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Spaceships Or Flagships For Science Or Glory
Cameron Park CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007The continuing serious cost problems with NASA's space science missions are forcing reappraisal of the current design for its Solar System exploration program. Specifically, there are now attempts underway to see whether the program can be "telescoped" by identifying new mission designs which would could achieve many of the most important scientific goals of its currently planned, very expensiv ... more Russia To Expand Glonass Satellite Group By Year End 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 10, 2007Russia will increase the number of satellites comprising its Glonass navigation system to 18 by the end of 2007, the head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Monday. Glonass is a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. The system can also be used in ... more NASA Extends Contract With Russian Federal Space Agency 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 10, 2007Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2007 NASA has signed a $719 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with Russia's Federal Space Agency in Moscow for crew and cargo services through 2011. The firm-fixed price extension covers crew rotations for 15 crew members, six in 2009, six in 2010 and three in 2011, delivery and the removal of 5.6 metric tons of cargo. ... more MORE HEADLINES
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Searching For Alternative Sources Of Energy
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 10, 2007The development of unconventional and renewable energy sources is a major challenge facing humankind in the twenty-first century. Technologies such as nuclear fusion and biofuels will prove vital if humankind is to find an alternative to hydrocarbons. Under a bill that was recently signed by U.S. President George W. Bush, so-called "corn fuel" will account for 7.5 billion gallons of total ... more US Funds Tighten Security At Russia Nuclear Sites 
Washington (AFP) Apr 02, 2007US funding has tightened security at Russian nuclear sites, but whether the stricter controls can be sustained remains to be seen, a US official report said Monday. Since 1993, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy have helped to provide security upgrades and other assistance for sites in Russia and other countries where weapons-usuable nuclear material and warheads are stored ... more Hong Kong Power Company Attacked Over Green Energy Charges 
Hong Kong (AFP) April 07, 2007A Hong Kong power company has come under attack for imposing huge charges on users who want to link "green" energy generators to the city's electricity grid, a report said Saturday. Critics say the costs of an insurance policy required by China Light and Power (CLP) for companies and individuals who want to set up their own wind turbines and solar panels undermines the savings the schemes ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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US Turned Blind Eye To North Korea Arms Sales To Ethiopia
Washington (AFP) April 09, 2007The United States on Monday admitted implicitly that it did not interdict a shipment of North Korean weapons to Ethiopia despite UN sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear test. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack refused to comment directly on a New York Times report that the United States allowed Ethiopia to purchase the arms from North Korea in January, when Addis Ababa was support ... more New Global Hawk Fuselage Exceeds US Air Force Strength And Safety Requirements 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007Northrop Grumman Corporation achieved another milestone when it successfully completed three significant fuselage and empennage strength tests of the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system. The tests, conducted at subcontractor Innovative Engineering Solutions' facility in Murrieta, Calif., surpassed the U.S. Air Force's stringent strength and safety requirements. ... more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful In Second Integrated Test 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon performed successfully in the second integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii April 5. The test resulted in the successful intercept of a "mid-endoatmospheric" (inside Earth's atmosphere) unitary (non-separating) target over the Pacific Ocean and dem ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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High-Resolution Images Herald New Era In Earth Sciences
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007High-resolution images that reveal unexpected details of the Earth's internal structure are among the results reported by MIT and Purdue scientists in the March 30 issue of Science. The researchers adapted technology developed for near-surface exploration of reservoirs of oil and gas to image the core-mantle boundary some 2,900 kilometers, or 1,800 miles, beneath Central and North America. ... more Light Shed On Long-Term Effects Of Logging After Wildfire 
Portland OR (SPX) Apr 10, 2007A new study on the effects of timber harvest following wildfire shows that the potential for a recently burned forest to reburn can be high with or without logging. Recently published in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management, the study demonstrates that the likelihood of a severe reburn is affected by the timing - not just the amount - of fuel accumulation after fire. The study examin ... more Invasive Grass May Impede Forest Regeneration 
Asheville NC (SPX) Apr 10, 2007The nonnative invasive grass Microstegium vimineum may hinder the regeneration of woody species in southern forests. Chris and Sonja Oswalt (Forest Service Southern Research Station) and Wayne Clatterbuck (University of Tennessee) set up experiments on a mixed-hardwood forest in southwest Tennessee to study the growth of the invasive grass under different levels of forest disturbance. Stud ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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