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Meet Space Heroes And Space Entrepreneurs At International Symposium Las Cruces NM (SPX) Oct 17, 2006 
It's not too late to tap into the action as heroes of the first Space Race and frontrunners in the new one gather in Las Cruces Oct. 17 and 18 for the second annual International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight. "In fact, we will take registration at the door," said Patricia Hynes, director of the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium and co-chair of the symposium, which will be held at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. "This is going to be a historic event and we would like to see the community take advantage of it," Hynes said. "There are going to be some amazing people at the symposium and you can meet them and hear their ideas about the challenges and opportunities of commercial spaceflight." |
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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Students Submit Experiments To NASA
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 17, 2006Three teams of engineering students are submitting self-designed experiments to NASA for a chance to test them in zero gravity at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The teams, collectively known as the KU Microgravity Team, are submitting proposals to test a propulsion system for a small satellite, a docking mechanism and a lunar rover. Kimchi To Boldly Go Where No South Korean Pickle Has Gone Before 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 16, 2006South Korea is planning to send kimchi into space in a giant leap for its much-loved national dish, Yonhap news agency reported Monday. A state-run food research body is pushing ahead with a plan to develop traditional foods like kimchi, the chili paste "gochujang" and ginseng so that they can be eaten in space, Yonhap said. NASA Orbiter Reveals New Details Of Mars Both Young And Old 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2006During its first week of observations from low orbit, NASA's newest Mars spacecraft is already revealing new clues about both recent and ancient environments on the red planet. Scientists hope the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will answer questions about the history and distribution of Mars' water by combining data from the orbiter's high-resolution camera, imaging spectrometer, context camera, ground-penetrating radar, atmospheric sounder, global color camera, radio and accelerometers. |
Is It Time For A New Martian Chronology
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2006The classic technique for assessing the history of a rocky planet's geology is to count craters. On average, areas with longer exposure to space have had more impacts, and therefore more craters. By counting craters, scientists have broken the geologic history of Mars into three eras: Noachian (warm and wet), Hesperian (volcanic), and the present-day Amazonian (cold and dry). Following Earthly practice, each era is named for the location where the characteristic terrain was first identified. The View From A Promontory Call Cape Verde At Victoria Crater 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 17, 2006Opportunity is healthy and perched at the tip of the promontory "Cape Verde," 3.1 meters (10.2 feet) from the edge of a sharp drop off on the rim of "Victoria Crater." Soon after arriving at Victoria Crater's "Duck Bay" last week, Opportunity was sent on its way to Cape Verde. Six sols, four drives and 127.61 meters (419 feet) later, Opportunity arrived at the rock target "Fogo" near the tip of Cape Verde. Mars Express And The Story Of Water On Mars 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 17, 2006For a number of decades now, astronomers have wondered about water on Mars. Thanks to ESA's Mars Express, much of the speculation has been replaced with facts. Launched on 2 June 2003, Mars Express has changed the way we think of Mars. Since the Viking missions of the 1970s, planetary scientists have changed their perception of water on Mars several times, passing from the picture of a dry planet to a warmer, wetter one. |
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Fourth Ariane 5 Launch Of 2006 Performs Flawlessly
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 17, 2006On 13 October 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two satellites into geostationary transfer orbits and deploy a demonstration antenna. Lift-off of flight V173 took place at 21:56 GMT/UTC (17:56 local time, 22:56 CEST/Paris). The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later. Metop Weather Satellite Ready For Launch 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 17, 2006Following the roll out to the launch pad and erection at the launch tower at the weekend, MetOp is ready for launch at 18:28 CEST tomorrow from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of Europe's first polar-orbiting weather satellite is set to make a major contribution to global weather forecasting and climate monitoring. Sea Launch Prepares For The Launch Of XM-4 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2006The Sea Launch team is preparing for its fifth mission of 2006, the launch of the XM-4 satellite. The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed from Home Port in Long Beach, California, and are on their way to the launch site on the Equator to begin launch operations. Liftoff is planned at the opening of a 58-minute launch window beginning at 4:49pm Pacific Daylight Time (23:49 GMT) on October 26. |
China/US To Meet Every Year For Space Co'op.
Beijing (XNA) Oct 12, 2006Space agency officials from China and the United States are to meet annually to discuss the development of bilateral space cooperation, said Sun Laiyan, administrator of China National Space Administration, on Thursday. He said the two countries would jointly explore fields of possible cooperation, such as space science, geoscience and space debris. Chinese Annual Space Budget-Two Billion Dollars 
Beijing (XNA) Oct 12, 2006The Chinese government spends less than a tenth of NASA's budget on space activities, an official said here Thursday. The proposed 2007 budget of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on civil space programs was nearly 17 billion dollars, while China's budget was less than one tenth of that figure, said Sun Laiyan, administrator of China National Space Administration. India May Quit EU-led GPS project 
New Delhi (PTI) Oct 17, 2006India's participation in the Galileo project, a satellite navigation system being developed by EU and European Space Agency, expected to rival the United States' GPS (global positioning system), has run into the hard ground realities of security concerns. India fears that sharing of sensitive data may not be adequately firewalled from individuals and other nations participating in the enterprise. India had signed up to the 30-satellite landmark space navigation project in September last year. |
NK Hardline Military Behind Nuke Test Say Analysts
Seoul (AFP) Oct 16, 2006Three hawkish generals in North Korea's all-powerful army pushed leader Kim Jong-Il into conducting his declared nuclear test, a leading analyst said Monday. Other analysts also saw the hand of the 1.2 million-strong military as being behind the announcement, which shocked the world and prompted UN sanctions. Northrop Grumman Bids For Army Integrated Air And Missile Defense Battle Command System 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 17, 2006Northrop Grumman has announced that it intends to bid as prime contractor for the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) program competition. The IBCS is an Army transformational program that will establish a network-centric system-of-systems solution for integrating sensors, shooters, and battle management command, control, communications and intelligence systems for Army air and missile defense. Mass Vaccination Unnecessary In The Event Of A Large Bioterrorist US Smallpox Attack 
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 17, 2006Mass vaccination would not be necessary in the event of a large-scale smallpox bioterrorist attack in the United States, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that appears online in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. AAI Receives Unmanned Systems Contracts 
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2006United Industrial has announced that its AAI Corporation defense subsidiary has received three significant orders from the U.S. Army for production, refurbishment, and repair of equipment for Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). Total potential value of the three orders is $102.6 million, with $57.7 million funded immediately. Russia Asks US To Clarify Its MD Plans In Europe 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 17, 2006Russia wants the U.S. to clarify its plans for the deployment of its anti-missile shield in Europe, the chief of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces said Monday. The United States has ambitious plans to deploy a network of anti-missile systems across the world to protect itself and its allies from threats from countries such as Iran and North Korea, and there has been speculation they would be based in at least two former Communist-bloc countries, which Russia sees as a threat to its national security. CONTENT PARTNERS
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First Direct Evidence That Human Activity Linked To Collapse Of Ice Shelf London, UK (SPX) Oct 17, 2006 
The first direct evidence linking human activity to the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves is published this week in the Journal of Climate. Scientists reveal that stronger westerly winds in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, driven principally by human-induced climate change, are responsible for the marked regional summer warming that led to the retreat and collapse of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf.Study Reveals Ways To Improve Systems Using New Weather Technology 
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2006Human factors/ergonomics researchers at three universities are working to ensure that improved weather radar data gathered through the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) project will help emergency managers make faster, more accurate, and more confident decisions about approaching severe weather. Billions Needed To Clean Aniva Bay In Sakhalin 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 17, 2006Billions of dollars will be needed to alleviate the environmental impact in the Aniva Bay caused by the vast Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East, an environmental watchdog official said. Scientists Give Mixed Forecast For Northeast Atlantic Fish Stocks 
Paris (AFP) Oct 16, 2006Researchers issued a patchy forecast on Monday for commercial fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic, saying herring and hake stocks had rebounded somewhat but cod, sandeel, flatfish and anchovies remained at perilously low levels. Learning To Live With Oxygen On Early Earth 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2006Scientists at the Carnegie Institution and Penn State University have discovered evidence showing that microbes adapted to living with oxygen 2.72 billion years ago, at least 300 million years before the rise of oxygen in the atmosphere. Staph Bug Grows In Community 
Toronto (UPI) Oct 13, 2006A deadly version of Staphylococcus aureus has become so widespread that it now shows up more often in patients coming into the hospital for treatment than among patients already being treated. Embargos Failing To Disarm African Rebels 
London (AFP) Oct 16, 2006Rebels in the Democractic Republic of Congo (DRC) are fighting with bullets and small arms from US, Greece, China, Russia, Serbia and South Africa despite a UN and other embargos, a report said Monday. |
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