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    MARSDAILY
    UK Govt and ESA Keep Beagle 2 Failure Report Secret
     London (UPI) May 24, 2004

    Beagle 2 drifts away from Mars Express
    The British government and the European Space Agency have refused to reveal the detailed findings of an inquiry into the loss of the Beagle 2 Mars lander that was lost on arrival at Mars on Christmas day 2003 - despite investigators being unable to pinpoint a single failure or shortcoming in the mission.
  • Offical ESA Release And Recommendation
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    MARSDAILY
    ESA: Lessons From Beagle 2 And Full Inquiry Recommendations
     Paris (ESA) May 25, 2004
     The Mars Express spacecraft, carrying the Beagle 2 lander, was launched on 2 June last year, arriving in the vicinity of Mars in December. The separation of Beagle 2 from Mars Express occurred on 19 December. The satellite continued its mission with its successful insertion into a Mars orbit on 25 December, the day on which Beagle 2 was due to land.
    Odyssey's Cannot Fail Attitude
     Pasadena CA - May 25, 2004
     Like a sweet, older sibling standing quietly to the side as the baby of the family gets all the "ooh's" and "aah's," the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has blended into the background noise of cheers for the Mars Exploration Rover discoveries.
  • Beagle 2 Doomed From The Start
  • OpEd: A fortunate failure
  • Opportunity Samples The Blast Damage
  • The Lion's Share Of Mars
    • RINGWORLDS
    Titan's Big Future In Plastics
     Tucson AZ - May 25, 2004
     While Cassini has been flying to Saturn, chemists on Earth have been making plastic pollution like that raining through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan.
    LAUNCH PAD
    Orbital Launches Taiwan's ROCSAT-2 Aboard Taurus XL
     Dulles VA (SPX) May 25, 2004
     An Orbital Sciences Taurus XL successfully launched the Republic of China's ROCSAT-2 remote sensing satellite into low-Earth orbit in a mission that originated from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 20.
    CLIMATE CHANGE
    Climate: Why Can't We Get Along?
     Boulder CO (UPI) May 24, 2004
     You can't follow the issue of global warming for very long without wondering what are the facts the climate debate, and where those facts leave off and interpretations begin.
    EARTH OBSERVATION
    DigitalGlobe Data Products Improve Efficiency Of Storm Water Billing
    Denver CO (SPX) May 25, 2004
     DigitalGlobe reports that Denver's Wastewater Management Division (WMD) has evaluated QuickBird imagery and DigitalGlobe's impervious surface map products in order to streamline WMD's storm water billing operation.
    Ikonos Supports DoD Installation Visualization Initiative
     Denver CO (SPX) May 25, 2004
     Space Imaging is nearing completion of a contract to provide imagery to the Department of Defense (DOD) for improved situational awareness of major defense installations.
    MILTECH
    Airbag Inflators Provide Push For New Surface Vessel Launcher
     Newport RI (SPX) May 25, 2004
     SEA CORP announced today that it supported the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in a series of tests in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay to demonstrate a new torpedo launcher concept for surface ships and to gather launch vehicle water entry data from high speed launches.
    MISSILE NEWS
    Raytheon To Supply Ship Self-Defense Systems Computers
     Tewksbury MA - May 25, 2004
     The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $38.7 million contract to design, produce and deliver Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) Mk 2 enhanced to an open architecture computing environment (OACE).
    ENERGY TECH
    Low-Carb Energy Diet Could Save $438 Billion for US Consumers
    Washington - May 25, 2004
     Just as low-carbohydrate diets are trimming the American waistline, more judicious use of hydrocarbon-based fossil fuels would reduce U.S. energy consumption by 33 percent and save consumers $438 billion a year by 2014, according to an analysis by Cornell University ecologists.
    SPACE MEDICINE
    Expanding The Genetic Code
     San Diego CA (SPX) May 25, 2004
     A team of investigators at The Scripps Research Institute and its Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology in La Jolla, California has modified a form of the bacterium Escherichia coli to use a 22-amino acid genetic code.
    SPACEMART
    Space.com Targets Non Core Media To Bring A Return On Investment
     New York (SPX) May 24, 2004
    Space Holdings announced Monday that it has changed the name of the corporation to Imaginova Corp. to better reflect the strength of its core brands and to facilitate the expansion of its successful business model. This model, which integrates traditional and new media into compelling content and marketing platforms, will be extended beyond the space category through internal development and acquisitions, the company said.
    TECH SPACE
    New Rad-Hard Tech Reduces Weight & Power, Lowers Costs
      Windham NH (SPX) May 25, 2004
     Alternative System Concepts, Inc., a developer of advanced electronic design automation (EDA) software for the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has been approved for a 2nd phase of funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
    AEROSPACE
    GE Acquire $2 Billion In Assets From Boeing Capital
     Stamford CT (SPX) May 25, 2004
     GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of General Electric has agreed to purchase approximately $2 billion in assets from Boeing Capital Corporation. The agreement is subject to normal regulatory review and expected to close in the second quarter of 2004.
    RECENT TESTIMONY
    Round-Trip Survivor
     Moffett Field (SPX) May 24, 2004
     To the Presidential Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, Dr. Marianne Frey, Professor Emeritus School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright State University, presented her views about the challenges to long-duration human exploration of the moon and Mars
    Red Rover Robotics
     Moffett Field (SPX) May 24, 2004
     Dr. William L. "Red" Whittaker is a principal scientist with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also director of the Field Robotics Center, which he founded in 1986. Projects under his direction include unmanned robots to explore planetary surfaces and volcano interiors, and autonomous land vehicle navigation. Some of this work is funded by NASA's ASTEP (Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploration of Planets) and the Mars Technology Program.
    YESTERDAY'S SPACEDAILY HEADLINES
  • Beagle 2 Doomed From The Start
  • OpEd: A fortunate failure
  • Loneos Discovers Asteroid With The Smallest Orbit
  • Hayabusa Spacecraft Rounds Earth and Heads for Near-Earth Asteroid
  • Evidence That Asteroids Change Color As They Age
  • Seven Years To Saturn
  • From Under Gran Sasso Mountain, Universe Seems Older
  • Chandra Opens New Line Of Investigation On Dark Energy
  • Theory Proposes New View Of Sun And Earth's Creation
  • SMART-1 Finds Small Thrust Level Oscillations Help
  • Schlumberger Deploys IPoVSAT To Gulf of Mexico
  • AMC Moves to PanAmSat in 15-Year Transponder Deal
  • Tightly Focused Laser Light Generates Nonlinear Effects And Rainbows
  • Lack of trade financing technology hits Africa's competitiveness:
  • Far away Siberian city thrives on high tech, innovations
  • EU offers backing for Russian WTO entry, gets Kyoto pledge
  • Modern Climate Heralds Thirsty Days
  • Your "Missile-Guided Weapon" Attact Against Pancreatic Cancer
  • Northrop Grumman To Build New Generation Aircraft Carrier
  • Mowing Back The Antenna Overgrowth
  • US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Uses SGI For Simulation
  • Northrop Grumman Offers Better Compass For Laser Rangefinders
  • Using Brain-based Control For Unmanned Vehicles
  • NATO Moves Ahead On MEADS Development
  • UN watchdog probes NKorea nuclear shipment to Libya
  • Pakistan, India postpone nuclear risk reduction talks: official
  • UN nuclear watchdog to report on Iran's atomic program
  • Orbital Taurus To Launch Taiwan's ROCSAT-2 Thursday
  • No imminent military crisis in Taiwan Strait: US Military Chief
  • Lockheed Martin Further Develops Mobile Launch Range Concept
  • Mystery Japanese To Go On Mission To Space Station
  • A Taste of the Future
  • Sound Suppression Test Unleashes A Flood On Shuttle Pad
  • Machines Roll In To Care For The Elderly
  • New Technology Allows On-The-Spot Chemical Analysis
  • China's first astronaut to meet UN chief
  • China to launch permanent manned space station within 15 years
  • Researchers confirm theory that universe in rapid expansion
  • Seiko Epson develops world's first 40-inch organic EL display
  • Lasers can scan breath for lung diseases
  • Panasonic To Produce XM-Ready Car Stereos For Trucking Fleets
  • ATK Validates Pulse-Capable Solid Divert and Attitude Control System
  • Analysis: Putin's Kyoto 'nyet'
  • Commentary: Prayers answered in India?
  • India File: Congress victory predicted
  • AMC-11 Satellite Ready For Launch From Cape Aboard Atlas 2AS
  • Venus Transit Of Sun Live From The Backyard Or Online
  • Rocks From High Heaven
  • China To Launch Permanent Manned Space Station Within 15 Years
  • Space Exploration Alliance Plans 'Moon-Mars Blitz' On Capitol Hill
  • A Bit Of Titan On Earth Helps In The Search For Life's Origins
  • Hypersonics Research Speeds Up
  • Mars Rover Inspects Stone Ejected From Crater
  • StarTiger To Roar In Finland
  • EESC Adopts Opinion On Space White Paper
  • Climate: Sitting In The Catbird Seat?
  • NASA Plans To Put An Aura Around The Earth
  • Worldsat Signs KT Corp for Northeast Asian Satellite Services
  • Satlynx S.A. And Alcatel Bring Broadband To Remote Areas
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