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Russia Dumps Korean Astro Boy For Astro Girl In Textbook Scandal
Seoul (AFP) March 10, 2008South Korea on Monday chose a woman to be its first astronaut in a late change after Russia's space authorities said the man initially selected for next month's mission had breached training rules. Yi So-Yeon, 29, a biosystems engineering student, will now blast off on April 8 in a Russian-made Soyuz rocket, replacing 30-year-old male computer engineer Ko San on the 27-million-dollar space fare ... more Space tourism: The next frontier? 
Newark (UPI) Mar 10, 2008U.S. and Italian researchers predict outer space will become a frequent tourist destination during this century. "In the 21st century, space tourism could represent the most significant development experienced by the tourism industry," said University of Delaware Professor Fred DeMicco. DeMicco, along with Professor Silvia Ciccarelli of the University of Rome ... more Endeavour is 'go' for Tuesday launch 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The U.S. space agency said all systems were "go" for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle is to lift off at 2:29 a.m. EDT Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle's seven astronauts will, among other things, deliver the first section of the Japanese-built Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space ... more Intelsat, iDirect And World Vision To Connect The Most Remote Regions Of The World 
Herndon VA (SPX) Mar 10, 2008Intelsat and iDirect have announced the launch of World Vision's global network, SandukaNet. World Vision is a global relief and development agency. Intelsat is providing satellite capacity and broadband connectivity through its GlobalConnex Network Broadband service for World Vision's international operations in remote field locations. By mid-2008, SandukaNet is set to be operational in ... more Falcon 1 To Launch Operationally Responsive Space Satellite On Next Flight 
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2008Space Exploration Technologies has announced that it has signed a contract with the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space Office to carry their first Jumpstart mission payload onboard the upcoming Falcon 1 launch. Scheduled for flight in June 2008 from the SpaceX launch complex in the Central Pacific Marshall Islands' Kwajalein Atoll, the Jumpstart mission aims to ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2008NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make an unprecedented "in your face" flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wed., March 12. The spacecraft, orchestrating its closest approach to date, will skirt along the edges of huge Old-Faithful-like geysers erupting from giant fractures on the south pole of Enceladus. Cassini will sample scientifically valuable water-ice, dust and gas in the plume. The ... more KORE Telematics' Powerful Wireless Network Helps Expose Rental Equipment Crime Ring 
Herndon VA (SPX) Mar 11, 2008KORE Telematics has announced that its network played a fundamental role in exposing an organized ring of rental equipment theft. In late 2007, perpetrators rented equipment simultaneously from several branches of an equipment rental company in North Carolina, with the intent of moving the equipment out of the country. Fortunately for the rental company, it had outfitted its vehicles-for- ... more Navman Wireless OEM Solutions Enhances The Jupiter 30 And 32 GPS Module Lines 
Foothill Ranch CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2008Navman Wireless OEM Solutions has announced that it is among the first to incorporate the latest low-power SiRF technology into its GPS solutions. The Navman Wireless Jupiter 30 xLP and Jupiter 32 xLP extra low power modules feature the new 65nm SiRFstarIII GSC3e(f)/LPx chipset and offer up to 30% power savings over earlier modules. With the introduction of the xLP modules, Navman Wireless ... more SmartSynch Introduces Enhanced Coverage Validation Unit 
Jackson MS (SPX) Mar 11, 2008SmartSynch has introduced a newer version of its Coverage Validation Unit - a highly integrated, ruggedized handheld device that enables utility technicians to verify GPRS, CDMA or Wi-Fi frequency coverage prior to SmartMeter deployments. With competing solutions, utility technicians must rely on a trial-by-error approach; deploying advanced meters first, then returning to their offices to ... more GETAC Showcases Rugged PCs For GIS At GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference 
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 11, 2008GETAC is showcasing a full line of Fully Rugged and Semi-Rugged laptops and Fully Rugged tablet PCs during the Geospatial Information and Technology Association's Geospatial Infrastructure Conference being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Heading the line-up are the just-introduced GETAC B300 laptop and E100 tablet, which offer the latest technology and features ... more |
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Sao Paulo (AFP) March 10, 2008An ambitious plan by Brazil to irrigate its parched northeast region with a vast network of canals and reservoirs is more about giving water to residents than to agri-business, a minister argued Monday. National Integration Minister Geddel Vieira Lima told reporters that detractors' claims that the four-billion-dollar project was designed primarily to benefit huge cattle ranches and commercial ... more China says death penalty system improved 
Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2008Use of the death penalty has been checked in China since the top court began reviewing capital cases, the chief justice said Monday, but he withheld data on executions, which remain a state secret. State-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court, as saying "very few" death sentences had been handed down. "The SPC has been working to ensure ... more China to stick with one-child policy 
Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2008China will keep its controversial one-child policy unchanged for at least 10 years, the country's family planning chief was quoted as saying Monday, amid a government debate over easing the controls. Any changes to strict family planning laws would only come after an expected peak in the number of births in the next decade, Zhang Weiqing, minister of the State Population and Family Planning ... more Seal cubs threatened by global warming, WWF warns 
Hamburg, Germany (AFP) March 10, 2008Hundreds of newborn seal cubs risk dying of hunger and cold because global warming is making ice in the Arctic Circle melt too fast, the World Wide Fund for Nature in Germany warned Monday. "In some parts perhaps not a single one of the seal cubs born in the past few weeks will survive," the WWF said in a statement. It said hundreds of the roughly 1,500 ringed seal cubs born this month ... more Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-Bodied Humans 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2008Since the reporting of the so-called "hobbit" fossil from the island of Flores in Indonesia, debate has raged as to whether these remains are of modern humans (Homo sapiens), reduced, for some reason, in stature, or whether they represent a new species, Homo floresiensis. Reporting in this week's PLoS ONE in a study funded by the National Geographic Society Mission Programs, Lee Berger and ... more
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