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Top ten spacecraft

By Ian Morris on 19 June 2008, 5:36pm

Gadgets

Douglas Adams, in The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, wrote "Space is big -- really big -- you just won't believe how vastly, hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

Space's roominess is good news for us rapidly multiplying humans, because it seems logical that we should one day want to expand into our solar system -- and possibly further. But because of our frail and squishy bodies we need some heavyweight protection to leave the cosy home comforts of our bijou atmosphere, and great ingenuity to even have a look around. This list celebrates the best spacecraft -- those that have taken us to new places or brought us information about what's out there.

So sit back, cool your jets and point your telescope at ten of the most magnificent achievements in the history of human-kind's exploration of our little bit of the universe. We know there will be some disagreement about our selection, but then it wouldn't be the Internet if there weren't constant arguments about virtually everything. -Ian Morris

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