Despite the poor fiscal state that much of the Western world is in, this setback doesn’t mean man’s aspirations to travel beyond our planet have gone away. The European Space Agency have announced two of its most ambitious missions to date that will broaden our collective knowledge about the universe. The initiators of these grand endeavors are pictured below.

This week a huge Lightsaber battle took place between good and evil in New York’s Washington Square Park on September 24, 2011. Where nearly 1,000 people battled it out in what must be one of the biggest Lightsaber battles ever.

If you are a fan of Netflix that has been soured by the price increase that the service made recently, some good news has surfaced that may make you feel a little better. Netflix may be losing the Starz deal early in 2012, but by 2013 the company will have a deal in place with animation studio DreamWorks. The deal is monumental in that it marks the first time a streaming movie company has landed a deal like this.

After finally launching back in the US a few months ago Spotify has now made its service available through Facebook allowing you to link your Facebook and Spotify accounts making it even easy to share the music you have listened to with your friends.