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MIT seeks funding for elastic spacesuit
Boston (UPI) Dec 26, 2007 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are seeking funding to develop a skin-tight, next-generation spacesuit for a possible mission to Mars. The lightweight, stretchable "Bio-Suit" was envisioned by NASA in the 1990s, but funding to develop the futurist garment dried up. A team of MIT researchers and engineers believe they could develop a prototype suit and have it rea ... more Outside View: Arctic satellite balance 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 26, 2007 Russian space industry experts are currently discussing the concept of a federal program to use the results of space research to aid national socioeconomic development. The program envisions using a new satellite cluster, called "Arktika," to monitor weather conditions in the polar regions. President Vladimir Putin, who advocates the program, learned more about the new orbital system d ... more Dawn Of The Ion Age 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 25, 2007Dawn is climbing away from the Sun on a blue-green pillar of xenon ions as it begins a new chapter in its mission. After the remarkably successful initial checkout phase, the project is now in the interplanetary cruise phase. When last we visited Dawn, it had superbly demonstrated that it was ready to fly the way it will for most of the mission. Although there will be many special activities du ... more Putin wants satnav collar for dog: agency 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 24, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering buying a satnav dog collar for his labrador, Connie, in case she gets lost, the country's deputy prime minister revealed Monday. "When can I get a system for my dog, Connie, so she can't go too far astray?", Putin asked Sergey Ivanov, when the deputy PM presented plans for launching three new satellites. "Dog collars will be in the shops fr ... more Russia rocket takes satellites into orbit: Interfax 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2007A Russian Proton-M rocket blasted off on Tuesday carrying three new satellites for Moscow's GLONASS navigation system, Interfax cited a spokesman for Russia's space agency as saying. Sixteen satellites are already in orbit for GLONASS, developed in the 1980s by the Russian military and a competitor system to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), Europe's Galileo and a Chinese programme. ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Dec 26, 2007Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda heads Thursday to China on a mission to further ease strains in relations between the Asian powers which hit rock bottom just a few years ago. Fukuda, a political veteran paying his first visit to Beijing since taking over in September, is hoping to show his skills as a diplomat after a sharp slide in his approval ratings at home. The Japanese leader ... more Sunk swampland recovering post-Katrina 
New Orleans (UPI) Dec 24, 2007 Many of the hundreds of acres of swampland destroyed by Hurricane Katrina will take decades to recover, and some may never be the same. In the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area south of U.S. 90, the hurricane passed through swampland, destroying vegetation and carving out a 200-acre depression that now, filled with water, has unofficially been dubbed Lake Katrina, the New Orleans Tim ... more Asia remembers tsunami victims three years on 
Calang, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 26, 2007Three years after Indian Ocean nations were lashed by massive tsunamis, sombre ceremonies were held Wednesday to recall those lost in one of the worst natural catastrophes in modern times. In Indonesia, mass prayers were held outdoors and at mosques across Aceh, the staunchly Muslim province at the northern tip of Sumatra island where 168,000 lives were claimed by the earthquake-triggered wa ... more US braces for baby boom retirement wave 
Washington (AFP) Dec 25, 2007The first of the vast US baby boom generation goes into retirement in January, setting off a demographic tidal wave with wide-ranging economic, political and social implications. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, born on January 1, 1946, is acknowledged as the nation's first baby boomer and the first to apply for social security benefits, for which she will be eligible in 2008. The New Jersey g ... more Graft, fighting hinders Sri Lanka's tsunami recovery 
Galle, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 25, 2007Graft and renewed fighting has blocked relief to Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors with less than a fifth of money pledged properly accounted for three years later, according to watchdogs. Sri Lanka's government claims success in rebuilding homes destroyed by the disaster, but international agencies say big problems remain. Huge amounts of foreign cash that poured in did not reach its intended d ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2007China reiterated Wednesday its long-term dependence on coal for energy, but pledged to step up efforts to burn the fuel more cleanly to reduce its impact on global warming. In its first white paper on energy, the Chinese government also vowed to develop sustainable energy industries, and said its booming demand for fuel would not pose a threat to world energy security. "China did not, do ... more Vietnam plans Mekong mega-dam in Laos: state media 
Hanoi (AFP) Dec 25, 2007Energy-hungry Vietnam is planning to build a two-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Mekong river of Laos and to construct several other large hydropower projects in the neighbouring country. Vietnam's main energy company expects to wrap up a feasibility study by April for a dam near Luang Prabang, the former Lao royal capital, that would dwarf existing dams in the landlocked country, state media ... more Japan, Kazakh firms to tie-up in nuclear fuel processing: official 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 26, 2007Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. and trading house Sumitomo Corp. will tie up with Kazakhstan's state-run energy company in uranium processing for nuclear power generation, an official said Wednesday. The move is part of a wider effort by Asia's largest economy to forge closer ties with uranium-rich Kazakhstan so as to reduce its dependence on increasingly expensive Middle East crude oil. ... more How Mars Could Have Been Warm And Wet But Limestone-Free 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 24, 2007Planetary scientists have puzzled for years over an apparent contradiction on Mars. Abundant evidence points to an early warm, wet climate on the red planet, but there's no sign of the widespread carbonate rocks, such as limestone, that should have formed in such a climate. Now, a detailed analysis in the Dec. 21 issue of Science by MIT's Maria T. Zuber and Itay Halevy and Daniel P. Schrag of Ha ... more Global Map Reveals Mineral Distribution On Mars 
Laurel, MD (SPX) Dec 24, 2007Scientists are getting a clearer image of mineral distribution on the surface of Mars, thanks to the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), one of six science instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, currently circling the planet. More than 200 just-released "spectral maps" reveal the distribution of various minerals on the surface of Mars -- the first installmen ... more
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