Attention All Men! October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month-So Get Her and the Guys in for a Mammogram.

 Alright all you breast lovin' men out there, it is time to make sure the one that you love takes good care of the two you love! October is national breast cancer awareness month So, suggest to your better half that she should make and keep a check up with her doctor. I would think that they are just as important,if not more, to you than they are to her. 

I'd guess that you think about them more often than she does! :) 

They have been important to you fellows since the day you were born. So thank your woman for being such a gracious keeper of your favorite play things, then show her how much you love her by getting her an appointment.

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Star Gazing: This Week the Three brightest Celestial Bodies in Your Night Sky

 Tonight look into the east-northeast sky after about 11 p.m. local time late Friday evening (Oct. 5) for a changing celestial array involving the moon, a bright planet and a bright star, weather permitting.

The planet in question is Jupiter, usually the second brightest planet next to Venus. At a dazzling magnitude of -2.6 on the astronomers' brightness scale (the lower the number, the brighter the object), Jupiter shines three times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star. Whenever it's above the horizon, Jupiter, the solar system's biggest planet at 88,800 miles in diameter -- always attracts immediate attention; to the eye it resembles a brilliant silvery white, non-twinkling "star."

Currently, Jupiter is 419 million miles from Earth. Although primarily an after-midnight sight right now, Jupiter is rising an average of just over 4 minutes earlier each night.  By Dec. 3 it will arrive at opposition and be visible all night from sunrise to sunset.

Lately, Jupiter can be seen in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull. It's positioned between the Bull's horns, and not far from the Bull's V-shape face which is composed of the stars of the Hyades star cluster. [Gallery: October 2012 Night Sky Guide (Sky Maps)]

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One star in the V stands out far more than the others. That's Aldebaran, marking the Bull's angry orange-red eye. This star seems like it's a member of the Hyades, but in reality, it's only an innocent bystander; it's lined up almost perfectly with the other neighboring stars to fill out the V-shaped pattern, but it's actually much closer to the Earth at a distance of 65 light-years, compared to the Hyades, which is more than double that distance at 153 light-years away.

The moon is currently on the wane, with full phase having occurred this past weekend; last quarter (or half phase) will come early on Monday (Oct. 8). So a gibbous moon will be interacting with Jupiter and Aldebaran late this Friday night.

NASA: Considering New Deep Space Missions.Parked Space Stations to Perform as Solar System Service Stations.

NASA is taking a close look at new concepts to send crews on deep space expeditions near the moon, as a promising next major "stepping stone" for human spaceflight.

The goal of the appraisal is to focus on what can be accomplished cost effectively in the near future, to showcase NASA’s ability to venture beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO).

At the heart of current efforts to explore beyond Earth's orbit is extensive use of the International Space Station, which astronauts can use to prepare for human travel beyond LEO. Moreover, work is underway to find novel ways to reuse existing equipment at the space station.

For instance, leftover components from the station and the now-defunct space shuttle program could be used to house technology demonstration hardware. Indeed, a combo of shuttle/station gear could be re-tasked and put together into a spacecraft for operations beyond LEO, researchers said. [Gallery: NASA's Vision for Deep Space Missions]

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Deep space scenarios

One ambitious human voyage on the table is long-duration crewed operations at libration points, gravitationally stable points in space that are also known as the Lagrangian points.

The Lagrange points are space places where the combined gravitational pull of two large masses roughly balance each other out, allowing spacecraft to essentially "park" there.

There are five Lagrange points in near-Earth space. The closest Earth-sun Lagrange points are L1 (between Earth and the sun) and L2 (behind Earth, as viewed from the sun), which are about 930,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from the planet. For comparison, the moon is typically about 238,000 miles (382,900 km) from Earth, and represents the farthest point from Earth humans have ever explored.

Space architects contend that Lagrange point travel could sharpen human skills and technologies for even more challenging manned space sojourns. 

Space Boat: Proposal for Floating Probe to Sail the Oceans of Saturn's Moon Titan

While rovers are ideal for exploring Mars, a boat is best for Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Scientists are proposing a new mission to explore this alluring world that would send a floating probe to land in a lake on Titan.

Titan, the largest of the more than 60 natural satellites of Saturn, is covered in seas, lakes and rivers of methane, and hosts a thick atmosphere, making it one of the most Earth-like bodies in the solar system. Smaller than Earth but wider than Mercury, Titan is in many ways more like a planet than a moon.

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