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"The Civilian Space eXploration Team (CSXT) is an all-civilian team comprised of about 30 amateur rocketeers from all walks of life -- from a retired Hollywood stunt man, to teachers, scientists, inventors, television engineers, ham radio enthusiasts, students, and -- yes -- even honest-to-goodness rocket scientists. Their common bonds: a love of rocketry and an unyielding desire to succeed even against the toughest odds and the greatest skeptics."Link This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Lift off!Grok Headline matches for Lift off!LIFTLIFT 04/26/2004 08:11 PM Lawrence Lessig is coming to talk in London in May .. LIFT site for details liftfest.org/2004/lawrencelessig_popup.html Look Ma, I Can Lift a Car!Look Ma, I Can Lift a Car! 06/07/2004 03:51 PM Here is a pretty cool thing in Sioux Falls. The local arts and sciences center had a big platform and lever built. They stuck a car on the platform and a rope on the other end of the lever, which is about 40 feet long. Kids visiting the center can pull on the rope and actually lift the car about a foot off the ground. There's a little display next to it that explains the physics behind levers and how this has improved life through the ages. I drive past this display to and from work (that's my maroon Accord parked in the background behind the leaf), and you should see the line at the rope when there's a field trip to the center — dozens of kids wait in line to do this, and the smiles on their faces when the car comes off the ground are pretty priceless.  I want to give some recognition to the two companies that donated this: Bell Incorporated, who built the structure, and Billion Automotive, who is rotating a brand new Scion onto the platform once a week or so. It's nice to see local companies step up to an educational project like this that kids get pretty excited about. Click here to comment on this entry Coburn needs a liftCoburn needs a lift 09/21/2004 06:47 PM Conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate Tom Coburn was described in the New York Times over the weekend as a man "fast becoming a popular icon of the right," whose "pointed pronouncements make for lively political discourse, not to mention a busy local press corps" and whose "primary victory was a bright spot for fiscal and religious conservatives." Coburn's candidacy is "lifting the right," the Times headline said. Is 3g finally set for lift-off?Is 3g finally set for lift-off? 10/30/2003 11:46 PM Mad.co.uk Oct 30 2003 8:18AM ET Lift and DuckLift and Duck 06/06/2005 12:08 AM
« Power lines on mustikkamaa. » Aside from the cantankerous lift at work and the black eye that has gone from red to purple to yellow, I have also sported a huge knob on my head from bumping my head countless times Sunday on the pygmy height range hood in the kitchen which proceeded to be topped by a giant zit. I must also be providing great comedy for the building security guys as I can't get the bunker door to the machine room open, even when gripping with my hands and putting both feet on the wall. People in the park enjoying the weather get free comic theatre when Otava, after a week of not getting to play while his leg heals, tries desperately to play with a familiar puppy and pulls me along like a rag doll. I feel like I could be part of the circus freakshow or maybe a stop on the Helsinki by bus tour. All I need now is some bright spandex and a catchy name. Black sausage will never be the same again as there is Musta Makia Salmiakkimakkara. I like salmiakki and sausage, but together? I'm willing to try anything once but I'll have to find a package of them first. There's a new Helsinki outdoor map that now has markings for dog parks [yay!], rug washing areas, skate ramps, swimming pools, miniature golf, cooking/grilling facilities, etc. along with the bike paths. Of course, all the usual places I stopped to get a copy of it were completely out of stock because it was mentioned in the paper on Sunday and demand has exceeded initial production. There is an online version of the map, but it still has the 2002 version instead of the new one. So, hopefully I'll be able to get a copy before winter. Hrmph. And I'm obsessing over the princess cake this week since the pastry cream pissed me off and I've been finding more information about it around the net. I've noticed many of the local bakeries use the 3rd layer of cake as the top over the dome of cream which makes the cake more stable and easier to cut as well as reduces the amount of filling and marzipan required. So I'm going to try making another this weekend for Jarkko's birthday with the cake dome, a lighter maitorahkaa and cream filling, low sugar/just fruit raspberry jam and overall less sugar and see what happens. I'm going to get foam corners for the range hood this time. :) Lift & separate.Lift & separate. 09/08/2004 06:53 AM Lift & separate. (iTMS link) Then divide and conquer. Don't be a girly man or the terrorists win. Gottschalks Gets a LiftGottschalks Gets a Lift 09/16/2004 03:28 PM The California department store operator might look interesting to acquirers. Sun wants to lift its Java profileSun wants to lift its Java profile 04/13/2004 06:05 AM ZDNet UK Apr 13 2004 9:55AM GMT Airbus offers MS a liftAirbus offers MS a lift 09/16/2004 03:54 AM Unexpected antitrust ally Cameras Lift CanonCameras Lift Canon 04/28/2004 01:10 PM Big sales to shutterbugs lift the imaging conglomerate. Ariane set for big satellite liftAriane set for big satellite lift 07/12/2004 07:21 AM Europe's Ariane 5 rocket is set to launch the world's largest commercial telecoms satellite early on Tuesday. Subscriptions lift Red Hat revenueSubscriptions lift Red Hat revenue 03/31/2005 11:25 PM CNET Asia Apr 1 2005 3:37AM GMT Kilroy achieves lift offKilroy achieves lift off 04/14/2005 01:00 PM Watching Robert Kilroy-Silk launch his Veritas party's election manifesto. Microsoft gives MSN TV a face-liftMicrosoft gives MSN TV a face-lift 07/27/2004 07:31 PM Set-top box descendant of WebTV will be pitched at tech-savvy home networkers rather than tech neophytes. Thieves lift PCs from security showThieves lift PCs from security show 06/17/2004 08:33 AM Asia Securitex 2004 - safe as houses Acropolis gets lift for Olympics
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Congratulations to the
Civilian Space eXploratiion Team, whose amateur rocket was the first
of its kind to make it into space! The seven meter tall rocket,
GoFast, reached an altitude of 100 kilometers yesterday, the "official
edge of space," according to New Scientist magazine. GoFast
transmitted its position and altitude data from high above the Nevada
desert back to Earth via ham radio.
