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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Geek Trivia: Why does the last space shuttle mission have the smallest flight crew in 28 years? ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[A happy reader]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm very happy that Geek Trivia is back.  It feels like old times.  This is my favorite part of Tech Republic, hands down.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kpbarry@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:07:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Return of Geek Trivia]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yay!, us!  Welcome back and keep 'em coming!!!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[WilliaMITCHELL]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:54:24 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[used im the 80's 90's and 21st century, designed in the 70's]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They desided to go for the shuttle after Apollo ended before it's time, they even had dreams of Apollo 25, but really only went to Apollo 20 on paper. From 72 to 76 the shuttle was still mostly a paper dream. In 1976 they started on the first frame building of what later became STS Shuttle 100 Enterprise. It did fly but never in space, only test landings. Columbia (STS vessel #101was the first space validated and traveled shuttle. Rumor is Enterprise was allowed to have micro cracks in the structural frame as where Columbia was to have no flaws in any of it's aluminum frame. And it lived from 1977 to 2005. To bad the damage crew did not have a full understanding of what foam piece could do at 17,5000 MPH on impact with the black heat tiles on the leading edge of the shuttle wing.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DHOLYER@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:59:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Uh, which article?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I saw no link.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Garmon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:24:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why just 4 crew members on the last Shuttle flight?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With no back up launch vehicle to act as a lifeboat should it be necessary to abandon the Shuttle, the only option for safe haven would be the ISS. until the Soviets could launch an unmanned lifeboat to rescue the crew.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[nkfro]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:16:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Overly precise precision]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Until the conversation is best served by precise wording, imprecision will serve most purposes. When was the last time you took a healthy bite out of a slice of seedless watermelon and moments later spit out a seed? We consume bottled water emblazoned with catch phrases such as 'Zero calories'  and 'No cholesterol' (ya think?!). ' No sodium' is prominently placed on the front label of many foods yet when one reads the list of contents, sodium chloride is still listed before the other ingredients that comprise less than 2% of the finished products compopsition.      Until we are ready to accept a higher degree of precision regarding those materials we ingest, then we ought to be able to deal with inaccuracies such as 'zero G'. Precision has its place - usually about 9 zeros to the right of the decimal point!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[surly bonds]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually, what is so surly about gravitational pull?  Without it we would be floating in space with no air to breath ( Kinda cold too ).  Of course never mind all the other physics ramification of having no gravity ( no stars no nothing really, actually no big bang either )  So I say give gravity it's due respects.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dknopp]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:58:48 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Quibble the quibble]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Earth's gravitational field extends to infinity&quot;.  It would be improper to state this as a fact.  It can only be stated as a theory since gravity is still not thoroughly understood.  It's affect can be felt and measured but no one has been able to define exactly what it is and therefore no one knows the extent of its affect or field.  Now that's a fact.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sdcphoneguy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:06:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Correction to article]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Plase see the article below.  The jist of the answer you give is correct but the execution is a little off.  The crew will be rescued 1 at a time over 4 regularly scheduled Soyuz missions that will launch with 2 people and bring back 3, not 2 missions launching with 1 and bringing back 3.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dpcmoyer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:23:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My reason to resubscribe as well]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I was having second thoughts about resubscribing, what with the new formats of the TR forums and webpages and recent IT outsourcing in our area, so hearing Jay's return is a big boost in my morale.  Welcome back, Jay!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[victor.gutzler@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:46:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[EGA]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because the tickets were too expensive. No, no, just kidding, the weight of the cargo!!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[egaraicoa]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:24:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Welcome Back Jay!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's good to have you back!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[michael@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:13:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's not the administration]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's Congress' owners, the big money bankers and speculators.  If it won't turn a profit in the current quarter, they aren't interested.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:06:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Excellente.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Glad to see you back.  Sorely missed you.  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:55:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[TGIF again.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jay, all the best and welcome back from your readers in Algonquin Park.Cheers]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[panelshop]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:59:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[486???]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I may be wrong but I thought the shuttle flew with and still uses some 386 proccessors to this day??]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[panelshop]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:58:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Geek Trivia returns on Friday]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-346197-3469779]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[and I don't even get to TR until Saturday.  Oh, calamity and woe!  Welcome back, Jay.  Looking forward to much more Geek Trivia.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:43:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My first thought]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[was weight conservation.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:41:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[orrectC, but what was the first shuttle's name?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The first Space shuttle, named the Enterprise was launched off a modified 747 over the Salt Flats in Utah  in 1979. And how many computer processors does the Space Shuttle use, and what processor does it use.If I recall correctly it is 7 CPU's of the radiation hardened 486 32bit Intel kind.How many multi core CPU systems will the next space craft use?I think the Orion (aka the MPSV) still uses radiation hardened and faster clocked 486 CPU's, I'll have to as my brother who helped design the craft at Lockheed Martian in Denver. I do know the CPU's are still 32bit machines.So how long until the use a optical not electrical processing Quantum Computer. My guess is not until the start of the 22nd century.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DHOLYER@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:30:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sad day for America]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We are no longer the leader in any area of advancement.  We are retiring our 80s Shuttles and relying on 60's russian transport to get us to the ISS (and paying through the nose).  What else will the current administration give away?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[colecrew]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:32:39 -0700</pubDate>
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