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Ceres As An Abode Of Life
Cameron Park (SPX) Jul 02, 2007As the "Dawn" mission -- the first attempt to explore truly large asteroids -- moves, somewhat uncertainly, toward its hoped-for July 7 launch, we're still finding out new details about its mission. The mission's principal Investigator, C.T. Russell, outlined two of them to SpaceDaily in a recent interview. Firstly, it's been assumed for some time that Dawn -- in addition to orbiting both of th ... more Before The Big Bang 
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 02, 2007New discoveries about another universe whose collapse appears to have given birth to the one we live in today will be announced in the early on-line edition of the journal Nature Physics on 1 July 2007 and will be published in the August 2007 issue of the journal's print edition. "My paper introduces a new mathematical model that we can use to derive new details about the properties of a quantum ... more International Space Station Provides Classroom for Students Around the World 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 29, 2007Imagine a classroom project to build training hardware for astronauts. Or growing plants on the International Space Station. Or snapping photographs from space. For more than six years, the space station -- where crews perform experiments 220 miles above Earth -- has become a base for an integral part of school curriculums around the world. Nearly 32 million U.S. and international partner ... more Carnegie Leads Team Conducting Most Detailed Cosmological Simulation To Date 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 29, 2007By incorporrating the physics of black holes into a highly sophisticated model running on a powerful supercomputing system, an international team of scientists has produced an unprecedented simulation of cosmic evolution that verifies and deepens our understanding of relationships between black holes and the galaxies in which they reside. Called BHCosmo, the simulation shows that black hol ... more Thales Alenia Space To Build Palapa-D Satellite For Indosat 
Jakarta, Indonesia (SPX) Jul 02, 2007PT Indosat Tbk, today appointed Thales Alenia Space to build and launch the Palapa-D satellite. Palapa-D, which launch is expected during second half 2009, will replace Palapa-C2 satellite which will expired in 2011 placed in slot 113 degrees BT. Based on Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000B3 platform, Palapa-D satellite will have larger capacity compared to Palapa-C2 satellite of which it has 24 ... more |
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London UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2007The Protoflight Model of the Science Module structure built by Oerlikon Space AG has been delivered to Astrium UK at the beginning of June 2007. The lightweight, high stiffness and highly thermally stable structure is made of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) with the exception of the mating ring to the Propulsion Module which is made of aluminium alloy. The structure will provide a s ... more Japan Defence Chief Sorry For Atom Bomb Remarks, Despite The Obvious 
Tokyo (AFP) July 1, 2007Japan's defence minister apologised Sunday after sparking outrage over remarks which implied that the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan were the inevitable way to end World War II. Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma said in a speech on Saturday: "I understand the bombings brought the war to its end. I think it was something that couldn't be helped." He apologised on Sunday durin ... more Japan PM Seeking Leeway To Shoot Down Missile For US 
Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2007Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday Japan should find legal leeway to allow its armed forces to shoot down a ballistic missile fired at its key ally the United States. Abe made the remarks before a panel of advisers which he set up in April to lay the legal groundwork for Japan to fight for allies under attack without breaching its post-World War II pacifist constitution. The constitutio ... more US Wants To Go It Alone On Missile Defense 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to join President George W. Bush at Walker's Point, the Bush family's seaside estate, in Kennebunkport, Maine, this weekend for a short summer retreat. Both leaders will focus on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile defense system, namely 10 missile interceptors in Poland and an early-warning radar in the Czech Republic. President Putin, mean ... more BAE Systems Completes Major New Facility For Ionospheric Physics Research 
Gakona, Alaska, June 27, 2007BAE Systems has completed work on the world's largest and most capable ionospheric research facility. The facility will be used to study interactions between high-power radio signals and the earth's ionosphere. As the prime contractor for the U.S. Defense Department's High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) research station, BAE Systems designed and built the facility, operating s ... more |
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Tucson (SPX) Jun 29, 2007The University of Arizona today announced a major new scientific initiative to tackle the grand challenges facing science and society, including global climate change, the fate of water and how energy travels through Earth's ecosystems. The University will lease the 34.5-acre (14 hectare) Biosphere 2 campus in Oracle, Ariz. for a nominal annual fee to conduct such advanced research. A gift ... more French Group Veolia Wins Big Saudi Desalination Contract 
Paris (AFP) June 28, 2007The French utility services group Veolia has won a contract worth 702 million euros (945 million dollars) to design and build a water desalination plant in Saudia Arabia, Veolia said Thursday. The facility will also produce its own electricity, and construction is to be handled by a consortium that includes General Electric of the United States, the Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Veo ... more Consumers Must Be Convinced Nanotechnology Benefits Outweigh Risks 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2007"There is no doubt that nanotechnology has the potential to make the world a better place," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Chief Scientist Andrew Maynard. "But if consumers and other stakeholders are not convinced that the benefits outweigh the risks, many applications will not see the light of day. Likewise, if the benefits are unclear and the risks uncertain, the products of nanotec ... more Statoil And Shell Scrap Carbon Capture Plans To Pump More Oil 
Oslo (AFP) June 29, 2007Norwegian oil group Statoil and Britain's Shell said Friday they were scrapping plans to use carbon dioxide (CO2) to increase oil production. An evaluation showed that "though the value chain is technically feasible, it is not commercial viable," Statoil said in a statement. The project, announced in March 2006, involved the construction of a gas-fired power plant and a methanol production facil ... more EU To Relaunch Ties With Africa Amid Rising Chinese Influence 
Brussels (AFP) Jun 29, 2007The European Union aims to set up a strategic partnership with Africa to meet the continent's most important needs and match growing Chinese influence there, officials said Thursday. "We are looking for new, high-level relations. We want it to be a strategic partnership," Portugal's State Secretary for European Affairs, Manuel Lobo Antunes, told reporters. "We want to respond to individual ... more
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