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It shouldn't take more than 50-100 well-trained Brazilians. Also, there are some other toys on WFIRST including imaging equipment. Dark energy sound interesting to me. I'll chip in my $2.50 in taxes.

Perhaps not such a surprise for NASA. This potential mission sounds like more than just Hubble 2.0. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/

BMS4 is free update to Falcon 4 released last year. It is more stable and less buggy than FF5. Also: good: -higher fidelity systems modeling incl. data cartridge -improved flight model -mostly better graphics - beautiful F-16 cockpit, HD post processing effects -updates bad: -fewer flyable...

Okay. Could it possibly be the crusty drivers from Lenovo? The latest posted version is Sept. 2010. I also attempted to install the Intel generic driver from circa Nov. 2011 but the installer wouldn't allow it due to proprietary code requirements on the machine. I will be changing domiciles...

Apologies for the ambiguity. I have installed the update two times for good measure. Still the crash persists.

@astrosammy - Thank you for the advice. My GPU being on-board AFAIK there isn't even a control panel with which to make AA adjustments. It all must be done within the client software. @asmi - I have done according to your instructions (IIRC the link for the dx redistributable in your OP was...

I get the typical "Process has stopped" pop-up. I'm not sure of the exact translation so here is a screen shot for clarity: I'll also add that I had updated my video drivers to the latest beforehand.

My client crashes when attempting to access Video tab. I have Mobil Intel 4 express chipset. DDI level 10 (Does that mean DX10 compatible?) I am using latest Orbiter Beta 111105 + your .zip from today.

I don't see any flashing arrows at grapple points in this client. I'm using Mobile Intel 4 Series Express onboard GPU.

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/ What's this? MMORPG? FPS? Simulator? What is LIVE? I bought FSX the day it was released and still haven't used it because I've never had a big enough PC.

LCD Attitude Control System Working As Planned It works! Propellantless ACS. http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/07/20100723_ikaros_j.html

Ikaros "GAP" successfully measures Gamma Ray Burst - measured on July 7th - NOT a polarized burst measurement(angle of incidence to high to measure accurately) - Ikaros hopes to acquire first ever directly measured polarized gamma burst http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/07/20100714_ikaros_j.html

IKAROS: Acceleration by solar sail confirmed Confirmed 1.12 mN of thrust. Equivalent to gravitational force of 0.114g mass on earth. Press release contains 2 graphs: http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/07/20100709_ikaros_j.html The first plot on the press release displays acceleration. It looks...

Akatsuki recently successfully tested its 500 Newton thruster which will be used to establish Venus orbit. It is, incidentally, the world's "first ceramic orbital thruster" per the press release: http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/07/20100706_akatsuki_j.html

I can't find any specific reference to desired quantities. I can only assume they had hoped to get more material. They do explain in their docs that due to the unknown nature of the surface properties it would be impossible to predict how successful the collection would be. I did find this...

Some results are in. There was a scare for a few days that there would be zero contents in the sample catcher. However, it appears there are some very minute contents. Here's a link to the article with a photo. http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/news/20100706k0000m040028000c.html...

Interesting debate. Assuming the photos survive, when the first space museum opens on the moon they will undoubtedly be a part of some exhibit. Talk about cementing a legacy!

This may or may not be a hoax. You can watch the entire PBS segment in the 2nd link above. It's quite interesting. It explains how engineers stashed a number of undocumented items inside the lunar lander. For me, that alone is a surprising revelation. Then again, I'm no space expert. Is...

via Apollo 12! Found this story on the Onion first but I thought this headline was a bit catchier: Andy Warhol Left a Penis Doodle on the Moon Watch the PBS episode If true, this has to be one of the better "Easter Eggs" for future pioneers. The video also explains how project engineers...

You may be right. It appears the arms have successfully extended but the sail hasn't been loosed yet. When the sail is fully deployed they intend to launch a detachable camera to take photos. There are 2 attitude control systems. and Edit : Oh there's a nice pic of the expanded sail...