Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100922/10033611120/dailydirt-manned-missions-to-space.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100922/10033611120/dailydirt-manned-missions-to-space.shtml

Six fake astronauts from the Mars500 spaceship have emerged from a simulated mission to Mars that lasted about a year and a half. Probably not as entertaining to watch as Big Brother or MTV's Real World, but the mission was a useful experiment. [url]

The Energia Corporation is considering ways to sell tourist trips around the moon using Soyuz spaceships. The tickets would sell for around $150 million, and the trip would take about 9 days. [url]

The International Space Station boosted itself to a slightly higher orbit by turning on some thrusters for about 2 minutes. A few of the astronauts took advantage of the planned acceleration to show everyone how the maneuver affects the ISS occupants. [url]

To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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