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Russian Space Goals In The Early 21st Century Moscow (UPI) Jan 02, 2007 
Russia has ambitious plans to study and explore celestial bodies. For example, the Koronas-Foton spacecraft, due to be launched in 2008, will be packed with instruments for observing the Sun. In addition, Russia expects to begin the Phobos-Ground project in 2009, which will be the country's first interplanetary mission in 20 years. It will bring back ground samples from Phobos, one of Mars' two moons. Scientists believe Phobos is made of the primeval proto-planet cloud substance that eventually formed all other bodies in the Solar System, including Planet Earth. It would be quite interesting to analyze Phobos ground samples in laboratories back on our home planet. |
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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True Fakes As Scientists Make Simulated Lunar Soil
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 01, 2007Life is tough for a humble grain of dirt on the surface of the Moon. It's peppered with cosmic rays, exposed to solar flares, and battered by micrometeorites--shattered, vaporized and re-condensed countless times over the billions of years. Adding insult to injury, Earthlings want to strip it down to oxygen and other elements for "in situ resource utilization," or ISRU, the process of living off the land when NASA returns to the Moon in the not-so-distant future. Who Speaks For The Terrans 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2007In thinking about contact with alien civilizations, we have to consider a host of questions. The biggest is whether the outcome of contact will be beneficial or harmful. Will contact uplift us, bringing a golden age of wisdom and prosperity? Or will it demoralize, even destroy us? In Contact with Alien Civilizations, Michael A.G. Michaud presents a rainbow of opinions on this topic expressed by a wide variety of people. What Really Caused The Largest Extinction On Earth 
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2007The Permian-Triassic extinction, as it is called, is not the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. Nor does the cause appear to have been a meteorite strike, as in that famous event. The most likely explanation for the disappearance of up to 90 percent of species 250 million years ago, said David Bottjer, is that "the earth got sick." |
The Mathematics Of Cloaking
Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 01, 2007The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current cloak's powers, enabling it to hide even actively radiating objects like a flashlight or cell phone. Nanotech Safety Measures Need To Be Created 
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2006 Safety experts said more planning is needed to ensure nanotechnology-safe workplaces across the United States in the future. Little is known about potential risks in many areas of nanotechnology, including worker exposures, said expert Andrew Maynard in an article published in Cleanroom Technology magazine. Maynard is the chief science adviser for Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and The Pew Charitable Trusts. New Targets May Hit Bulls-Eye For Chip Makers 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 01, 2007The bull's-eye solution to the semiconductor industry's hunt for more exact means to measure the relative positions of ever-tinier devices squeezed by the millions onto silicon chips might be new types of targets, and not expensive new equipment, according to modeling studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). |
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A Blast Over Antarctica As Telescope Soars
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jan 01, 2007A fascinating experiment is being conducted this week over Antarctica by Canada and its partners, the U.S., the U.K. and Mexico. Attached to a huge helium balloon, 2,000-kilogram BLAST (balloon-borne large aperture sub-millimetre telescope) is peering deep into space to study distant stars and galaxies. NASA Mars Team Teaches Old Rovers New Tricks to Kick Off Year Four 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 29, 2006NASA's twin Mars rovers, nearing the third anniversary of their landings, are getting smarter as they get older. The unexpected longevity of Spirit and Opportunity is giving the space agency a chance to field-test on Mars some new capabilities useful both to these missions and future rovers. In addition to their continuing scientific observations, they are now testing four new "skills" that were included in revised flight software uploaded to the rovers' onboard computers. ViaSat Receives Largest Order To-Date For MD-1366 EBEM Military Satellite Modems 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2007ViaSat Inc. has received a $4.6 million order from the Defense Communication and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) for MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modems (EBEM). The modem is the new Department of Defense standard for high-speed satellite communications at fixed sites, on Navy ships, and for the future Wideband Global System (formerly Wideband Gapfiller). The order for 747 strategic (fixed site) modems brings the total ViaSat orders received to approximately 2,000. Delivery is scheduled to be completed by October 2008. |
Micro Satellite Launches Into Space
Wallops Island VA (AFNS) Jan 01, 2007The Tactical satellite spacecraft has commenced operations on a planned six to 12-month experimental mission after a successful launch onboard a Minotaur I rocket from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallops Island Flight Facility, Dec. 16. The micro satellite, managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here, entered into a circular orbit at a 40 degree inclination approximately 255 miles above the Earth. Satellite Project Gives Speed Students Experience In Space Engineering 
Louisville KY (SPX) Jan 01, 2007University of Louisville students at the Speed School of Engineering are taking part in a unique effort to train students in the dynamics of spacecraft design, construction, testing and operation: They're helping to build a satellite. The Kentucky Satellite project (KySat) was established less than a year ago by a unique consortium of five Kentucky universities and several science and technology organizations. Space Command Civilian Volunteers To Deploy Down Range 
Peterson AFB CO (AFPN) Jan 01, 2007In January, a civilian from Air Force Space Command will be going down range in support of the war on terrorism. The volunteer, assigned the Logistics and Warfighting Integration Directorate, stepped up to fill a base-level planner position for the Air Force. Michele Kantak, a wife and mother of one, will deploy soon after the new year for a 120-day rotation to Southwest Asia. |
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