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The Way The Wind Blows On Titan
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 06, 2007A simulation of the winds encountered by Huygens has lead planetary scientists to believe that it's entire atmosphere is circulating around on a conveyor belt. This huge system of moving gas transports warm air from the southern hemisphere to Titan's north pole and back again. As on any body with an atmosphere, the direction and speed of the wind encountered at a single point can be ... more Testing Technique For Gravitomagnetic Field Is Ineffective 
Columbia, MO (SPX) Jun 05, 2007Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has fascinated physicists and generated debate about the origin of the universe and the structure of objects like black holes and complex stars called quasars. A major focus has been on confirming the existence of the gravitomagnetic field, as well as gravitational waves. A physicist at the University of Missouri-Columbia recently argued in ... more Surrey Satellite Geostationary Mini-Satellite Platform Milestone Completed 
Guilford UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2007World-leading small satellite manufacturer, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has successfully completed its Baseline Design Review for a Geostationary Mini-satellite Platform (GMP). The 2.28 million euro pre-development project forms part of ESA's Advanced Research in TElecommunications Systems funding stream for ESA/Industry partnerships (ARTES 4). The ARTES 4 initiative is aimed ... more NASA Cutting Crew Holds It Together For Safe Delivery To Station 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 05, 2007Greg Dorsey and Steve Page stood behind a panel of glass looking over a computer readout. In the next room, a router carved a perfect channel just like the one the one the operators prescribed on the computer. The two technicians could be mistaken for woodworkers machining elaborate designs into a cabinet or dining table, and that would be partially correct. They are carving elaborate designs. ... more Cosmonauts To Install More Debris Panels On Wednesday Spacewalk 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Two International Space Station cosmonauts will begin a spacewalk of a little over five hours from the Pirs docking compartment airlock about 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday. They will install a section of Ethernet cable on the Zarya module, install additional Service Module Debris Protection (SMDP) panels on Zvezda, and deploy a Russian scientific experiment. Five SMDP panels were installed by ... more |
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Heiligendamm, Germany (UPI) June 05, 2007The 19th-century Grand Hotel in this German resort is usually a hot spot for wealthy Baltic Sea tourists, who can enjoy five-star-plus service and a stretch of sandy beaches just a stone's throw from their rooms. For the Group of Eight summit, however, Heiligendamm has been turned into a high-security fortress. At first glance, it looks somewhat surreal: a large, seemingly endless metal fe ... more Boeing Completes Critical Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Tests 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Boeing has successfully completed end-to-end testing of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) payload command and control system, paving the way for the launch of the first WGS satellite this summer. During the tests, the newly-installed WGS ground station equipment at the Camp Roberts Wideband Satellite Communications Operations Center in Paso Robles, Calif., communicated with a WGS satellite ... more In Praise Of Pessimism 
Washington (UPI) June 05, 2007Many of these columns have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Others have been critical of American President George W. Bush. Those who object to my criticism of Putin see me as a conservative, while those who dislike my criticism of Bush see me as a liberal. But I am neither a conservative nor a liberal. Instead, I am a pessimist -- at least insofar as international relations ar ... more Coping With Gaza's Rockets 
Sderot, Israel (UPI) June 05, 2007Palestinian militants have launched 294 rockets and mortar bombs into Israel since May 15, presenting the government with a problem: How to stop them? Two-thirds of those projectiles were Qassam rockets, pipes packed with propellants produced by dissolving sugar with fertilizers and explosives whose range of destruction is fairly small. The launchers are disposable. The physical damage the ... more Raytheon And UAE Sign Rolling Airframe Missile Contract 
Louisville KY (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Raytheon and Abu Dhabi Ship Building of the United Arab Emirates have signed a contract for the sale of seven Rolling Airframe Missile Guided Missile Weapon Systems. The direct commercial sale, valued at $76.5 million, calls for the systems to be delivered starting in December 2007 and installed on six Baynunah corvettes. The agreement provides for an on-shore Rolling Airframe Missile test and ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jun 05, 2007President Nicolas Sarkozy makes his debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit of rich countries this week, a month after winning office on a pledge to bolster France's international role. Sarkozy is stepping into the shoes of his predecessor Jacques Chirac who was the G8 club's elder statesman when he retired after 12 years in office. But the 52-year-old French president will b ... more EU And Japan Agree To Join Forces In Combating Climate Change 
Berlin (AFP) Jun 05, 2007The European Union and Japan agreed on Tuesday to take the lead in forging a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, jointly proposing to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who holds the bloc's rotating presidency, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached the accord during their meeting in Berlin on the eve of the Group of Eight summit. Climate change i ... more Critical India Monsoon Rains On Track Despite Dry Spell 
Thiruvanthapuram, India (AFP) June 05, 2007Meteorological officials in southern India maintained Tuesday that the annual monsoon rains had already started despite a renewed dry spell which they blamed on an unexpected cyclone. The southern state of Kerala had been elated on May 28 when weather officials declared the monsoon had arrived earlier than expected -- good news for the country's farm dependent economy. But after three days ... more Airline Sector Aims For Zero Emisssions By 2050 
Vancouver (AFP) Jun 05, 2007The airline sector must aim for zero carbon-dioxide emissions by 2050, an industry association says, but not everyone is heeding its call for a joint effort by aircraft manufacturers, carriers and public authorities. "We have to move all forward in the same direction" toward reducing CO2 emissions to zero percent, the International Air Transport Association said in Vancouver Monday at the annual ... more GM To Speed Up Development Of Electric Vehicles 
Washington (AFP) Jun 05, 2007General Motors said Tuesday it will speed up development of electrically driven vehicles as part of a program to reduce gasoline usage. Rick Wagoner, chairman and chief executive, said the company was moving forward on several fronts to develop alternative-fuel vehicles. "Energy diversity means that we'll continue to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, as we have for ... more
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