Annual Wildflower Show at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden April 23-25

Annual Wildflower Show is April 23 and 24, 2011 and Wildflower Show Senior Day is Monday, April 25. Experience the Garden?s beautiful display of wildflowers in full bloom and enjoy a lovely display of Southern California wildflowers gently collected by RSABG staff and volunteers and brought indoors for intimate viewing. The indoor wildflower display, held [...]

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NASA funds commercial space travel

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Space shuttle Endeavour is ready to fly it's 25th and final mission on April 29th. That brings us one step closer to the end of the U.S. space program as we know it and one step closer to the future of space travel. In preparation for that future NASA recently awarded $millions to several private contractors for the construction of space taxi's able to fly to the International Space Station after the shuttles have been retired.

Called the Commercial Crew Development Program, NASA's goal in this second round of grants is "to accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities and reduce the gap in American human spaceflight capability. Through this activity, NASA also may be able to spur economic growth as potential new space markets are created." the space agency said in a press release.

This week, NASA awarded between $22 million and $92.3 million to four different companies for work on commercial crew space transportation system concepts to include the design and development of elements of their systems.

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Resolved Question: Tips for YellowStone natiional park?

I plan to visit yellowstone national park this year. Trip will be around 3-4 days. I would like to know where to stay, Which parts to visit(considering it is a short visit). Please comment from personal experience if possible. I have researched on the web and visited most websites already.

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Canoeing and Camping the Boundary Waters

As I plan my canoe trip to the Boundary Waters one of my readers sent me this article she wrote about the Boundary Waters.   If you are a canoeing or canoe camping enthusiasts, there are few places more perfect than the vast Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Founded in 1978, this federally protected wilderness area covers [...]

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A Guide to Las Vegas Hiking Trails

... on the red rocks but be careful this trail can be hard in some parts but enjoy your time.

Next is the La Madre Springs Hiking Trail that is also a four mile round trip trail that has some difficulty stops, but most of the trail is easy to go ... No related posts.

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Cool Little Miniature Stove!

Cool Little Miniature Stove!

I'll show you how to make a great little portable stove from stuff you probably have laying around your house! It's perfect for camping, backpacking, and power outages.
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