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LarryBS
 
Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:40 pm
NASA Science News for February 11, 2003 (newsletter)

A NASA satellite has taken a picture of the Big Bang's ancient afterglow. Scientists have analyzed the data and learned that the universe is 13.7 billon years old (plus or minus 1 percent) and that the first stars appeared only 200 million years after the Big Bang. These results are a milestone in cosmology, says the NASA director of astronomy and physics.

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NASA Science News 2/11/2003
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:46 pm
Wow, Larry, I didn't even know they'd gotten the probe to L2. This is huge.
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au1929
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:49 pm
It Is interesting. But of what value is there in it's knowing? Is it worth the billions spent in the research. Is it just a quest for knowledge?
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LarryBS
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:50 pm
Its funny after watching CNN all day and the major network's nightly news broadcasts tonight to only hear about this "milestone in cosmology" in a Nasa e-mail. But I guess there was a lot of news today.
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:53 pm
au, imagine the human desire for manifest destiny as a focal point of the world working together on a common goal. Imagine money spent together on this type of thing instead of on war. It would make the world even smaller, bring countries together.... too bad it's just a pipe dream.
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au1929
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:56 pm
littlek
Imagine if that money were used to the good of people here on earth.
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 06:57 pm
if there was no war to spend money on, it'd be pocket change. Anyway, NASA research comes up with some useful stuff in it's quest for the stars. You know, velcro and stuff <grin>
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satt fs
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 07:43 pm
This is said to be a strong evidence for the Big Bang theory (theories). Is it yet to be known whether Big Bang was an accident or the event of necessity?
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quinn1
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 09:01 pm
Very interesting...havent been able to watch the news today but, I guess there wouldnt have been anything on it anyway, huh? Thats too bad.
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