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ISRO To Scale Up Outsourcing To Private Sector 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Apr 02, 2007India's space agency ISRO will step up outsourcing of works related to satellite and rocket building to the private sector, which in the long run could churn out overall systems as the organisation focuses on research and development. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair expects the role of the private sector in Indian space programmes to grow over a period o ... more State Council Meets To Discuss Space Matters 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 02, 2007The fact that the State Council, an advisory body to the Russian president, met on March 29 to discuss Russian aerospace and that the meeting was attended by President Vladimir Putin points to the importance which the country's leadership attaches to the space industry. Notably, the council met in Kaluga, the hometown of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the father of aerospace theory. The top ... more Chandra Sheds Light On Galaxy Collision 
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2007Astronomers think that there are enormous black holes at the centers of most, if not all, galaxies. These black holes, which can be millions or even billions of times more massive than the Sun, can greatly affect the galaxy and the environments around them. One way such black holes shape their surroundings is by generating powerful jets of high-energy particles. The jets, which are bright ... more MORE HEADLINES
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KC-X Players Set For Opening Day
Los Angeles (UPI) March 30, 2007One of the most important pitches of the year in Washington will be made in April, and it won't have anything to do with the hometown Nationals or the opening of another baseball season. On April 12, two all-star teams of industrial heavyweights will make their formal bids to the U.S. Air Force for the KC-X contract, a project that will replace the entire U.S. air-tanker fleet, keep thousa ... more US Military Chief Given Unprecedented Access In China 
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2007The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, said in an interview published Friday that he was given unprecedented access to military facilities during his trip to China. The Chinese "treated me better, I think, than they've treated any other US officer," he told the Washington Times of his four-day visit last week in a bid to expand contacts between Chinese and US military ... more US Carrier Deploys In Gulf As Iran Complains Of Incursions 
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2007Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will sail Monday to support US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Navy said, amid a spike in tensions over Iran's seizure of 15 British marines and sailors. The Nimitz, and its battle group of destroyers and guided missile cruisers, will relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which this week took part in war games exercises in the Gulf wit ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Climate Change Could Carry Huge Hidden Costs
Paris (AFP) April 01, 2007Climate change will inflict steadily rising costs that could become astronomical if greenhouse gas emissions rise unabated and countries delay preparations for the likely impacts, UN experts will say next week. Their vast report will shed light on the costs from heightened water stress, tropical storms, floods, droughts, species loss and human disease this century as a result of global war ... more Disruptive La Nina Weather Phenomenon Looming 
Geneva (AFP) March 30, 2007The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Friday that a disruptive La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific basin was looming this year but might not take shape for another two to three months. La Nina, effectively a drop in sea surface temperatures off the western coast of South America, can cause havoc with weather patterns in many parts of the globe. "There is a definite indi ... more Wine Industry Faces Major Challenge From Global Warming 
Dijon, France (AFP) April 01, 2007A hot year is normally associated with a vintage year for wine growers but global warming could, by the end of the century, have adverse effects and already poses a major challenge to vineyards in southern France and California. "The first studies on the consequences of global warming show that warming favours the quality of the wine, said Gregory Jones, an Associate Professor of Geography ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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