-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990701c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No rogue planets were obliterated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Earth may have 'twin' somewhere.(AP) The Earth may have had a twin or even more planetary siblings when the solar system was born, only to lose them in the vast darkness of deep space. These Earth-like planets are still out there somewhere, and despite their wanderings through the cold, dark void, they may be capable of supporting life. According to this theory, these extra Earth-like planets were jettisoned into deep space by gravity when they got too close to Jupiter or other large planets. Home away from home; see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560130142-997 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_382000/382319.stm # Also: Out of this world discovery: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_319000/319865.stm # New planets discovered: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_252000/252099.stm : How big a truck would we need to haul an Earth-twin planet into our orbit? Would it be easier to push a Jovian moon into our vicinity? Is it dangerous? If we shove a planet(oid) into a life-sustaining orbit, will it hit Earth or make us pop off into space? Would we REALLY become "Spaceship Earth"? Huh?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Do you believe in UFOs? A Silicon Alley entrepreneur gave up his job to search for aliens.(MSNBC) You hear a lot of stories about UFOs, sightings, close encounters, even alien abductions. Are you skeptical? One man not only believes the stories could be true, he's spent millions of dollars on an extra-terrestrial crusade to convince the rest of us that we are not alone. Joe Firmage again: http://www.msnbc.com/news/283948.asp : How much money would you spend to find aliens? Would it be easier/cheaper to just let them find you instead? If we bother aliens, how will they react? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # ROCKET PLANE TEST FLIGHT A-OK. Strapped beneath a jetliner, the X-34 reus- able rocket plane soars over the South California desert. It's a glimpse of cheap space launches to come. Live, from Edwards Air Force Base: http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20487.html See also: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/29/x.34.test/index.html @ Space Transport: X-34: http://stp.msfc.nasa.gov/stpweb/x34/x34home.html # A Weekend On Luna: http://wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20386.html : When will orbital flights go commercial? When will Avis or Hertz rent out spaceplanes? What cartels will control off-planet transportation? D'ya care? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # China aims for 'prestige' of human spaceflight. (CNN) China's plan to put two men in space by the end of 2000 is part of a larger program to launch an independent space station and achieve a lunar landing early in the next millennium, making China the world's 3rd nation with a far-reaching human spaceflight capability. http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/30/china.space/ # And: 'Back to the Moon' http://cnn.com/books/reviews/9906/23/back.to.moon/ @ Encyclopedia Astronautica - Chinese Manned Space Program: Behind Closed Doors: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/articles/chidoors.htm @ Project 921: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/craft/proct921.htm @ Go Taikonauts! - An Unofficial Chinese Space Website: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/ : Will space be dominated by the US, EC, China, Russia, Japan, Brazil, Ford, MicroSoft, Bilderbergers, Scientology, LDS, evolved cyber-AI entities, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Catching a comet. The European Space Agency is unveiling details of Rosetta, which will be the first space probe ever to land on a comet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_382000/382141.stm @ Links: European Space Agency - Rosetta page: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/ @ Rosetta Plasma Consortium: http://sapin.irfu.se/Rosetta/rosetta.html @ Images: http://www.estec.esa.nl/spdwww/rosetta/html/gallery.html#images : Would you like to probe a comet? Would you like to capture a comet, change its orbit, bombard Earth into submission? Are evil forces planning to do it? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Science study will create fireworks. WASHINGTON (AP) - Two NASA science rockets next month will create a celestial fireworks show that may be seen up to 400 miles away from the Wallops Island, Va., launch site. A powdered chemical that burns brightly as it comes into contact with oxygen will be released into space and will become a spreading, corkscrew-shaped cloud of light that is expected to shine for up to 20 minutes and then slowly fade. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560123548-62d : Is this a cover for a HAARP test, or a nascent Big Bang, or entertainment ordered by the Reptilioids, or chemical warfare, or boys playing with toys? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Hubble's close-up on Mars. (BBC) Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to the Earth in eight years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken its sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. Not as detailed as the Mars Global Surveyor images, but Hubble gets a better global picture: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_382000/382884.stm : Are all planetary images faked by The Conspiracy, the Reptilioids, CIA/KGB NASA, funloving trickster deities, malignant interdimensional demonoids, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ The Skeptic's Toolbox: http://www.csicop.org/events/19990819-toolbox/ * The Millennium Project News: http://persweb.direct.ca/psa/news.html @ THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF COMETS AND THE EVOLUTION OF CELESTIAL BODIES: http://www.millenngroup.com/repository/cometary/ori1.html @ New channelling on Cassini, Solar activity and Y2K from the Commander: http://www.angel-light.com/channeling.htm @ GIGANTIC UNITED KINGDOM CROP CIRCLE PICTOGRAM: http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/1999/Eastfield/Eastfield99a.html @ More seriograms: http://www.marque.demon.co.uk/Update/update99.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Every time I hear the term 'quantum consciousness', I reach for my phaser." * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * ICQ# 19633976 * email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SkeptiChat archives: http://www.sonic.net/~ric/sc/files.htm * UFO/ET/PSI * Conspiracy * Faith * Science * Fringe * Mind-Control * DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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