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Countdown To Dawn
Cape Canaverl FL (SPX) Jun 27, 2007Now only two weeks away from its planned launch, Dawn is eagerly awaiting the beginning of its cosmic adventure. Once the xenon and hydrazine propellants were loaded the spacecraft was ready for its final balancing and weighing. As we will see below (that direction applies only for those of you reading this in a gravitational field), during part of its flight on the Delta 7925H-9.5 rocket, the spacecraft will be spun, and it is crucial that it satisfy certain requirements on how well balanced it is so the rocket remains stable. ... more Thinking Big About Space Telescopes 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2007How big? Consider the following: Ares V will be able to place almost 130,000 kg (284,000 lbs; 8% more than the Saturn V rocket of the 1960s) into low Earth orbit. Designed to deliver cargo to the Moon, the rocket would be large enough to carry primary mirrors 8+ meters wide. For comparison, Hubble's mirror measures 2.4 m. "How does a typical astrophysicist work?" Stahl asks. ... more NASA Establishes New Office To Study Cosmic Phenomena 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2007NASA has created a new office to study in more detail some of the universe's most exotic phenomena: dark energy, black holes and cosmic microwave background radiation. The new Einstein Probes Office will facilitate NASA's future medium-class science missions to investigate these profound cosmic mysteries. The office will be housed in the Beyond Einstein Program Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. ... more Romanian Hacker Charged With Breaching NASA Computers 
Bucharest (AFP) June 26, 2007A young Romanian has been charged with hacking into NASA computers and causing more than 1.5 million dollars (1.1 million euros) of damage for the US space agency, prosecutors said Tuesday. Victor Faur, 26, from the western town of Arad, was also accused of breaking into the computers of the US navy and the Department of Energy between November 2005 and September 2006, a statement said. ... more Senate Committee Chairs React To NASA Report On ISS National Laboratory 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2007NASA has issued a report to Congress on the planned use of the U.S. portion of the International Space Station (ISS) as a national laboratory. U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Chairman Mark Udall (D-CO) issued the following reactions to NASA's Report to Congress on the ISS: ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) June 26, 2007Russia warned NATO on Tuesday against policies that could destabilise security in Europe, but both sides agreed to continue talks on deep divisions between the former Cold War foes. After meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in turn said Russia's threatened pull-out from a key arms control pact would be "a very negative development." ... more Raytheon Ships Second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar To Missile Defense Agency 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jun 27, 2007Raytheon has completed all factory acceptance testing on its second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar. The company shipped it ahead of schedule and under budget to the Missile Defense Agency at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., for final testing and acceptance. "Completing this key milestone in the THAAD radar program moves us one step closer to providing an effective termin ... more General Dynamics To Demonstrate Ground-Based Counter-MANPADS Aircraft-Protection Technology 
Charlotte, NC (SPX) Jun 25, 2007General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, will conduct a fully integrated system demonstration of its ground-based Counter Man-Portable Air Defense System (CMAPS) against Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) at the Naval Air Systems Command test facility in California last August. The system demonstration follows CMAPS' successful detection ... more Swiss Climate Warms Twice As Fast As Northern Hemisphere 
Geneva (AFP) June 26, 2007Switzerland's climate has warmed twice as fast as the average for the northern hemisphere since the 1970s, a Swiss public research institute said Tuesday. The Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research said in a study that temperatures in Switzerland increased by an average of 0.57 degrees Celsius per decade over the past 30 years, compared to an average 0.25-degree hike for the e ... more Lawmakers Urge US Recall Of Chinese-Made Tires 
Washington DC (AFP) Jun 26, 2007Four US senators urged the government Tuesday to start a recall of some 450,000 Chinese-made auto tires after a distributor said they may contain safety defects. The lawmakers sent a letter to President George W. Bush urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) "to take immediate steps to recall these defective tires," a joint statement from the senators said. The let ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2007The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade spent nearly a year working on President Vladimir Putin's instructions to elaborate a socioeconomic development strategy for the period until 2020. According to the press, the strategy is ready and has been forwarded to the government. It includes three development scenarios: the inertial scenario (which is the least desirable, as it involve ... more Japan And China Struggle To Resolve Gas Dispute 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 26, 2007Japan and China on Tuesday failed to break the deadlock in a longstanding dispute over drilling rights in the energy-rich East China Sea in their latest round of talks, officials said. The Asian rivals' one-day meeting in Tokyo, the ninth round of talks since the dialogue began in 2004, ended without tangible results and with no fresh formal proposals from either side, Japanese officials said. more Baltic And Polish Premiers To To Build A New Nuclear Power Plant 
Vilnius (SPX) Jun 27, 2007The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are to sign a joint declaration on building a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania, the spokeswoman for Lithuania's premier said on Tuesday. "Premier Gediminas Kirkilas discussed the declaration with Latvian head of government Aigars Kalvitis and Estonia's Andrus Ansip during the recent EU summit in Brussels," the spokeswoman Nemira Pu ... more Gazprom Takes Over Another Gas Deposit 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2007The Russian government is making efforts to regain control of its energy resources. Last week, BP's Russian subsidiary, TNK-BP, sold the rich Kovykta gas deposit in the Irkutsk Region in Eastern Siberia, one of the largest in the world, to Russia's Gazprom. Foreign investors are taking the news with reserved optimism, because the Kovykta license could have been revoked without any compensation a ... more Co2 Burial Could Help Extract Methane From Old Coal Mines 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 27, 2007Deep coal seams that are not commercially viable for coal production could be used for permanent underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by human activities, thus avoiding atmospheric release, according to two studies published in Inderscience's International Journal of Environment and Pollution. An added benefit of storing CO2 in this way is that additional useful methane will be ... more
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