1. Universe Today - This was very likely the last trip around the Sun for the Earth-crossing asteroid 2014 AA, according to calculations by several teams of astronomers and published online earlier today on the IAU’s Minor Planet Center. Discovered just yesterday by the Catalina Sky Survey, the estimated 3-meter-wide Apollo asteroid was supposed to clear Earth today by a razor-thin margin of about 611 km (380 miles)… but it’s now looking like it didn’t quite make it.
This is only the second time an asteroid has been spotted before it hit the earth.
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2. We enjoy the movie GRAVITY and its alternate universe where the Space Shuttle is still flying. Exploring the details of GRAVITY's universe explains many of the puzzles of the movie.
The movie GRAVITY shows a future where both private entities and other nations are in Space. It shows the capabilities of the Space Shuttle for repairing and moving the Hubble Space Telescope. The movie shows cooperation among nations in exploring Space. Finally it gives us young women a role model in Shuttle Astronaut Ryan Stone. Leaving the movie, we wish to live in her Universe.
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This is only the second time an asteroid has been spotted before it hit the earth.
2. We enjoy the movie GRAVITY and its alternate universe where the Space Shuttle is still flying. Exploring the details of GRAVITY's universe explains many of the puzzles of the movie.
The movie GRAVITY shows a future where both private entities and other nations are in Space. It shows the capabilities of the Space Shuttle for repairing and moving the Hubble Space Telescope. The movie shows cooperation among nations in exploring Space. Finally it gives us young women a role model in Shuttle Astronaut Ryan Stone. Leaving the movie, we wish to live in her Universe.
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