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    Hardware Old-school panel lights

    A quick Google search using "panel indicator lamp" got quite a few hits. I think the style you're thinking of is called faceted and the cover is called a jewel; so try adding those terms. Dialco seems to be a maker. :)
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    News Vintage plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races

    From latest AP report: Questions were raised, too, about modifications made to make the plane more aerodynamic so it would go faster without a bigger engine. In a podcast uploaded to YouTube in June, Leeward said major changes were made to the plane before this year's race. He said his...
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    NASA using Orbiter?

    According to the information given with the clip on YouTube this was done for the 25th National Space Symposium. April 2009. Go to http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/library/olson-nss2009.html and click on NASA demo-reel.wmv and you can watch in hi-def.
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    Poll When were you born?

    Well, I watched the first moon landing on a TV in a bar. ;)
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    Using Sails to Deorbit Satellites

    Interesting Idea http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8029899.stm
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    News Barstool+Lawnmower Engine+Beer= Insanity...

    Google returns 301,000 results on motorized bar stool; for instance: http://www.baronbob.com/barstoolracer.htm :rofl:
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    News Old Moon Images Get Modern Makeover

    Interesting article; They may have found the Apollo 11 tapes too. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090331-st-moon-views-makeover.html
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    Reentry flames over the East Coast

    Well, maybe the Air force did not screw up http://www.space.com/news/090331-likely-meteor.html
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    Space Shuttle Control Panel drawings?

    This is the only photo I could find of the cockpit; http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/lores/S77-30025.jpg The Enterprise is now at the Smithsonian, so you might check with them. I checked my copy of "The Space Shuttle Operator's Manual" but it appears that the diagrams are from the Columbia. However...
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    Russia to Approve New Moon Rocket

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm
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    Pick a name for the Node 3!

    10-Forward ? :cheers:
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    Satellite Collision Avoidence Methods Questioned

    RE: The Iridium Collision http://www.space.com/news/090227-space-collision-questions.html
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    News Turkish airlines plane crashes in Amsterdam

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    NASA Launch Failure

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907570.stm :(
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    Gaming NASA Creating MMO Video Game

    http://www.space.com/entertainment/090219-nasa-mmo.html :speakcool:
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