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Space Frontier Foundation Slams NASA CEV Plans Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2006 
The Space Frontier Foundation announced Wednesday it has issued a white paper calling the initial stages of NASA's post- space shuttle plans a complete failure. As the first step in a long-term campaign, the organization said it considers the agency's Crew Exploration Vehicle effort "a dead-end that is both unaffordable and unsustainable." The foundation views are presented in an 18-page paper that also proposes specific solutions drawn from recommendations in the President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, a panel appointed by President George W. Bush to advise NASA on how to return astronauts to the Moon and go on to Mars. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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NASA Preparing Atlantis For Monday Rollout
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 27, 2006NASA technicians are preparing space shuttle Atlantis for its four-mile journey to Launch Pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, July 31, the agency announced Wednesday. Russian Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 27, 2006A Russian Dnepr rocket failed 86 seconds after liftoff Wednesday, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. The rocket, a former Soviet RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, carried 17 micro-satellites - as well as the first Belorussian spacecraft, called Belka. It apparently failed after the second stage was ignited. NASA Awards Contracts For Constellation Program Study 
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 27, 2006NASA has awarded a 90-day study contract to four space-related companies to examine separately long-term ground processing and infrastructure planning for the agency's Constellation program. |
ICG Demos Iridium Technology In Airship Trials
Newport News VA (SPX) Jul 27, 2006International Communications Group announced Wednesday it has conducted a recent series of test flights to demonstrate new-generation "paint-on" antenna technology using a unique SA-60 spherical airship designed for high-altitude research. NASA Africa Mission Investigates Hurricane Origin And Development 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2006Scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, universities and international agencies will study how winds and dust conditions from Africa influence the birth of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Programmer Develops New Black Hole Model 
Superior CO (SPX) Jul 27, 2006Newmerix Corp. Web programmer and amateur physicist David Ring has developed a new model for evaporating black holes. "It took about four months of calculations," said Ring of his hypothesis that describes the dwindling mass of black holes. |
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ISS Crew Checks Out Spacesuits
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 27, 2006Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter have conducted a system check of their spacesuits and checked out tools to be used during the Aug. 3 spacewalk. One of their key tasks was familiarization by Williams and Reiter with the pistol grip tool they will use while outside the station. NASA To Partner With AirLaunch On Small Satellite Development 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2006NASA announced Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with AirLaunch LLC to explore collaborations in space launch systems and payloads launched from aircraft. XMM-Newton Makes New Discoveries About Old Pulsars 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 27, 2006The super-sensitivity of ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has shown that the prevailing theory of how stellar corpses, known as pulsars, generate their X-rays needs revising. India Gets World's First Supersonic Cruise Missiles 
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 26, 2006The Indian Army will become the first military force in the world to operate supersonic cruise missiles when it deploys the BrahMos surface-to-surface missile next year. |
Saturn Ring Spokes Appear Again
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2006This image from the Cassini spacecraft shows a ghostly white streak, called a spoke, in Saturn's B ring. This is the first sighting of a spoke in nearly a year, and the first spoke seen by Cassini on the sunlit side of the rings. Nano Helps Keep Cells Alive 
New York (UPI) Jul 26, 2006Encasing living cells in networks of silica and fatty layers only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size could help keep them alive longer for use in novel chemical factories or sensors. Tiny Chip Demonstrates Big Memory in Cosmos 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2006A chemical alloy, used in everyday electronic items such as rewritable CDs and DVDs, serves as the source of a new computer chip which researchers hope will demonstrate non-volatile memory, or information storage retention without a power source, in the radiation-hardened space environment. India says no compromise on US nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 26, 2006 India said on Wednesday it would make no compromises on a landmark deal with the United States to get civil nuclear technology amid criticism that the pact could endanger national security.. |
New Long-Range Bomber On Horizon For 2018
Langley AFB VA (SPX) Jul 27, 2006A new bomber scheduled for operation as early as 2018 will enhance America's long-range strike capabilities, according to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley in a recent ASC speech. North Korea vows "do-or-die resistance" 
Seoul (AFP) Jul 26, 2006 North Korea's defense minister said Wednesday his country would wage "all-out, do-or-die resistance" after criticism from the United States and the UN Security Council over its missile tests. Composite Technology to Improve Tactical Shelters 
Hill AFB UT (SPX) Jul 27, 2006The 84th Combat Sustainment Group, Tactical Shelter, Radome, and Tower Program Office is responsible for management of Air Force hard wall tactical shelters. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Almost 3,000 believed dead/missing in NK floods
Seoul (AFP) Jul 26, 2006 Nearly 3,000 North Koreans were believed dead or missing in floods and landslides after torrential rains hit the impoverished country, a respected South Korean human rights group said Wednesday. High-Tech Hydrogen Scooter Designed To Sell Clean Technology 
Delft, Holland (SPX) Jul 27, 2006An Industrial Design Engineering graduate from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has designed and built a working prototype of a scooter, which can be powered by hydrogen. Scientists Discover Evolutionary Fins/Limbs Origin 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jul 27, 2006Performance on the dance floor may not always show it, but people are rarely born with two left feet. We have genes that instruct our arms and legs to grow in the right places and point in the right directions. They also provide for the spaces between our fingers and toes and every other formative limb detail. |
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