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ISRO May Use Kerosene As Rocket Fuel
New Delhi (PTI) Mar 14, 2007In a bid to reduce the cost of launching satellites, space scientists are exploring the use of kerosene to propel rockets into outer space, a first such attempt in the country. Scientists at ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) are carrying out research for the possible use of kerosene in the semi- cryogenic engines, which if successful will ... more Fifth Annual Space Career Fair Set For April 12 
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Mar 15, 2007The Space Foundation will hold the fifth annual Space Career Fair on April 12, 2007, in conjunction with the 23rd National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. This event is open to undergraduate and graduate students as well as transitioning military. The National Space Symposium is the premier annual space industry conference, and is scheduled April 9-12. The locat ... more The Story Of Women In Space 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 15, 20071962 is the official date of the establishment of a women's group in the first division of cosmonauts. Five people were selected from more than a thousand applicants: engineer Irina Solovyova, mathematician and programmer Valentina Ponomaryova, textile worker Valentina Tereshkova, teacher Zhanna Yerkina and shorthand secretary Tatyana Kuznetsova. Yury Gagarin, present at the crucial meetin ... more MORE SPACE DAILY HEADLINES |
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Hackers Get Bum Rap For The Digital Delinquency Of Corporate America
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 15, 2007If Phil Howard's calculations prove true, by year's end the 2 billionth personal record -- some American's social-security or credit-card number, academic grades or medical history -- will become compromised, and it's corporate America, not rogue hackers, who are primarily to blame. By his reckoning, electronic records in the United States are bleeding at the rate of 6 million a month in 2007, u ... more Key Phase Of New B-2 Bomber Communication System To Begin 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2007The U.S. Air Force has approved Northrop Grumman's plan to begin formal development of a new satellite communication system for the B-2 stealth bomber that will eventually allow the aircraft to send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster than today. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's arsenal of long-range strike aircraft. ... more The Opium Stew Called Afghanistan 
Washington (UPI) March 14, 2007Sixty percent of Afghanistan's 30 million people are under 20 -- without the foggiest notion of what democracy stands for. Thirty-seven countries are involved in normalization and reconstruction -- with different agendas; some 2,000 non-governmental organizations (out of an estimated 25,000 worldwide) are now represented in Afghanistan. A former Afghan minister, speaking privately, said, " ... more MORE SPACEWAR HEADLINES
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Climate Change Will Heat Switzerland Swiftly
Geneva (AFP) March 14, 2007Switzerland will suffer regular heatwaves and drought by 2050 as average temperatures rise swiftly and disrupt living patterns in the heart of Europe, a report predicted Wednesday. The report commissioned by the interior and environment ministries forecast that average temperatures in the Alpine country would rise by at least 2.0 degrees Celsius in summer and 3.0 degrees C in winter by ... more 500000 Years Of Climate History Stored Year By Year 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2007The bottom of Turkey"s Lake Van is covered by a layer of mud several hundreds of metres deep. For climatologists this unprepossessing slime is worth its weight in gold: summer by summer pollen has been deposited from times long past. From it they can detect right down to a specific year what climatic conditions prevailed at the time of the Neanderthals, for example. ... more Scientists Explain Source Of Mysterious Tremors Emanating From Fault Zones 
Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2007Tiny tremors and temblors recently discovered in fault zones from California to Japan are generated by slow-moving earthquakes that may foreshadow catastrophic seismic events, according to scientists at Stanford University and the University of Tokyo. In a study published March 15 in Nature, the research team focused on weak seismic signals known as "non-volcanic tremor" and "low-frequency earthquakes." ... more MORE TERRA DAILY HEADLINES
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