Topic: =/\= fighting astronaut bone loss and near comet fly-by photos

[stoneyface]

a new study has found that "superhero-style spacesuits" could help prevent bone loss from low gravity. basically a full body spandex suit, it compresses the body enough to fight the bone loss. interesting, i will be curious to see where this goes.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/superhero-style-skin-tight-spacesuit-provides-healthy-compression-astronauts

next up is the amazing photos of the very close fly-by of comet Hartley2 by the craft EPOXI. passing by at only 700km, the craft took some truly amazing photos. multiple links here so

main article with the best 5 photos: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/11/04/amazing-close-ups-of-comet-hartley-2/
all the photos: http://epoxi.umd.edu/3gallery/20101104_CA.shtml
animation of the closest 5: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002758/