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NASA Completes Two Important Reviews for Upcoming Hubble Mission
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2007NASA managers this week completed two key program reviews that demonstrated the space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is progressing well. The STS-125 servicing mission to the telescope is targeted for launch in September 2008. On April 18 and 19, the Servicing Mission Four Review Board, which includes Hubble managers and engineers, Space Shuttle Program managers fr ... more Scientists Find Migrating Regolith On Tiny Asteroid Itokawa 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 22, 2007Unprecedentedly high-resolution images from the Hayabusa spacecraft, the first Japanese asteroid mission, show unexpected evidence of the migration of gravels covering the surface of asteroid Itokawa. Hirdy Miyamoto (an Affiliate Scientist of PSI and an Associate Professor of University of Tokyo), Bob Gaskell (a Senior Scientist of PSI), and others studied the Hayabusa's high-resolution ... more China Meeting On Space Waste Delayed 
Beijing (UPI) April 20, 2007China, apparently fearing criticism of its recent satellite destruction, has put off hosting next week's global meeting on hazardous space waste. The Financial Times Friday said the decision to delay the annual meeting of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Co-ordination Committee comes three months after China destroyed an old weather satellite with a missile-launched "kinetic kill vehicle." ... more Safer Air Traffic With EGNOS 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 23, 2007Vertical guidance by means of signals from the sky: this is what EGNOS, the first European satellite navigation service, will offer pilots during approach and landing. Flight trials are regularly conducted to demonstrate the new possibilities offered by the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), which has been launched by ESA, the European Commission and Eurocontrol. ... more Black Holes May Fill The Universe With Seeds Of Life 
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 23, 2007New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. Immediately after the Big Bang, the universe contained only hydrogen and helium. Heavier chemical elements had to be cooked up inside the fi ... more |
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Washington (AFNS) Apr 23, 2007The deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance explained why Air Force leaders support the idea of creating an executive agency for unmanned aerial vehicles before the House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee April 19 here. Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula joined other Department of Defense representatives in providing testimony to the HASC. ... more Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle UAV Logs 1000 Combat Flight Hours With Australian Army 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2007ScanEagle, a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Boeing and Insitu, Inc., has surpassed 1,000 flight hours in support of Australian Army operations in southern Iraq. Operating with the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-2 on Operation Catalyst, ScanEagle has successfully completed 172 sorties in less than five months. ScanEagle provides live imagery to Australian soldiers ... more US Must Maintain Superiority In Space Says Hamel 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2007Maintaining superiority in space will go a long way toward protecting U.S. national interests, the commander of the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center said here. "If adversaries are using space in ways that would threaten America or our forces on the battlefield, we have to be able to disrupt or deny their use of those capabilities," Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel told American Fo ... more The INF Treaty Part Two 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) April 20, 2007Russia does not even have any plans to develop intermediate- or medium-range ballistic missiles, whereas the United States is intensively developing submarine-based, medium-range missiles. Moreover, frightened Europe will turn to its big brother for protection. In that case, the deployment of U.S. medium-range missiles would create a worse headache for the Russian strategic nuclear force than it ... more Ambush Mentality Drives New Military Technology 
Washington (UPI) April 20, 2007I recently received the following query from Jim McDonnell of Baton Rouge, La.: "Could you please explain what's meant by the remark about U.S. forces being unable to fight battles of encirclement? Is it that there are too few of them in Afghanistan or are you saying that our forces are constitutionally incapable of that kind of operation? If the latter is the case, that would make a column all ... more |
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Oxnard CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2007Recent newspaper articles and editorials in Southern California newspapers are both premature and factually inaccurate, according to Patrick Cassidy, BHP Billiton's Director of Public Affairs. The California State Lands Commission will meet today in Oxnard to consider certification of the Final EIR on Cabrillo Port, a floating natural gas facility planned 14 miles off the Ventura County co ... more Chemists Identify Organic Molecules That Mimic Metals 
Riverside, CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2007A limitation in using hydrogen as a fuel in hydrogen-powered vehicles is the difficulty involved in storing it in a cost-effective and convenient manner. While it is possible to store hydrogen using metals, the resulting products often can be prohibitively expensive and cause environmental problems. Chemists at UC Riverside now offer a possible solution. A class of carbenes - molecules tha ... more EON To Buy Land In Finland For New Nuclear Plant 
Helsinki (AFP) Apr 17, 2007German energy giant E.ON will purchase land in Finland where it plans to build a nuclear plant, the STT news agency reported on Tuesday. The small town of Loviisa, 85 kilometres (53 miles) east of Helsinki, is preparing to sell 112 hectares (277 acres) of land near a site where two of Finland's four existing nuclear reactors are located, according to a municipal official. E.ON said last Oc ... more Ethanol Vehicles Pose A Significant Risk To Human Health 
Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2007Ethanol is widely touted as an eco-friendly, clean-burning fuel. But if every vehicle in the United States ran on fuel made primarily from ethanol instead of pure gasoline, the number of respiratory-related deaths and hospitalizations would likely increase, according to a new study by Stanford University atmospheric scientist Mark Z. Jacobson. His findings are published in the April 18 online ed ... more Fault At Controversial Czech Nuclear Plant 
Prague (AFP) Apr 17, 2007A steel cable around one of the reactors at a controversial Czech nuclear power plant fingered by critics as a safety risk was found ruptured during a routine check on Tuesday, operator CEZ announced. The flaw at one of the two reactors at the Soviet-designed Temelin plant is likely to fuel fresh protests over its safety. CEZ said in a statement that the ruptured steel cord did not r ... more |
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