: March 19th, 2008, 10:56 am
A galaxy is a collection of stars and interstellar material held together by gravity. The galaxy our Sun lives in is called the Milky Way or the Galaxy (note the capital 'G'). The name `Milky Way' comes from the band of light that is seen overhead on very
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Atmospheric reentry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Citation added: January 25th, 2007, 9:00 pm
Atmospheric reentry is the process by which vehicles that are outside the atmosphere of a planet can enter that atmosphere and reach the planetary surface intact. Vehicles that undergo this process include spacecraft from orbit, as well as suborbital ICBM
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Damn Interesting » Outer Space Exposure

Citation added: December 2nd, 2006, 1:15 pm
Though an unprotected human would not long survive in the clutches of outer space, it is remarkable that survival times can be measured in minutes rather than seconds, and that one could endure such an inhospitable environment for almost two minutes witho
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