Some space-related news this morning

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Did anyone else notice that the exoplanet.eu database just blew past the 700 confirmed exoplanets mark this month?

Also, three of humanity's explorers in the deep black just got home today:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/22/science-soyuz-astronauts-return.html

That first comment about space travel being "routine" now...strikes me as Not Quite True Yet.