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Kliper Has Too Many Unknowns Moscow (UPI) Aug 04, 2006 
People say that Russians and Americans are very much alike. Mentally, of course. Especially when we think of something big and impressive, such as a space effort. Sometimes, we copy each other's problems with mirror-like precision. Here is the latest example. Until recently no one could doubt the prospects of Russia's reusable space transport system. For some years the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) has been talking its head off about the Kliper craft as the system's core. When early this year a tender was announced for developing and manufacturing a spaceship, it was a mere formality. |
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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Committee Set Up To Look Into GSLV Crash
New Delhi (PTI) Aug 04, 2006A failure analysis committee has been set up to ascertain reasons for GSLV crash last month, Rajya Sabha was informed today. The committee which has been set up with experts from ISRO, academia and national research laboratory to ascertain the reasons for failure of GSLV-F02 is expected to submit its findings within a month, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan said in a written reply. Griffin Asks For Patience In Pursuit Of Deep Space Goals 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2006Following are the remarks delivered Thursday at the annual convention of the Mars Society: Good morning, and thank you very much for inviting me to be the warm-up act for Elon Musk. But before we get to that, let me say that it's good to be among fellow space travelers like the Mars Society. You all want to turn the stuff of science fiction into reality, as do I. Station Crew Completes Spacewalk 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2006Space Station crewmen Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter completed an almost 6.5-hour spacewalk Thursday that involved installing and replacing equipment and setting up scientific experiments outside the orbiting laboratory. |
Linking The Earth To The Moon
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2006The moon is Earth's closest companion in the solar system, a constant presence that, throughout history, has provided illumination on dark nights. The moon not only tugs the ocean tides, but, as proven by the countless poems that extol its luminescent beauty, the moon tugs at our hearts as well. The Apollo program turned the distant moon into the very edge of the human frontier, and if current plans hold, the moon will be our first outpost in future space exploration. Scientists Suggest Solution To 30-Year-Old Martian Mystery 
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2006Electricity generated in dust storms on Mars may produce reactive chemicals that build up in the Martian soil, according to NASA-funded research. The chemicals, like hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), may have caused the contradictory results when NASA's Viking landers tested the Martian soil for signs of life, according to the researchers. Astronomers Discover Twin Planemos 
La Silla, Chile (SPX) Aug 04, 2006The cast of exoplanets has an extraordinary new member. Using the European Southern Observatory's telescopes, astronomers have discovered an approximately seven-Jupiter-mass companion to an object only twice as hefty. |
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RTP Launches DTH Channel On IA-8 To Target Brazilian Viewers
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) Aug 04, 2006Intelsat has announced that Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) has signed on as the first major international broadcast customer to launch a direct to home (DTH) channel on Intelsat's IA-8 satellite targeting Brazil. The new channel from RTP enhances Intelsat's already strong presence as a provider of high-quality DTH platforms in Brazil. AeroTelesis Signs Agreement With Mabuhay Satellite 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2006AeroTelesis announced Thursday it has signed an agreement with one of its strategic partners, Mabuhay Satellite Corp., to become the first beta partner to utilize Ultra Spectral Modulation-based products. Granicus Valles And Tinjar Valles 
Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) Aug 04, 2006This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows regions of Granicus Valles and Tinjar Valles that might have been formed partly through the action of subsurface water, due to a process known as sapping. |
Hubble Sees Cosmic Fireworks Display E0102 In The Small Magellanic Cloud
Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2006Reminiscent of a U.S. Independence Day celebration, here is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. NASA Funds Dark Energy Space Telescope Development 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2006NASA has selected a team led by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center develop a concept for a space mission to characterize the mysterious dark energy that permeates the universe and is causing its expansion to accelerate. Dawn Conducting The Comprehensive Performance Tests 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 04, 2006Dawn continues to keep its human handlers very busy as preparations continue on schedule to meet the planned opening of the launch period on June 20, 2007. Much of June 2006 was devoted to conducting the comprehensive performance tests (CPTs) described in the previous log. |
UAV Performing Well In Strategic Plans
Washington (UPI) Aug 01, 2006The U.S. Joint Chief of Staff's director for strategic plans and policy is very positive on data supplied by unmanned aerial vehicles. Air Force Lt. Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr. said in a Pentagon Channel interview that the real-time feedback of information supplied by UAVs were "value added" to military operations. Raytheon Booms On Missile Defense Contracts 
Washington (UPI) Aug 01, 2006Focusing on U.S. ballistic missile defense programs remains good business for Raytheon. On Friday, the defense contracting giant beat estimates for its second quarter, with 5.6 percent year-over-year top-line growth, which management attributed to improved government contract bookings and increased aircraft deliveries, Forbes magazine reported. Magnets To Aid Military in Next-Gen Radar System 
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 02, 2006Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a magnetic material that will enable radar technology used by the U.S. military to be smaller, lighter, and cheaper without compromising on performance. China To Modernize Military And Reunify Taiwan Says Defense Minister 
Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2006China will be a force for global peace but it must arm its military with the latest in high-tech weapons and ensure that Taiwan never splits from the mainland, the defence minister said Monday. US Mulls Sanctions After North Korean Missile Test 
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2006The US administration is looking at re-imposing broad economic sanctions on North Korea in response to the Stalinist state's recent missile test, an official said Monday. "It's one of the options that's on the table," said Molly Millerwise, a spokeswoman for Stuart Levey, the US Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. |
Underwater Robots Work Together Without Human
Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 02, 2006This August in Monterey Bay, Calif., an entire fleet of undersea robots will for the first time work together without the aid of humans to make detailed and efficient observations of the ocean. CSIRO Reveals How Continents Can Break Apart 
Perth, Australia (SPX) Aug 02, 2006Continents drift on the surface of the Earth in response to a recycling of oceanic plates, with new plates formed at rifts which are mostly located as sea-floor spreading centres in the middle of oceans. Swedish Nuclear Plant Faced Possible Meltdown 
Forsmark, Sweden (UPI) Aug 01, 2006Last week's shutdown of the Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden, north of Stockholm, reportedly could have resulted in a meltdown. The emergency -- called by some the most dangerous international nuclear incident since the destruction of the Russian Chernobyl plant 20 year ago -- occurred when two of four generators shut down, officials said. Evidence Of Rapid Evolution Is Found At The Tips Of Chromosomes 
New York NY (SPX) Aug 02, 2006In terms of their telomeres, mice are more complicated than humans. That's the finding from a recent Rockefeller University study, which shows that mice have two proteins working together to do the job of a single protein in human cells. Google Earth Impacts Science 
Bonn, Germany (UPI) Aug 01, 2006The world's scientists are increasingly using Google Earth's digital globe, which has also attracted millions of non-scientists around the world. CONTENT PARTNERS
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