NEAR may be the coolest of all; don't know whether it was actually tougher or easier (or about the same) to do than the other landers, but it amazed me that they could successfully land a probe on a "tumbling" asteroid.

My personal choice a bit out of the ordinary and why not. :smug:

1. Soft toilet paper
2. Internet
3. Red bush tea
4. CD’s
5. DVD’s
6. The Book Shop I do business with
7. Mobile Air Conditioners

Why only seven? :-?

ONLY ???

First they wanted the Zero wonders of the world, so just be glad the raised the number to SEVEN !!!!!! :hmm:

In no particular order:

1. The Great Wall of China

2. The Great Pyramid of Cheops

3. The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan

4. Macchu Picchu

5. Angkor Wat

6. Petra in Jordan

7.Potala Palace in Lhasa Tibet

1. IronBridge

2. Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny

3. Arkwright’s Mill

4. Boulton -Watt Steam engine

5. The Bridgewater canal.

6. The Liverpool- Manchester railway

7. The London sewerage system


No contest . All of the others are just eye candy or technology toys. :D
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I like that list :up: :up: :up:

ditto, where is drebbel these days?:huh:

The Seven Wonders. :smug:

My Picks:

1. Kraftwerk
2. SubSim
3. Hannah Vaughan
4. Roland AX-7
5. Andre the Giant
6. Miami Vice
7. Neal


:arrgh!:

The Mars rovers
The global telecommunications network (the largest man made thing on the planet, ever)
Mans footsteps on the moon

Right, or why not the oosterscheldedam?:yep:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering

:hmm:

1. My wife
2. My home
3. My automobile (1988 Buick LeSaber Estate Wagon)
4. My Swimming Pool (when its inflated)
5. The "Sand Dollar" restaurant on A1A in Jacksonville Fl. near the Mayport Ferry
6. The ant bed in the corner of my yard
7. The large plane that flew over my house on 11/14/98... I cant find out a thing about it so it makes me wonder.