February 2011

The Mars 500 facility

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The Mars500 expedition organized by the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow with the participation of ESA (European Space Agency) to simulate an expedition to Mars has virtually reached the red planet and it’s preparing for the landing.

Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin

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“The Deadly Assassin” is an adventure of the fourteenth season of the “Doctor Who” classic series aired in 1976 featuring the Fourth Doctor. It’s a four parts adventure written by Robert Holmes and directed by David Maloney

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The great basketball and water polo champion Cesare Rubini died last night because of complications from pneumonia. With the death of Cesare Rubini we lose one of the greatest men in Italian sports: if basketball in Italy could develop it’s also a credit to his passion and his skills.

Galaxy Blues by Allen Steele

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In the novel “Galaxy Blues” by Allen Steele published for the first time in 2007 Jules Truffaut is a former Union Astronautica officer who was kicked out for having helped his brother to cheat the academy final exams. Left with no prospect he decides to travel to the planet Coyote as a stowaway on a spaceship, but he’s discovered during the journey and ends in prison.