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Malaysians over the moon as their astronaut blasts into space
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 10, 2007Malaysians were over the moon Wednesday as the majority-Muslim nation's first astronaut blasted off into space and headed for the International Space Station. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, a doctor and part-time model, launched from the Baikonour Spacedrome in Khazakhstan at 9:22 pm Malaysian time (1322 GMT), along with Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and American Peggy Whitson. "I am very ... more Astronomers Find Dust In The Wind Of Black Holes 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007The hit song that proclaimed, "All we are is dust in the wind," may have some cosmic truth to it. New findings from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that space dust -- the same stuff that makes up living creatures and planets -- was manufactured in large quantities in the winds of black holes that populated our early universe. The findings are a significant new clue in an unsolved mystery: ... more Interest In Space Wanes Despite America's Space Dependency 
Maxwell AFB AL (AFNS) Oct 11, 2007Too many Americans feel the "dark void" above them is of little consequence, but nothing is further from the truth warned one congressman during the Space Education Symposium held by Air University's National Space Studies Center in Montgomery, Ala., in September. In a video presentation at the symposium, Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.), a senior member of the House Armed Services, Intelligence and ... more New Horizons' SWAP instrument Reveals Complex Structure, Diverse Plasma Populations In Jupiter's Magnetotail 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 11, 2007During the first traversal nearly straight down any planet's magnetotail, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument aboard New Horizons gathered remarkable new data on the magnetospheric bubble that surrounds Jupiter. The encounter, a bonus science mission for the Pluto-bound spacecraft, occurred as it rounded the planet in February 2007 for a gravity assist to help speed its journey to the ... more New Isotope Molecule May Add To Venus' Greenhouse Effect 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Planetary scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have tracked down a rare molecule in the atmospheres of both Mars and Venus. The molecule, an exotic form of carbon dioxide, could affect the way the greenhouse mechanism works on Venus. The discovery is being announced today at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences in Orlando, Florida. Its pres ... more |
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Reading PA (SPX) Oct 10, 2007Penske Truck Leasing announced the release of Fleet I.Q. version 4.0 -- the next generation of state-of-the- art fleet management tools. Available exclusively through Penske's Precision Plus full-service lease, Fleet I.Q. enables fleet managers to employ GPS and wireless technology to affordably measure, monitor and manage critical performance for truck fleets large and small. "Fleet manag ... more Polar Launches Multisport Training System 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Oct 10, 2007Polar announced at the Outdoor Retailer Show the nation-wide availability of the RS800G3 multisport training system, the most comprehensive planning and analysis tool for athletes who train across multiple disciplines. The RS800G3 multisport training system's integrated view helps athletes plan their training, measure their body's response, and then analyze their performance against personal goa ... more Hynix Semiconductor Develops Industry's Smallest 1Gb Mobile DRAM 
Icheon, South Korea (SPX) Oct 10, 2007Hynix Semiconductor announced it has developed the industry's smallest 1 Gigabit mobile DRAM. Mobile DRAMs are widely used in wireless and handheld applications such as mobile phones, digital still and video cameras, PDAs, PMPs, and GPS Navigation systems. These products are now designed in smaller and smaller packages reducing the size of the battery. Hynix's Mobile DRAMs are designed to ... more ClearPoint Rolls Out High Resolution Sailing Hot Spots For Olympic And Global Sailing Centers 
Annapolis MD (SPX) Oct 10, 2007ClearPoint High Definition Weather is rolling out the first in a series of high resolution Sailing "Hot Spots" at some of the world's most popular sailing and fishing destinations. The innovative ClearPoint service offers a more dynamic and precise wind forecast with an accuracy of one kilometer and is designed to fundamentally change the way consumers engage with marine weather, all over the wo ... more Broward County Sheriff's Office Awards BI Incorporated Large GPS Tracking Contract 
Ft. Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 10, 2007BI Incorporated announced that it has extended it longstanding relationship with Broward County Sheriff's Office for at least three years and possibly longer. Specifically, BI will supply the Pretrial Services Division within the Sheriff's Office with a range of offender monitoring technologies, including GPS tracking systems, to help the division to supervise at least 580 pretrial defendants wh ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Oct 10, 2007Taiwan flexed its military muscles Wednesday, showing off two home-developed missiles in a rare parade seen as a reminder to China that it has the weaponry to defend itself. In a televised National Day address, President Chen Shui-bian said China's own military build-up posed a threat to world peace, and urged it to withdraw nearly 1,000 ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at the island. ... more LockMart And NG TSAT Team Verifies Performance, System Interoperability Of The Next Gen Processor Router 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007The Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team was the first to successfully complete the last in a series of verification tests of its Next Generation Processor Router (NGPR) performed during the Risk Reduction and System Definition (RR and SD) phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment. The "spiral tests" demonstrated additional NGPR functions and perfo ... more Northrop Grumman Begins Integrating Megawatt-Class Laser Onto MDA's Airborne Laser Aircraft 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Northrop Grumman, along with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), have begun re-assembly of the world's most powerful laser built for an airborne environment onto MDA's Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft to prepare for high-power system testing. The integration is taking place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., following a refurbishment by the company that involved the ... more New Findings Solve Human Origins Mystery 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007An extraordinary advance in human origins research reveals evidence of the emergence of the upright human body plan over 15 million years earlier than most experts have believed. More dramatically, the study confirms preliminary evidence that many early hominoid apes were most likely upright bipedal walkers sharing the basic body form of modern humans. On October 10th, online, open-access journa ... more Why It Is Impossible For Some To Just Say No 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Drug abuse, crime and obesity are but a few of the problems our nation faces, but they all have one thing in common--people's failure to control their behavior in the face of temptation. While the ability to control and restrain our impulses is one of the defining features of the human animal, its failure is one of the central problems of human society. So, why do we so often lack this crucial a ... more
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