'Astronaut Farmer' an Uplifting Tale: Billy Bob Thornton is Endearing in Inspirational Contemporary Sci-Fi Fantasy
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By Phil Villarreal, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 22--Build it and they will come.   And you won't want them there, because they'll try to take it away.
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Writer/director Brad Bird (&quot;The Iron Giant&quot;) and the wizards at Pixar Animation Studios (&quot;Toy Story,&quot; &quot;Monsters, Inc,&quot; and &quot;Finding Nemo&quot;) have created a marvelous movie that works for children
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We go beyond the realm of ordinary earthly experience and explore the truly great accomplishments of one Alan Roger Hinman in alternative time lines. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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Science fiction author William Gibson (who coined the term "cyberspace") promotes his latest novel Spook Country in Second Life. Stay tuned for Gibson SL activities, from film screening to an avatar competition.
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Scott Listfield thinks the 21st century isn't what it was cracked up to be, so he drops an ironic astronaut into his compositions. Sort of like editorial cartoon meets fine art.
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By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer  Shoot for the stars   Film focuses on the magic of believing    I can vividly remember as a first-grader, when the teacher asked what we wanted to be when we grew up, many of the boys proudly proclaimed astronaut as their career of choice.
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U.S. News & World Report - It's difficult to indict the cable news channels too much for their obsessive coverage today of a diapered astronaut's           kidnapping attempt of a rival lover of one of her fellow spacemen. This kind of thing is solid gold for TV movie producers and pun-happy headline writers (e.g. "Astro-naughty"). But this incredible, stranger-than-fiction story of a bitter romantic struggle among astronauts does inevitably lead to the question: What is the psychological toll of zero gravity?
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The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic.
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Stephen Hawking defies the medical odds by continuing to live with ALS, but it's how he lives that makes the story so compelling.
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By KHELA KUPIEC; OF THE NEWS STAFF  Take it from a Mainer who knows: Pursuing your dreams can take you just about anywhere, even outer space, but you may have to go to Huntsville, Alabama first.
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Astronauts have long known that space travel is a good way to diet. The excitement of launch. Thrilling vistas seen from Earth orbit. Floating weightless. Maybe a touch of motion sickness. Who can eat at a time like that?
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Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home, Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings. "I have always believe...
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When a privately built rocket plane soared into space earlier this month, astronaut wannabes were giddy with the hope that they&#39;d finally make it off the planet.
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Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus may have the perfect gift idea for the loved one who wants to get away from it all: a space trip that includes a spectacular view of Earth and a chance to experience weightlessness.
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After years of capturing the imagination of wide-eyed daredevils, dreamers and would-be entrepreneurs, space travel for ordinary people may finally be taking flight.
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The man behind Space Ship 1 brought his love of adventure to the University of Texas on Friday. Burt Rutan spoke to students about space tourism.
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Billy Bob Thornton has added another offspring to his brood.