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NASA's Centennial Challenges To Advance Technologies
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2007From Oct. 19 to 21, more than 20 teams from across the nation and around the world will compete for a total of $1,000,000 from NASA for the development of cutting-edge technologies. The Beam Power Challenge and Tether Challenge, two of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges, will take place at the 2007 Space Elevator Games at the Davis County Event Center in Salt Lake City. ... more HAWK-I Takes Off 
Garching, Germany (ESO) Aug 27, 2007Europe's flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new 'eye' to study the Universe. Working in the near-infrared, the new instrument - dubbed HAWK-I - covers about 1/10th the area of the Full Moon in a single exposure. It is uniquely suited to the discovery and study of faint objects, such as distant galaxies or small stars and planets. ... more Chinese Astronauts Test Traditional Chinese Medicines In Space 
Beijing (XNA) Aug 29, 2007China's astronauts have been testing new varieties of traditional Chinese medicine that could help treat osteoporosis, insomnia and improve immunity. Doctors with the China Astronaut Research and Training Center say the new remedies will be prepared for sale after further tests during the country's third manned space program in 2008. The medicines have been packaged in pill and capsule ... more Boeing Selected To Build NASA's Upper Stage For Ares I 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 29, 2007Boeing has been awarded a NASA contract valued at approximately $514.7 million to produce the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. This element provides the navigation, guidance, control and propulsion required for the ascent of the second-stage Ares I into low-Earth orbit. The Ares I launches the Orion crew exploration vehicle, which will be joined with other elements of NASA's ... more Ball Aerospace Presents Proposal For Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Instrument Unit Avionics 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2007Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., Hamilton Sundstrand, and Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., (Team Ball) presented an oral summary of its Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Instrument Unit Avionics (IUA) proposal to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on August 7, following a July 30 submission of the proposal for cost volume. During the presentation, Ball Aerospace, the proposed prime ... more |
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Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2007The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the first phase of a program to demonstrate the maturity of all enabling technologies for a mobile, solid-state laser weapon system mounted on a ground vehicle. Called the High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD), the Army's goal for the system is to demonstrate the capability to effectively counter rockets ... more Final Frontier: Closer To Home Than Ever Before 
Maxwell AFB AL (AFNS) Aug 29, 2007Air University officials here will host an educational symposium on the realm of space, America's dependence on the cosmos, and how military and civilian communities discuss the nation's space vulnerabilities Sept. 25 to 27 in downtown Montgomery, Ala. Headed by the National Space Studies Center at Air University, the symposium touts the motto: "Building an educational foundation for ... more Russia Will Use Gabala Radar - Space Forces Representative 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007Russia's Space Forces will not give up using the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, the forces' spokesman said, commenting on media reports that Russia could soon abandon the site. "The activity of the Space Forces is aimed at all radars eventually being on Russian territory. But we do not intend to give up the agreement on the use of the Gabala ahead of time," Alexei Zolotukhin said. ... more Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record US Warmth In 2006 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2007Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study that will be published 5 September in Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Last year's average temperature was the second highest since recordkeeping began in 1895. The team found that it was very unlikely ... more Hong Kong faces 10 percent risk of tsunami this century: study 
Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2007Hong Kong and the neighbouring territory of Macau face a roughly 10 percent risk of being hit by a devastating tsunami in the next hundred years, scientists said. The danger stems from where the bed of the South China Sea ducks under the Manila Trench, a boundary in the notoriously seismic Philippine Sea plate of the Earth's crust. An earthquake on the Manila Trench could cause giant waves ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007A senior Russian nuclear official said Tuesday that a deal is likely to be signed with the United States this fall on the civilian use of nuclear power. The document, initialed two months ago, envisages the transfer of fissile materials, and relevant installations and equipment. "We hope the document will be signed during the coming fall," said Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of the Federal Agency ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 24, 2007Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more Seattle Green Building Programme Among Vendors Profiled Inside New Zero and Low Emission Buildings Report 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of Zero and Low Emission Buildings to their offering. Essential research for anyone involved in reducing one of the major sources of carbon emissions - the construction and property industry. Buildings make a large contribution to the energy consumption of a country. It is estimated that, of the total energy generated in the industrialised world ... more Energy Focus Wins DARPATech 2007 Award For Excellence 
Solon OH (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Adding to a growing list of major technology and innovation awards, Energy Focus has announced that it has been awarded the 2007 DARPATech Small Business Innovation Research Award for Excellence. Dr. Anthony J. Tether, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), presented the award at DARPATech 2007, DARPA's 25th Systems and Technology Symposium, in Anaheim ... more Energy Department to aid biofuels creation 
Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy says it will allocate up to $33.8 million to support commercial production of cellulosic biofuels. The funding, officials said, will support development of enzymes -- a key step to enabling bio-based production of clean, renewable biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol. The funding, part of President Bush's Twenty in Ten Plan, seeks to displace ... more
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