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The volcanic explosion that obliterated much of the island that might have inspired the legend of Atlantis apparently triggered a tsunami that traveled hundreds of miles to reach as far as present-day Israel, scientists now suggest. The new findings about this past tsunami could shed light on the destructive potential of future disasters, researchers added. The islands that make up the small circular archipelago of Santorini, roughly 120 miles (200 km) southeast of Greece, are what remain of what once was a single island, before one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human antiquity shattered it in the Bronze Age...

UNDERWORLD - Graham Hancock Posted by Greg at 12:09, 30 Apr 2004 Let's get this straight, right from the outset - UNDERWORLD is not FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS. I say this, because I know that fans of Graham Hancock's work like to compare his latest efforts with the monolithic benchmark that is FOTG. And this simply isn't a valid comparison - FOTG smashed its way into our consciousness in the main because it introduced us to (or re-introduced to some) the amazing mysteries that were present in what we thought was a mundane old world. A decade or so on,...

FTL writes "While in orbit a metal knob floated between a window and the dashboard of Atlantis. Once back on Earth, the shuttle contracted, wedging the knob firmly in place and damaging the window. Initial attempts to free the knob have failed and engineers may need six months to disassemble that section of the orbiter. Given that the shuttle program will probably end next year anyway, such a delay might mean scrapping Atlantis early rather than repairing it. Efforts to remove the knob using less invasive techniques continue."

Meetings have been taking place on Wednesday into evaluating damage to the pressure pane on Atlantis’ number 5 window, after a work light knob was observed to be embedded between the pane and the dashboard panel. The damage can only be fully assessed once the knob is removed, with the threat of a six month schedule impact to STS-129 noted, should the damage prove to be unacceptable for flight. STS-129/Atlantis Processing Latest: Recently returned to the home comforts of her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF 1) after the successful STS-125 mission, Atlantis is being processed for the November 12 NET (No...

Franco 'collaborated with Nazis' to prove Canary Islands were home to Aryan race By Fiona Govan in Madrid Last Updated: 7:12pm BST 11/04/2008 Spanish archaeologists collaborated with the Nazis in their attempts to prove the theory of Aryan supremacy and justify their claims of racial superiority over the Jews, according to a new book. Spain wanted to promote the idea that the Aryan race could be traced to the Canary Islands, amid claims they were all that remained of the lost continent of Atlantis. Archaeologists appointed by Franco were asked to look into claims the Canary Islands were the remains...

Lets try it again.. I still stand that Humans can do a superior job than robots when it comes to space exploration.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew has completed its equipment replacements and repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope. Tomorrow they will release the Hubble back into open space.

Greg and I have just returned from our most recent expedition to Bimini in the Bahamas where we were filmed by the History Channel for a show about the search for Atlantis (tentatively scheduled to air in August 2009). They had filmed some footage for the Atlantis show during a trip with us back in January of 2009 while also filming with us for an upcoming Bermuda Triangle show.

Space Shuttle Damaged After Lift-Off Updated 2:47 PM EDT, Tue, 12, 20 May09 The space shuttle Atlantis suffered damage to the exterior two minutes after take-off. Astronauts discovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks over four or give of thermal times on the right side of Atlantis.

The Atlantis astronauts have uncovered a long stretch of nicks on their space shuttle, the result of launch debris. They were inspecting their ship Tuesday for signs of launch damage when they came across the nicks. Mission Control informed the crew that it's a 21-inch stretch of nicks over four to five thermal tiles on the right side of Atlantis. The damage is where the right wing joins the fuselage. Mission Control says it could be related to debris that came off the fuel tank almost two minutes after liftoff. NASA says the damage does not appear to be serious,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After months of delay, NASA cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a Monday launch to the Hubble Space Telescope. Mission managers concluded Saturday that Atlantis is ready to take off on the long-awaited Hubble repair mission, the fifth and final one. Shuttle Endeavour is also in good shape at the other launch pad; it's on standby in case Atlantis is damaged during the flight and its seven astronauts need to be rescued. Weather forecasters gave good odds for launching Atlantis: 80 percent. What's more, things were looking more encouraging at the emergency landing site in Spain, where...

Tracking device reveals for the first time how eels migrate 4,500 miles from European waters to the mid-Atlantic Every November, when the Moon is at its darkest, there’s a stirring on riverbeds, lake bottoms and marshlands around Europe. Countless silver serpents respond to an ancient urge and turn towards faster-moving water, beginning a perilous, 4,500-mile journey down deep ocean trenches and across undersea mountain ranges. Anguilla anguilla elvers resting Until now nothing has been known about their incredible journey, only that the smallest larvae of the European eel are found in the mid-Atlantic Sargasso Sea. How the spawning adults get...

Marine archaeologists have just discovered evidence of a large submerged landmass southeast of Sri Lanka. They believe it could be a legendary lost island closely linked to the culture and history of Sri Lankan people. The landmass is estimated to be between 450,000 and 475,000 square kilometres, which is about seven times the total land area of Sri Lanka. "This could well be the long lost island of Irisiyawa, which is euphemistically mentioned in our chronicles and hinted at in the writings of Greek historians," said Dr Godwin Samarawickrama, a maritime historian at the Indian Ocean Institute based in Melacca,...

Legendary commander tells story of shuttle's close call BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSIONPosted: March 27, 2009 The exhaustive attention NASA now devotes to making sure shuttle heat shields are damage-free and safe for re-entry is a direct result of the 2003 Columbia disaster. But a blacked-out military flight 21 years ago still stands out as a warning to astronauts, engineers and managers, a frightening "close call" that had the potential to bring the shuttle program to an early end. It was that close. Extensive tile damage is visible on the...

The bizarre markings spotted using Google Earth’s new underwater search tool last week unleashed a tsunami of theories and speculation across the Web about the origins of the grid-like pattern. The most popular theory was that the markings were signs of the lost city of Atlantis. But Bits readers also wondered if the maze of lines could be anything from the mystical island featured on the television show “Lost” to an underwater lair inhabited by former Vice President Dick Cheney. According to Google, it’s time to shelve those tinfoil hats. In an interview, Steve Miller, product manager for Ocean in...

THIS is the amazing image which could show the fabled sunken city of Atlantis. It shows a perfect rectangle the size of Wales lying on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean nearly 3½ miles down. A host of criss-crossing lines, looking like a map of a vast metropolis, are enclosed by the boundary. They seem too vast and organised to be caused naturally. And last night the possibility of an extraordinary discovery had oceanographers and geophysicists captivated.

Hope you all had a good Christmas!!! This weeks Sci-Fi thread: (Final Post of 2008!) Fri: 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi 10/9 - Sancutary - SciFi Also on New Years Eve, the Twilight Zone Marathon on the Sci Fi Channel.

This weeks Sci-Fi thread: Mon: 8/7 -- Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox 9/8 -- Heroes -- NBC

This weeks Sci-Fi thread: Mon: 8/7 -- Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox 9/8 -- Heroes -- NBC Tues: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Fri: 9/8 - Stargate: Atlantis 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SciFi

This weeks Sci-Fi Thread 11/02/08: Mon: 8/7 -- Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox 9/8 -- Heros -- NBC Tues: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox Wed: 8/7 -- Knight Ridger -- NBC Thurs: 10/9 -- Life on Mars -- ABC Fri: 9/8 -- Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SciFi

This weeks Sci-Fi Thread 10/26/08: Mon: 9/8 -- Heros -- NBC Wed: 8/7 -- Knight Ridger -- NBC Thurs: 10/9 -- Life on Mars -- ABC

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (09/14/08): Mon: 8/7 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox Tues: 8/7 - Fringe -- Fox 8/9 - Eureka -- SciFi Fri: 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (09/07/08): Mon: 8/7 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox Tues: 8/7 - Fringe -- Fox 8/9 - Eureka -- SciFi Fri: 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (08/31/08): Fri: 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (08/11/08): Mon: Gemini Division: Web Based - Click Here to watch it.. Tues: 9/8 - Eureka - SciFi Fri: 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (07/27/08) Tues: 9/8 - Eureka - SciFi Fri: 8:30/7:30 - Dr Who - SciFi 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (07/20/08) Fri: 9/8 - Dr Who - SciFi 10/9 - Stargate Alantis - SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (07/13/08) Fri: 9/8 - Dr Who - SciFi 10/9 - Stargate Alantis - SciFi

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (07/06/08) Fri: 9/8 - Dr Who - SciFi 10/9 - Stargate Alantis - SciFi

This weeks Sci-Fi Thread: Tues: 10/9 - Jericho - CBS Thurs: 9/8 - Lost - ABC Sat: 9/8 - Torchwood -- BBC America

This weeks Sci-Fi Thread: Mon: 8/7 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox (Season Finale) Tues: 10/9 - Jericho - CBS Thurs: 9/8 - Lost - ABC Fri: 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi Channel (Season Finale) Sat: 9/8 - Torchwood -- BBC America

Well it was a good mission which means nothing went wrong knowing how the media tends to make a mountain out of a molehill when it comes to NASA.

First Landing Opportunity: Wed., Feb. 20, 9:07 a.m EST Kennedy Space Center The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis spent Tuesday getting ready for their return home and the end of the STS-122 mission. The STS-122 astronauts set up the recumbent seat for Mission Specialist Daniel Tani, who joined the crew of Atlantis on the International Space Station. The recumbent seat is a special seat designed to reduce the stress of gravity on those who have spent long periods of time in the weightless environment of space. Tani served as Expedition 16 flight engineer for almost four months. He was...

I saw not only Atlantis and the International Space Station flyover my neighborhood tonight, but I also saw the spy satellite scheduled for missile destruction on Thursday/ Michelle Obama, eat your heart out. This is one proud American.

Mon: 9/8 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox Tues: 10/9 - Jericho - CBS Thurs: 9/8 - Lost - ABC Fri: 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi Channel Sat: 9/8 - Torchwood -- BBC America

This is the official thread of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Hydrocarbons -- molecules critical to life -- are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Being able to produce building blocks of life makes Lost City-like vents even stronger contenders as places where life might have originated on Earth, according to Giora Proskurowski and Deborah Kelley, two authors of a paper in the Feb. 1 Science. Researchers have ruled out carbon from the biosphere as a component of the hydrocarbons in Lost City vent fluids. Hydrocarbons, molecules with various combinations of hydrogen and carbon...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The space shuttle Atlantis is tentatively set to launch February 7 on a mission to the International Space Station carrying the European lab Columbus, NASA said. "The team did a great job to isolate where (the cutting engine sensor) failure were (so that) the failure would not occur again," Bill Gerstenmayer, deputy administrator for space programs told reporters Wednesday. Gerstenmayer said that as "we head for the 7th of February for launch and we continue to follow the radiator retract hose over the next couple of days; there is a lot of work out to be done...

Underwater city could be revealed Sonar, underwater camera and scanning equipment will be used Britain's own underwater "Atlantis" could be revealed for the first time with hi-tech underwater cameras. Marine archaeologist Stuart Bacon and Professor David Sear, of the University of Southampton, will explore the lost city of Dunwich, off the Suffolk coast. Dunwich gradually disappeared into the sea because of coastal erosion. "It's about the application of new technology to investigate Britain's Atlantis, then to give this information to the public," Professor Sear said. Mr Bacon, director of the Suffolk Underwater Studies, first located the debris of the lost...

This weeks sci-fi thread: Sun: 8/7 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Tonight Only) -- Fox Mon: 9/8 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Normal Time) -- Fox Fri: 8/7 - Flash Gordon - SciFi Channel 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis - SciFi Channel

New National Geographic/Zelitsky Expedition to Cuba "Underwater City" Site Planned-- Page 27 By Hernán Casares Camera Thanks to: Donald Raab The Russian-Canadian oceanographer Paulina Zelitsky reveals that likely, next autumn, between October and November, she will lead a new expedition, from the Port of Progress, to finish the work that could not be concluded last year at the suspected site of a lost underwater city near Cuba; to map the area and to make a hi-resolution film of the location. National Geographic will finance most of the trip. For several months the team has been readying a specially equipped ship...

MMT decide to try for a Sunday launch attempt for STS-122 The Mission Management Team (MMT) have concluded their meeting on flight rationale for proceeding with the launch of Shuttle Atlantis on STS-122, deciding to make a launch attempt on Sunday at 3:21pm Eastern, in a one minute launch window. The main reason for waiting an extra day would be to finalize Flight Controller procedures for watching the tank closely during ascent, in the event of ECO (Engine Cut Off) sensors were deemed unreliable. The launch could be delayed longer if those procedures are not finalized.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with fuel gauges in the shuttle's external tank.

This the official Space Shuttle Launch live thread.. Note, there is a former professional football player...

NASA managers today cleared the shuttle Atlantis and its crew for blastoff Dec. 6 on a long-awaited flight to attach the European Space Agency's Columbus research lab to the international space station. With commander Steve Frick and pilot Alan Poindexter at the controls, Atlantis is scheduled to lift off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 4:31:44 p.m. next Thursday, roughly the moment when Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the space station's orbit. "We have had three outstanding flights of the space shuttle so far this year and we're looking forward to a...

Mon: 9/8 Heroes --> NBC 10/9 Journeyman --> NBC Tue: 9/8 Reeper --> CW Wed: 9/8 - Bionic Woman --> NBC Fri: 9/8 Moonlight --> CBS 9/8 Flash Gordon --> SciFi Channel 10/9 Stargate Atlantis --> SciFi Channel Sat: 9/8 Torchwood --> BBC America

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA moved space shuttle Atlantis to its seaside launch pad on Saturday ahead of a planned early December mission to get Europe's first permanent space laboratory into orbit. Riding on top of a 3,000-ton Apollo-era crawler transporter, Atlantis left the Kennedy Space Center's massive assembly building before dawn. The 3.8-mile trek took about five hours. For a change, NASA has time to spare in its campaign to prepare the shuttle for the three-day launch countdown beginning on December 3. Whether the International Space Station will be ready for Atlantis' arrival is another question. Station commander...

Mon: 9/8 Heroes --> NBC 10/9 Journeyman --> NBC Tue: 9/8 Reeper --> CW Wed: 9/8 - Bionic Woman --> NBC Fri: 9/8 Moonlight --> CBS 9/8 Flash Gordon --> SciFi Channel 10/9 Stargate Atlantis --> SciFi Channel Sat: 9/8 Torchwood --> BBC America

Mon: 9/8 Heroes --> NBC 10/9 Journeyman --> NBC Tue: 9/8 Reeper --> CW Wed: 9/8 - Bionic Woman --> NBC Fri: 9/8 Moonlight --> CBS 9/8 Flash Gordon --> SciFi Channel 10/9 Stargate Atlantis --> SciFi Channel Sat: 9/8 Torchwood --> BBC America

Mon: 9/8 Heroes --> NBC 10/9 Journeyman --> NBC Tue: 9/8 Reeper --> CW Wed: 9/8 - Bionic Woman --> NBC Fri: 9/8 Moonlight --> CBS 9/8 Flash Gordon --> SciFi Channel 10/9 Stargate Atlantis --> SciFi Channel Sat: 9/8 Torchwood --> BBC America