DailyDirt: Staring Off Into Space

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Wed, Aug 17th 2011 5:00pm — Michael Ho

Telescopes have taught us a lot about the universe around us. As we collect more data from other stars and satellites, we might figure out the mysteries of Dark Matter and the probability of other lifeforms existing. Here are just a few cool telescope projects out there.

SETI's Allen Telescope Array is going to be turned back on, thanks to donations from viewers like you. The SETIStars program raised over $200,000 and exceeded its funding goal. (But next year, they'll have to interrupt their broadcasts with another pledge drive...) [url]
Nanosatellites could help look for Earth-like planets in other star systems. Pretty soon, there'll be femtosatellites, too. [url]
The RadioAstron mission is creating a radio telescope that's larger that the Earth. But the project still needs to tackle a problem of collecting data at 144 megabits per second from multiple receivers on the ground. [url]
To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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Anonymous Coward, 17 Aug 2011 @ 5:12pm

Have SETI trying Flattr it could give them a steady stream of donations.
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Anonymous Coward, 17 Aug 2011 @ 5:17pm

RadioAstrom
The problem probably is math here any amount of data can be reduced to an exponential expression, that data could be reduced dramatically at the cost of heavy calculations on the ground to expand that number to its useful form, the question is how much a computer can process today?
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Rabbit80, 18 Aug 2011 @ 4:00am

You missed this...
You missed the surprise NASA announcement yesterday that we are not going to be killed by the comet Elenin as it passes Earth by in October!
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Rabbit80, 18 Aug 2011 @ 4:00am

Re: You missed this...
Sorry - forgot the link...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/17/comet_elenin/
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Michael Ho (profile), 18 Aug 2011 @ 9:46am

Re: Re: You missed this...
Looks like a non-story... since the Earth is SAFE from this comet. :)
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