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    Software what's the current consensus of Orbiter 2010 + Linux using Wine 1.4

    Hi, What's the current consensus of Orbiter 2010 + Linux using Wine 1.4? The information I've found seems a little dated. I've found some anecdotal reports here of Orbiter working "flawlessly" under Wine 1.4 but little explanation. I'm interested if this is using Directx (and if so was that...
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    Canadian astronomer spots Soviet Lunokhod 2 rover on moon

    An astronomer at the University of Western Ontario has found a Soviet moon rover in recently released images from a NASA satellite. Phil Stooke combed through data and images of the moon's surface from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that NASA released Monday. Stooke compared the images...
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    NY Times: Is Manned Spaceflight Obsolete?

    My apologies if this has been posted already on here, however I don't see it. Is Manned Spaceflight Obsolete? February 9, 2010, 7:15 pm By THE EDITORS The Obama administration has scrapped NASA’s plan to return humans to the Moon by 2020, which was behind schedule because of technical and...
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    Software Orbiter 2006 not defaulting to my primary display

    Hi quick question. I use multiple displays on my laptop, with a separate LCD monitor as my primary display. I am using a Dell XPS M1530 with Vista Home Premium and a NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT video card). In Orbiter, on the video tab, I have two instances of 3D device for "Direct3D T&L HAL...
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    After Shuttle is retired; will missions like the current Hubble mission be possible?

    Hi all, I'm watching the coverage thinking to myself: after the shuttle is retired; will missions like the current Hubble mission be possible? I know the next US vehicle is going to be the Crew Exploration Vehicle, which doesn't sound suited for such a mission. I know there's likely other...
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    Australia to UK under 3 hours: via space travel

    Virgin to commercialize suborbital space travel between Australia and UK? http://ibtimes.com.au/articles/20090512/australia-underhours-via-space-travel.htm
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    Software Oribiter & Vista my desktop icons get resized F1 mode using scroll wheel to zoom in

    Oribiter & Vista my desktop icons get resized F1 mode using scroll wheel to zoom in I am using a Dell XPS 1530 laptop using Vista Home Premium 64-bit and a Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ 22" monitor as my primary monitor with the laptop's display as secondary. I've had the problem with Orbiter 2006...
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