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A researcher investigating underwater rock formations off the coast of Japan believes they are the remnants of an Asian equivalent of Atlantis — an ancient civilisation swallowed up by the ocean. Marine geologist Masaaki Kimura says he has identified the ruins of a city off the coast of Yonaguni Island on the southwestern tip of Japan. He has worked for decades to prove the rocks found by scuba diving tourists in 1985 are from an ancient city, which he says may have sparked the fable of Mu — a Pacific equivalent of the tale of the lost city of Atlantis....

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Greece is the word for volcanoesA local professor is studying the ancient eruption of Thera By Helen Altonn haltonn@starbulletin.com Floyd McCoy, Windward Community College professor of geology and oceanography, hopes during a year and a half in Greece to resolve the "hugely controversial" question of when the Thera volcano erupted. He will investigate the Mediterranean's largest volcanic eruption in history as a Fulbright scholar. McCoy has spent the past 20 years studying geological evidence of the Late Bronze Age eruption of Thera volcano that led to the end of the Minoan culture on the island of Santorini. Geophysicists say the...

EDWARDS AFB - Technical issues delayed Saturday's scheduled departure of Space Shuttle Atlantis from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Shuttle officials said technicians ran into difficulty while mounting the shuttle atop the modified 747 that will ferry it to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis had been "soft-mated" on three supports atop the jet Friday night, but problems with alignment slowed the final lock-down of the connections. "Engineers and technicians are meeting to discuss their options for completing the mounting of the shuttle to the 747," a statement from NASA Dryden said. The joined vehicles could depart as early as...

Let try it again.. The first landing attempt will be at the cape at 2:18 pm est at the Cape. Details of the launch can be found at Spaceflightnow.com.

Well it was a good mission despite the minor setback... The Shuttle will be landing at the Cape at 1:54 pm edt. Details about the landing can be viewed here at Spaceflightnow

This week in Sci-Fi: Sun: 9/8 The 4400 --> USA Network Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi Series Finale!!!!! 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi Season Finale!!!!! 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi I guess it is the season finale...

(CBS) PALATINE- When a new mom in Palatine went to check her baby monitor recently, she saw a picture that was literally out of this world. CBS 2's Alita Guillen reports that instead of hearing the coos of her baby boy, it was more like “Hello mission control.” Natalie Meilinger regularly keeps a close eye on 3-and-a-half-month-old jack. A baby video monitor sits just a few feet from his crib, capturing images of him sleeping. That is, until this week, when those images went from Jack’s room to outer space. “I'm going why am I picking up NASA or the...

Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi

Atlantis Astronauts Inspect Shuttle Heat ShieldTariq Malik Staff Writer SPACE.com 37 minutes ago A torn insulation blanket (upper right) on the port side of the Shuttle Atlantis is shown in this video grab from the orbiter's end effector camera during a survey of the spacecraft's thermal protection system June 8, 2007. (NASA TV/Reuters) Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis scanned their spacecraft's heat shield for any signs of damage Saturday as they continue on course towards the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis launched into orbit late Friday on a planned 11-day construction mission to the orbital laboratory. Commanded by veteran shuttle...

MELBOURNE, Fla. — A union representing 570 space shuttle program workers at the Kennedy Space Center voted to strike Saturday, less than a week before the planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis. The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, which represents the United Space Alliance employees, rejected the company's contract offer Saturday morning, Florida Today reported. United Space Alliance spokeswoman Tracy Yates said the union could strike as early as June 10, two days after NASA officials plan to launch Atlantis. "The bottom line is, a strike would not affect the next launch or the next one after that,"...

Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi

Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi

This weeks Sci-Fi thread: Mon: 8/7 Heros -- NBC Wed: 8/7 Jericho -- CBS Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi

This weeks Sci-Fi thread: Mon: 8/7 Heros -- NBC Wed: 8/7 Jericho -- CBS Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi

This weeks Sci-Fi thread: Mon: 8/7 Heros -- NBC Wed: 8/7 Jericho -- CBS Fri: 8/7 Stargate Sg1 -- SciFi 9/8 Stargate Atlantis -- SciFi 10/9 Painkiller Jane -- SciFi

Last Updated: Friday, 20 April 2007, 08:05 GMT 09:05 UK The wave that destroyed Atlantis By Harvey Lilley BBC Timewatch The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami. Video reconstruction of the tsunami Until about 3,500 years ago, a spectacular ancient civilisation was flourishing in the Eastern Mediterranean. The ancient Minoans were building palaces, paved streets and sewers, while most Europeans were still living in primitive huts. But around 1500BC the people who...

This weeks Sci-Fi Listing: Sun: 9/8 - Dresden Files --> Sci-Fi Channel Wed: 8/7 - Jericho --> CBS Fri: 8/7 - Stargate SG1 --> Sci-Fi Channel 9/8 - Stargate Atlantis --> Sci-Fi Channel 10/8 - Painkiller Jane --> Sci-Fi Channel

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has pushed back the launch of space shuttle Atlantis until at least early June so that technicians can finish repairing its hail-damaged fuel tank, officials said Tuesday. The new launch date was set for no earlier than June 8 — a nearly three-month delay for the first shuttle mission of the year. NASA had been trying to decide whether to finish repairing the tank and use it for Atlantis' mission or swap it out with another tank. But NASA managers said they were pleased with the progress of repairs that already have been made. "We...

This weeks Sci-Fi Listing: Sun: 9/8 Dresden Files (Season Finale) --> Sci-Fi Channel Wed: 8/7 Jericho --> CBS Fri: 7/6 SPECIAL: BEHIND THE MYTHOLOGY OF STARGATE --> Sci-Fi Channel 8/7 Stargate Sg1 --> Sci-Fi Channel 9/8 Stargate Atlantis --> Sci-Fi Channel 10/9 Painkiller Jane --> Sci-Fi Channel

Earth's Crust Missing In Mid-Atlantic"Scientists have discovered a large area thousands of square kilometers in extent in the middle of the Atlantic where the Earth’s crust appears to be missing. Instead, the mantle - the deep interior of the Earth, normally covered by crust many kilometers thick - is exposed on the seafloor, 3000m below the surface." Click to Read More About Missing Crust Could the event that caused this huge section of crust to go missing have been responsible for the change in thermohaline circulation that occurred at the end of the period known as the "Younger Dryas" in...

A sudden, explosive thunderstorm Monday battered the shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank with wind-driven, golf ball-sized hail, causing extensive damage to the tank's protective foam insulation. NASA managers said today engineers will have to move the shuttle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs, delaying launch on a space station assembly mission from March 15 to late April. With wind gusts as high as 62 mph at launch complex 39A Monday, early estimates indicated some 7,000 visible hail dings or blemishes in the orange insulation, mostly around the top of the external tank. John Chapman, external tank program manager...

These photos were sent to me via email. They originated from a friend of a friend who works at Fox News.Here's something that you don't see every day... The launch, as seen from the International Space Station. The International Space Station happened to be passing by The Cape when STS-115 was being launched in September. They are so spectacular I thought I'd create a thread to share them here. Enjoy.

Stargate executive producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper are officially on the record regarding the third live-action television series, now in the early concept phase. The two talked about the new series in interviews at MGM's official Stargate Web site. "That's definitely in the works," Cooper told the site. "It's something the studio is very actively pursuing. We have a concept that we've come up with. ... We've talked at length with the studio about what the concept is for it." The idea currently on the plate could be turned into a feature film, Cooper noted. "We came up...

Amanda Tapping will appear in 14 episodes of Stargate Atlantis when she joins the cast in Season Four, executive producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper said in new interviews at StargateSG1.com, MGM's official site. Tapping has played the role of Samantha Carter on Stargate SG-1 for the past 10 years. "Amanda Tapping is coming to join the Atlantis team," Wright said. "She'll be coming in her own spaceship and joining the crew in Atlantis. And we're delighted by that."

Prepare to step through the gate all over again! A third television series in the hit Stargate franchise is now in development, GateWorld has learned. A production source informs GateWorld that the new series is in the concept phase, and is being actively worked on by the Vancouver creatives behind Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. No concept for the show has yet been revealed. The third TV series is also not likely to be rushed into production for a 2007 premiere in order to replace SG-1, which takes its final bow with 10 new episodes this spring. Instead, a premiere...

One of Stargate Atlantis's own will not be with the show in Season Four, according to reports. Paul McGillion will no longer be a regular cast member, with his character Dr. Carson Beckett departing in the second half of Season Three. Fans have speculated about the move for months based on subtle hints from various cast and crew, even establishing a campaign at SaveCarsonBeckett.com before the news was confirmed, to try and change the producers minds. The news was confirmed by executive producer N. John Smith at last week's Collectormania event in England.

WASHINGTON - NASA workers inspecting space shuttle Atlantis this week discovered that a tiny piece of space debris had punched a harmless hole in a radiator panel during the shuttle's flight last month. Atlantis' six astronauts were never in danger, NASA spokesman Kyle Herring said Friday. The damage was not to any part of Atlantis' important heat shield, which protects the shuttle from superheated gases during re-entry to Earth's atmosphere. The shuttle's huge radiator system, attached to the payload bay doors, is crucial to cooling the spacecraft while it's orbiting Earth. When the shuttle opens its cargo bay doors once...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A piece of space debris punched a small hole in one of space shuttle Atlantis' radiator panels during its recent 12-day spaceflight, NASA said on Thursday. Damage from debris has been NASA's top safety issue since the destruction of shuttle Columbia in February 2003, when insulating foam came off the ship's fuel tank during launch and punched a hole in the shuttle's protective heat shield. The radiator damage, which measures slightly more than one-tenth of an inch in diameter, was found during routine post-landing inspections at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA spokeswoman Jessica...

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing for 09/22/06: 9/8 - Stargate Sg1 The Quest Part 1: SG-1 races against Baal in the hunt to find the Sangraal, Merlin's anti-Ori weapon, and comes up against a series of ancient trials. Last new episode of SG1 until Jan.... Mid Season Rating C+ Last weeks episode was good. Damn you Cam Mitchell!!!!!!! 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis The Return Part 1: The Atlantis team must rescue General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey when they are taken captive by the Asurans. Last new episode of SGA until Jan... Mid Season Rating of B Last weeks episode was good..

THE US space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 8.21pm AEST today after the first construction mission to the International Space Station since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Atlantis and its crew of six touched down before dawn following a 12-day mission that saw astronauts complete three spacewalks and install a new solar power module on the half-built, $US100-billion orbiting outpost. Astronauts fired the spaceship's braking rockets while the shuttle flew upside down and backward over the Indian Ocean and Atlantis made its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere as temperatures outside the shuttle reached nearly...

Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay doors have been closed and locked in preparation for today's fiery descent into Earth's atmosphere and landing at Kennedy Space Center. Touchdown is scheduled for 6:21 a.m. EDT.

HOUSTON — Shuttle astronauts spotted three pieces of debris floating in space outside Atlantis early Wednesday, a day after the discovery of two other mysterious objects forced a postponement of the landing. Atlantis commander Brent Jett described the objects as two rings and a piece of foil. He told Mission Control the first object, about 100 feet from the shuttle, was "a reflective cloth or a mechanic looking-cloth. ... It's not a solid metal structure." "It doesn't look like anything I've seen outside the shuttle," Jett said. ... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214645,00.html

HOUSTON - In a routine familiar to travelers on Earth, shuttle astronauts spent Tuesday packing, indulging in their surroundings and making sure their vehicle is ready for the ride home. In preparation for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center after 11 days in space, the Atlantis crew checked flight controls — similar to those on an airplane — and test fired small jets that are used to guide the shuttle. The commander and pilot used simulations to practice their landing skills.

Cape Canaveral -- The crew of the international space station welcomed Atlantis' six astronauts on board Monday after the space shuttle arrived carrying the first new addition for the orbiting laboratory in more than 3 1/2 years. The hatch between two orbiting spacecraft was opened more than 1 1/2-hours after Atlantis commander Brent Jett eased the space shuttle into the station's docking port at 6:48 a.m. EDT. The shuttle's nearly two-day trip from Earth ended as the two vehicles were passing about 220 miles above the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Atlantis pilot Chris Ferguson, on his first trip...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA makes its fifth attempt to get Atlantis off the launch pad at 11:15 a.m. EDT on Saturday. If the mission is scrubbed again, the space agency must abandon for a few weeks its efforts to send the shuttle off on a construction mission at the international space station.

Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing: Sci-Fi Channel: 9/8 - Stargate Sg1 Memento Mori: Striken with amnesia and on the run, Vala takes a job as a waitress as she tries to piece together who she is and what happened to her. 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis McKay and Mrs Miller:Rodney McKay is reunited with his estranged sister back on Earth, who has given up a brilliant career as a scientist to raise a family. On TvLand, Star Trek starting at 8/7 to celebrate the 40th anniversary...

Lets burn this candle!!!!

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday after clearing a technical problem with a power generator that forced a two-day delay, officials said on Thursday.The U.S. space agency had planned to launch Atlantis on Wednesday on the first construction mission to the International Space Station since the 2003 Columbia disaster, but a problem in a motor inside one of the shuttle's onboard fuel cells prompted managers to delay the launch.The flight was previously postponed by a lightning strike and a storm."The team came to the conclusion today that the cloud we...

Looks like a wonderful day for a launch.....

Launch director Mike Leinbach, buoyed by a more favorable forecast for tropical storm Ernesto, ordered engineers to stop the shuttle Atlantis' trip back to the Vehicle Assembly Building today and instead to return to the ship to the launch pad. The National Hurricane Center now expects Ernesto to bring sustained winds of 45 knots to the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, with gusts to 60 knots. That's within NASA's safety limits and the protection provided by wind screens and the massive rotating service structure that surrounds the shuttle on the pad. Atlantis' rollback began at 10:04 a.m. after a long debate...

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2006 1430 GMT (10:30 a.m. EDT) The shuttle Atlantis' countdown continues to tick smoothly toward launch on a space station assembly mission. Liftoff is targeted for 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The latest forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of favorable weather, improving to 80 percent "go" Monday and Teusday. The concern Sunday is for possible afternoon thunderstorms within the launch area. =================================================

Tongight's Sci-Fi Listing: 8/7 - Stargate Sg1 200:Basically replaying last week's episode of 200, which of I think it was the funniest episode of Sg1 ever.. You can tell a lot about a show that it does not take it self seriously like another show does. 9/8 - Stargate Sg1 Counterstrike: The Jaffa take the fight to the Ori, using a genocidal weapon on their new worshippers and landing SG-1 in the middle of a war they can't control. 10/9 - Stargate Atlantis Common Ground: Colonel Sheppard finds himself the prisoner of a Genii commander, along with a Wraith who...

The shuttle Atlantis' astronauts flew to Florida today to prepare for launch Sunday on a long-awaited flight to restart space station assembly. With forecasters predicting a 70 percent chance of good weather, liftoff from pad 39B is targeted for 4:30 p.m. Sunday. "I hope you can tell by the smiles on our faces that we're very, very happy to finally be here in Florida to start the launch countdown," Commander Brent Jett told reporters at the shuttle runway. "Now there's been a lot of talk in the press lately about NASA being 'back' and I think we would all certainly...

CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA is poised to pick up the countdown to launch of shuttle Atlantis this week after swapping out two suspect bolts securing a key communications antenna inside the ship's cargo bay. The work, which was finished Sunday at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B, put NASA in position to start a three-day countdown Thursday. Liftoff of Atlantis and six astronauts remains scheduled for about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. "Everything is looking good," said KSC spokeswoman Tracy Young. Working atop a platform and scaffolding near the top of the shuttle's six-story payload bay, technicians replaced two of the four...

Don't count Stargate SG-1 out just yet. Though SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running series (story), the show's producers are hard at work looking for a new outlet for the story to continue, executive producer Robert C. Cooper told GateWorld exclusively. "As far as the future I can't comment yet because nothing has been confirmed," Cooper said. "What we want to emphasize is that the franchise is not dying. SG-1 will go on in some way. We're just not ready to announce how."A formal announcement from the studio and the network is expected later this week. Cooper also emphasizes...

The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday. Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source. SG-1 has struggled in the ratings all summer, with the record-breaking tenth season premiering with a 1.4 household rating -- down more than 20 percent from last season's average. After a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Six astronauts embark on a home improvement project this month. But there's no chance of a last-minute trip to Home Depot since they'll be 220 miles from Earth. The crew of the shuttle Atlantis, set to launch Aug. 27, will be delivering a 35,000-pound addition to the half-built international space station. The astronauts will get a little help from robotic arms for the heavy lifting, but gripping screwdrivers and bolts in bulky pressurized spacesuits isn't easy. "This has been described ... as one of the most difficult tasks ever attempted by humans and I'm here to...