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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 08:48:27 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Kickstarting Our Interstellar Future</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Starship Congress will see some of the most forward-thinking scientists and engineers descend on Dallas, Texas -- now you can get involved with an interstellar Kickstarter campaign. Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
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						<category>kickstarter</category>
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						<category>Project Icarus</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:11 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Kickstarting Our Interstellar Future</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The Starship Congress will see some of the most forward-thinking scientists and engineers descend on Dallas, Texas -- now you can get involved with an interstellar Kickstarter campaign. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Life-Size Mouse Trap Kicks Off Maker Faire</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Classic board game epitomizes the DIY ethos of gigantic arts, engineering and technology festival. Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Nic Halverson</author>						<category>Tech</category>
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						<category>Games</category>
						<category>Maker Faire</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Parades and Festivals</category>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:42:37 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Life-Size Mouse Trap Kicks Off Maker Faire</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Classic board game epitomizes the DIY ethos of gigantic arts, engineering and technology festival. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Kuiper Belt Was a &#039;War Zone&#039; -- A Detective Story</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronomy can be a cosmic detective story, and our enduring fascination with the solar system&#039;s mysterious hinterland of small icy objects in the Kuiper belt is no exception.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>dwarf planets</category>
						<category>haumea</category>
						<category>Keck Observatory</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Pluto</category>
			
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:11:08 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Kuiper Belt Was a &#039;War Zone&#039; -- A Detective Story</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Astronomy can be a cosmic detective story, and our enduring fascination with the solar system&#039;s mysterious hinterland of small icy objects in the Kuiper belt is no exception.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Quarter of Sun-Like Stars Host Earth-Size Worlds</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Although there appears to be a mysterious dearth of exoplanets smaller than Earth, data from NASA&#039;s Kepler space telescope suggest that nearly a quarter of all sun-like stars in our galaxy play host to worlds 1-3 times the size of our planet.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Alien Life &amp; Exoplanets</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Exoplanets</category>
						<category>Keck Observatory</category>
						<category>Kepler</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:26:52 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Quarter of Sun-Like Stars Host Earth-Size Worlds</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Although there appears to be a mysterious dearth of exoplanets smaller than Earth, data from NASA&#039;s Kepler space telescope suggest that nearly a quarter of all sun-like stars in our galaxy play host to worlds 1-3 times the size of our planet.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>NASA Plans &#039;Curiosity Twin&#039; Rover Mission in 2020</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The duplicate mission will use the same rover design, but will be outfitted with different instruments.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-plans-to-fly-curiosity-rover-twin-in-2020-121204.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Science Laboratory</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">NASA Plans &#039;Curiosity Twin&#039; Rover Mission in 2020</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The duplicate mission will use the same rover design, but will be outfitted with different instruments.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Interstellar Travel Is Hard, Why Bother?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Imagine an island long, long ago, in an ocean far, far away...]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>100YSS</category>
						<category>History</category>
						<category>Human</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Culture</category>
						<category>Space History</category>
						<category>Space Technology</category>
						<category>Space Travel</category>
						<category>Spaceflight</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Interstellar Travel Is Hard, Why Bother?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Imagine an island long, long ago, in an ocean far, far away...]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>The Universe: No God Required</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Those trouble-making physicists are at it again.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Big Bang</category>
						<category>Human</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Mystery</category>
						<category>Quantum Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Universe: No God Required</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Those trouble-making physicists are at it again.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Watch the G+ Space Hangout for a BIG Discovery News Hug</title>
			<description><![CDATA[TODAY at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), there will be an EXTRA special Google+ Space Hangout you need to tune into!]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/watch-the-g-space-hangout-for-a-big-discovery-news-hug-120503.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Current Events</category>
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						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 01:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Watch the G+ Space Hangout for a BIG Discovery News Hug</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[TODAY at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), there will be an EXTRA special Google+ Space Hangout you need to tune into!]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Stellar &#039;Speed Bumps&#039; Could Shape Baby Star Systems</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Why do some star systems have orbits that become jammed with exoplanets?]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/planetary-traffic-jams-could-shape-baby-star-systems-120319.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Orbits</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:06:44 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Stellar &#039;Speed Bumps&#039; Could Shape Baby Star Systems</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Why do some star systems have orbits that become jammed with exoplanets?]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>&#039;Interesting&#039; Higgs Boson Result to be Announced</title>
			<description><![CDATA[It may not be the long-awaited news about a Higgs boson discovery, but an &quot;interesting&quot; announcement will soon come from scientists analyzing data from the Tevatron particle accelerator.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/interesting-higgs-boson-result-to-be-announced-120218.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Laboratories</category>
						<category>Large Hadron Collider</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Particle Physics</category>
						<category>Particles</category>
						<category>Physics</category>
						<category>Quantum Physics</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Interesting&#039; Higgs Boson Result to be Announced</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[It may not be the long-awaited news about a Higgs boson discovery, but an &quot;interesting&quot; announcement will soon come from scientists analyzing data from the Tevatron particle accelerator.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Alan Stern to Answer Questions on Google+ Hangout!</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The NASA New Horizons Pluto spacecraft&#039;s principal investigator will appear live with the weekly Google+ Space Hangout panel to discuss the mission and other cool space news from the week.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/alan-stern-to-answer-questions-on-google-hangout-120215.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>NASA New Horizons</category>
						<category>Pluto</category>
						<category>Podcasts</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:44:02 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Alan Stern to Answer Questions on Google+ Hangout!</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The NASA New Horizons Pluto spacecraft&#039;s principal investigator will appear live with the weekly Google+ Space Hangout panel to discuss the mission and other cool space news from the week.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>The Google+ Space Hangout Returns!</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Week 2 of the Google+ Space Hangout was a great success, discussing everything from dark matter to exoplanets. Watch it now!]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/the-google-space-hangout-returns-120113.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Dark Matter</category>
						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:20:59 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Google+ Space Hangout Returns!</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Week 2 of the Google+ Space Hangout was a great success, discussing everything from dark matter to exoplanets. Watch it now!]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>The Google+ Space Hangout Has Landed!</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Every Thursday (at 10 am PST), join us on Google+ for a live (and interactive) webcast stuffed full of spacey goodness.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/the-google-space-hangout-has-landed-120105.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Carnival of Space</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Google+ Space Hangout Has Landed!</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Every Thursday (at 10 am PST), join us on Google+ for a live (and interactive) webcast stuffed full of spacey goodness.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>The Interstellar Space Sex Fallacy</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sex in space might be a headline grabber, but should humans venture into the space between the stars, having sex will be the least of our concerns.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/the-allure-of-interstellar-space-sex-111005.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Astronauts</category>
						<category>Human</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Culture</category>
						<category>Space People</category>
						<category>Space Technology</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Interstellar Space Sex Fallacy</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Sex in space might be a headline grabber, but should humans venture into the space between the stars, having sex will be the least of our concerns.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>The 100-Year Plan for Space Travel</title>
			<description><![CDATA[There are many problems to solve before we can send a spaceship to another star system, so DARPA is spearheading an initiative to find new ideas that will bridge the interstellar gap.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/the-100-year-plan-for-space-travel-111003.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Human</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Military</category>
						<category>NASA</category>
						<category>Planet Earth</category>
						<category>Planets</category>
						<category>Relativity</category>
						<category>Robotics</category>
						<category>Rockets</category>
						<category>Satellites</category>
						<category>Science Fiction</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Technology</category>
						<category>Space Travel</category>
						<category>100YSS</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:11:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The 100-Year Plan for Space Travel</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[There are many problems to solve before we can send a spaceship to another star system, so DARPA is spearheading an initiative to find new ideas that will bridge the interstellar gap.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>To Make Mankind Great Again, Push to Mars</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, at the 14th International Mars Society Convention in Dallas, Texas, the message was clear: it is imperative that we send a manned mission to Mars.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/to-make-mankind-great-again-push-to-mars-110812.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Space Commercialization</category>
						<category>Space Culture</category>
						<category>Space Politics</category>
						<category>Space Technology</category>
						<category>Space Travel</category>
						<category>Technology</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">To Make Mankind Great Again, Push to Mars</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Last weekend, at the 14th International Mars Society Convention in Dallas, Texas, the message was clear: it is imperative that we send a manned mission to Mars.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Look Up! The Perseids Are Here: Video</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Right now you can get the best out of your Perseids experience by participating in #MeteorWatch -- an international social media effort to create, what I like to see it as, a worldwide virtual observatory.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/look-up-the-perseids-are-here-110812.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Meteors</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:28:31 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Look Up! The Perseids Are Here: Video</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Right now you can get the best out of your Perseids experience by participating in #MeteorWatch -- an international social media effort to create, what I like to see it as, a worldwide virtual observatory.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Is the Sun About to Fizz Out?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The sun is changing, but scientists aren&#039;t sure why.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/is-the-sun-about-to-fizz-out-110614.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Mystery</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Stars</category>
						<category>Stellar Phenomena</category>
						<category>Stellar Physics</category>
						<category>The Sun</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Is the Sun About to Fizz Out?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The sun is changing, but scientists aren&#039;t sure why.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Hawking: Surprise! There&#039;s No Heaven</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Death, according to Hawking, is even more of a drag than we thought.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/hawking-theres-no-heaven-110517.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Physics</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Cosmology</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Humor</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Hawking: Surprise! There&#039;s No Heaven</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Death, according to Hawking, is even more of a drag than we thought.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Milky Way Stuffed with 50 Billion Alien Worlds</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Using Kepler observations, an estimate of the number of exoplanets populating our galaxy has been made.]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>alien life</category>
						<category>Extrasolar Planets</category>
						<category>Kepler Mission</category>
						<category>Meetings</category>
						<category>Space</category>
			
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Milky Way Stuffed with 50 Billion Alien Worlds</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Using Kepler observations, an estimate of the number of exoplanets populating our galaxy has been made.]]></media:description>
			
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