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Opportunity's Rock Abrasion Tool Shows Anomalous Behavior
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2007During the past week, Opportunity continued to investigate the rock layer known as "Smith," the second of three "bathtub-ring" layers of rock inside "Victoria Crater." The vehicle is mostly healthy, except for a recent anomaly involving the rock abrasion tool. Planned operations with the rock abrasion tool failed on Martian day, or sol, 1334 (Oct. 25, 2007), during both the calibration and ... more Spirit Continues Drive As Power Levels Decline 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2007Spirit has been gradually losing power, with energy levels dropping to 320 watt-hours per Martian day (100 watt-hours is the amount of energy needed to light a 100-watt bulb for one hour). Measurements of atmospheric dust, known as Tau, have been averaging 0.65. That dust level is typical of levels measuring throughout most of the mission, but power levels are lower than in previous years becaus ... more Strange Space Weather Over Africa 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (SPX) Nov 14, 2007Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop kicked off Nov. 12th with nearly 100 scientists and students in attendance. The strange phenomenon that brings all these people together is the ion plume-"a newly discovered form of space weather," says University of C ... more Dawn Checkout Going Out 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2007Now more than halfway through its 80-day initial checkout phase, the Dawn spacecraft continues to please its fans in mission control and throughout much of the rest of the universe. The project team has maintained the intensive pace described in the last log, and the sole team member in deep space has performed extremely well. Dawn excelled in what may be the most important test of this pa ... more Belarus To Launch Its Second Satellite In 2009 
Minsk (RIA Novosti) Nov 14, 2007Belarus plans to launch its second satellite in 2009, the National Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. Pyotr Vityaz, the first deputy chairman of the academy's presidium, said the Belka-2 satellite would be launched by a Russian carrier rocket. Belarus launched its first satellite, Belka, in July 2006. However, a Dnepr rocket carrying the Belarusian satellite, along with several internati ... more |
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Dubai, UAE (SPX) Nov 14, 2007BAE Systems has become the first UK-based aerospace business to gain design approval under the UK MOD Design Approved Organisation Scheme (DAOS) for Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems without a weight limit. The certification recognises BAE Systems capabilities for the design, development, certification and test of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) including systems and sub systems. Chris Clarkson, Dir ... more Outside View: Russia ready to leave INF 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 13, 2007 It looks as if Russia has long guessed the American moves to create a missile defense system in Europe and is responding tit-for-tat and even figure-for-figure. On Nov. 6 the Americans happily rejoiced after achieving their long-cherished ambition of hitting two target drones at the same time. The Russian reaction was not slow in coming. Russia is now poised to pull out of two basic int ... more Raytheon To Develop Solution For Submarine Communications 
Marlborough MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2007Raytheon has been awarded a $5.2 million U.S. Navy development contract to deliver a tactical paging solution that improves submarine communications. "Submarine communication protocols are much the same as they were 60 years ago," said Jerry Powlen, vice president, Network Centric Systems' Integrated Communications Systems. "Integrating satellite communications with acoustic Deep Siren tec ... more Elbit Systems To Supply UAV Systems To The Israeli Defense Forces 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Nov 14, 2007Elbit Systems received a new UAV order for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The order, valued at approximately $30 million, includes the development, manufacture and supply of new and improved UAV systems, as well as the upgrade of existing UAV systems, designed to enhance and expand the IDF's existing UAV platform. Development and supply is scheduled to take place over a period that exceeds th ... more US informs Nigeria of plan to set up military command in Africa 
Abuja (AFP) Nov 13, 2007US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte Tuesday outlined his country's plan to set up AFRICOM, a military command in Africa, saying it was in line with America's defence policy. "It's not unusual for the US to have regional military commands. We have regional military commands in various parts of the world," Negroponte told reporters at the end of his visit to Nigeria. The US govern ... more |
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Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Nov 13, 2007A severe cyclone over the Bay of Bengal has prompted an alert in India's southeastern coastal state of Orissa, where it is forecast to make landfall, weather officials said Tuesday. The weather "over southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly direction," the Orissa weather office said Tuesday. T ... more River Restoration Poorly Coordinated, Poorly Evaluated 
Durham NC (SPX) Nov 14, 2007The process of river restoration in the U.S. is uncoordinated at almost every level. Project scales are rarely linked to goals, and evaluation is rarely reported or used to assess whether these goals are achieved. A new study published in Restoration Ecology is the first attempt to systematically determine the motivations behind river restoration throughout the U.S., and to assess the ways in wh ... more Baker Institute Study Shows Big Five Oil Companies Limit Exploration 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 14, 2007A study released today by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds that the "Big Five" international oil companies (IOCs) are spending less money on oil exploration in real terms despite a four-fold increase in operating cash flow since the early 1990s. On the flip side, the study, "The International Oil Companies," finds that second-tier oil companies are spending more in explo ... more Alternative fuels may boost pollution: report 
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2007Some alternative vehicle fuels such as liquid coal can cause more harmful greenhouse gas emissions than polluters such as petrol or diesel, scientists warned in a US study released Tuesday. "Liquid coal, for example, can produce 80 percent more global warming pollution than gasoline," said the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit environmental group, in a statement introducing its stu ... more Clean, Carbon-Neutral Hydrogen On The Horizon 
University Park PA (SPX) Nov 14, 2007Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally friendly fuel source may be closer than we think, according to Penn State researchers. "The energy focus is currently on ethanol as a fuel, but economical ethanol from cellulose is 10 years down the road," says Bruce E. Logan, the Kappe professor of environmental engineering. "First you need to break cellulose down to sugars and then bacteria can convert ... more
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