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Hippo Search Engine
No, not a place to find lost hippos, but a fast search engine for the Internet.

SPACE AND SCIENCE:

Hubble Space Telescope Press Releases
Press releases from Hubble together with pictures. The best way to keep up with the telescope's new discoveries.

Free Spacecraft Model Kits
Download the plans, print them on card, cut them out and assemble them - and you have a scale model of a spacecraft. Fabulous fun for children and adults alike.

The Nine Planets
A multi-media tour of the Solar System with pictures and explanatory text. It covers all nine planets and their moons and is very well put together. Highly recommended.

Amazing Space: the Hubble Space Telescope
Information about the telescope and the latest pictures. Awesome!

Artemis Project
A site supporting a private enterprise venture to the moon. Governments have given up the idea of colonizing the moon, so let's do it ourselves.

Cassini: Voyage to Saturn
Information on the Cassini probe's journey to Saturn. Images, video, the science that makes this trip possible, and more!

Mars Global Surveyor
Did the Mars Global Surveyor find the Martian Ruins? Is that Diesel in the background of the snapshots? Pictures from the recent Mars mission can be found at this website.

Project: Galileo
What's the current status of the Galileo probe's visit to Jupiter and its moons? Which satellite is it on a pass towards? What do the moons of Jupiter look like? This is the place to answer those questions and more.

Shuttle/Mir
Photos, videos and technical information about International Space Station Phase 1.

Wierd and Wonderful Science
The title says it all... it's articles about some of the stranger things that scientists come up with, and it's fascinating reading.

Space Probes
All about unmanned space missions, from Stardust to the Mars Polar Lander, this interactive site is part of CNN. It's simple and fun with some great pictures.

Eric's Treasure Troves of Science
Truly a well-named site; this is an absolute storehouse of knowledge, in the form of online encyclopedias covering many different areas of science, plus maths and music. Absolutely wonderful.

Iridium Flares
Iridium is the world-wide satellite-cellphone network; flares are the reflections of the Sun off a satellite's antennae. The flares can be very bright, appearing as a bright, quickly moving spot brighter even than Venus, so are plainly visible in broad daylight.

Find out when to look at the sky on this page. Type in your country, then your city, and it will calculate the times that satellites are predicted to be visible to you.

Gadgets
Devoted to gadgetry in all its glory. They have a daily tech update you can subscribe to if you are really into gadgets.

Mad Scientists
A site for, and about, mad scientists everywhere. It includes information on Tesla, a truly mad scientist from the late 19th/early 20th century.

ISS Walkthrough
Take a virtual walkthrough the International Space Station, and see what it will be like when it's complete.

Solar Flares
Lots of fascinating information about solar flares, with some spectacular pictures. The site also has sections on sunspots, auroras, eclipes, and other solar phenomena.

SCIENCE FICTION:

Douglas Adams related stuff
A site with some unusual information out Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its author, and some amusing spoofs.

2001: A Space Odyssey Archive
A web site devoted to Kubrick's brilliant film, with moveie stills and clips, sound files, and lots of information. Very timely given Kubrick's recent sad death.

The Other Dimension
If you're a science fiction and fantasy fan, then take a look at the recommendations of books and films on this site. There are also interesting articles that look at the genre in more depth.

Science Fiction Weekly
News, reviews and interviews from the world of science fiction.

Fandom Directory
On-line directory to SF fandom and the entire range of the SF industry. Access to thousands of fan, collector, dealer, store, publisher, club and convention email addresses and web sites.

GENERAL:

Corncob's Country Music
If you like country music, then check out these two demos by a Fed player who hopes to make it in Nashville.

Cyborg Acronyms
If you were a cyborg, what would your name stand for? Type your name on this page, and find out. While you're there, check out some of the oher strange articles on the site.

Digital Blasphemy
Original 3d-rendered computer desktop wallpapers, animated windows startup screens, tutorials on making your own 3d art, and links to some of the best computer art sites on the web.

Centre for the Easily Amused
A collection of fun stuff! There's no other way to describe it. Go on, waste some time.

Magellan Games
Puzzles, tricks and simple games to play online.

Daily Muse
Today's news, with a humorous spin.

Heckler's Online: Interactive Top Ten
It's a Top Ten list with a twist - the entries are submitted by the readers! While you're there, check out the rest of the Hecklers site - it's great.

Seven-card Trick
Amazing... this web site reads your mind!

The Straight Dope
The home of Cecil Adams, World's Smartest Human Being, and his famous syndicated column which deals with questions no-one else knows the answer to!

The Internet Movie Database
Can't remember who starred in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? Interested in seeing what movies your favorite actor's working on? Curious to see how fellow fans rated your favorite movie? This is the definitive source for information on movies, television, and more!

The Hamsters
The web site of the UK's most popular touring blues-rock band - and the official band of Federation.

Babylon 5
The official web site for all things to do with the brilliant Babylon 5 TV series.

Ming's Favorite Web Site
The Internet's one-stop emporium of world domination, evil-doing, and tampering with things beyond man's ken.

Scorpia's Domain
The ultimate game info site on the net - message boards, chat, downloads, cheats, walkthrus, reviews, games and more for your gaming enjoyment.

Sandlot Science
A page full of optical illusions, impossible objects, ambiguous figures and visual puzzles. Fascinating and fun.

Star Wars Personality Test
Answer some questions about yourself and find out which traits you have in common with Star Wars characters such as Darth Vader, C-3PO and Chewbacca.

Jamel's Toyland
A site devoted to toys and games, for children of all ages. Playstation, dreamcast, gameboy, xbox, gamecube, ninento, educational toys... and more.

Silicon Zoo
Computer microchips contain designs, too small to see with the naked eye, that the engineers sneaked on to them - from Dilbert to wild animals. Take a look at this sample, and be amazed.

IMPORTANT PEOPLE'S WEB SITES:

Phlogiston Blue
Alan Lenton's web site - articles about technical issues involved in the history of Federation, and reviews of books Alan has read recently.

f-space
Fi Craig's web site - humorous and serious articles on a variety of topics, both business-related and personal.

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