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Old 09-16-2008, 03:48 PM   #1
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This latest space trick might work well with earthbound libraries.
Via the website Modern Mechanix, a short mention of the NASA Apollo program's solution for making thousands of documents available to astronauts at the flip of a switch.

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Old 09-16-2008, 04:35 PM   #2
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