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via @VirtualAstro http://www.meteorwatch.org/2012/10/19/2012-orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-this-weekend/

Seems very ambitious for a private company to do this, having only just got back some good radiation data from MSL (pretty harsh levels) I just hope they know what they're doing!

Astro application info: http://mars-one.com/en/faq-en/21-faq-selection/251-do-i-qualify-to-apply Become a reality TV star!..

I hope they do too. Seems they are relying on funding from some sort of 'global reality-TV'. Nice idea, I think it would be a popular show! 'Live' streams from the rovers would be amazing.

take a look at this! http://www.sen.com/feature/mars-one-plans-for-human-settlement-on-mars.html

nice APOD! 'A View from Next Door' 2012 October 18 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

cheers Borklund! that would be a nice device, we miss so much.

that was awesome! got a pic, had to gimp it good! ..60 second exposure.

via ESA "Very bright ISS pass over most of Western Europe tonight around 20:54 CEST (18:54 UT)" should be good, mag-3.0, 53° from here! may try for a pic. 19:54 BST edit: just heard it had a boost so may be a bit late.

via @RedBullStratos The 30 mill cubic ft balloon was tracked in descent and taken to Mission Control post mission http://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/high-altitude-balloon/

chance to see Moho! ...Mercury! @Astroguyz (somewhere in the US) just tweeted this! "Don't forget to look for Mercury near a very thin crescent Moon as dusk falls tonite: Low to the west. http://twitpic.com/b4t19t/full

views from the ISS! http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/iss_ustream.html

it's can be so bright, I saw it last night even through thin cloud! twitterers can follow @twisst for alerts, tho they've been having some trouble lately as twitter considered their many DMs as spam!

It takes about an hour and a half to orbit Earth. We wobble underneath, that's why the passes are bunched up/ far apart.

clear here, tho LP is usually pretty bad. nice pass all the same, so bright!