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Its Tough Training To Reach For Space Washington (AFP) Feb 06, 2007 
Would-be US astronauts have to undergo rigorous training and stringent selection procedures if they want to join an elite body of just 135 people, mostly men, and journey to the stars. With more than 4,000 applicants chasing just 20 places available every two years, competition is tight and the NASA sets tough standards for the physically and mentally challenging job. "The astronauts of the 21st century will help lead NASA through the next steps of its 'Vision for Space Exploration' as we explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond," NASA says in its careers section on its website. Air Force and Navy pilots as well as aeronautical engineers are in high demand, but top scientists can also be called upon to be mission specialists, with NASA stressing that people with a wide range of experience such as teachers and microbiologists can also play vital roles. |
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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A Spaceship For Sale On Ebay May Win Half A Million Dollars
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2007A rocket competing in a NASA Lunar Lander competition has been named 'Lauryad,' after the spaceship from American novelist Vanna Bonta's quantum fiction FLIGHT trilogy, and is being auctioned on eBay, Integrated Media announced. Stardust Responds On First Command From Earth 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2007It has been nearly a year since Stardust successfully released the capsule that returned the Wild 2 dust particles to earth and sent its last signal before being placed in a hibernation state. Russia Seeks Pact Over Global ABM System 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 06, 2007Russia will press Washington for a peace deal if the US carries out plans for an anti-missile defence system in Central Europe, a senior foreign ministry official said Tuesday. "Over the issue of a global deployment of a US anti-missile defence system, Russia aims to pursue a dialogue on legally binding agreements to guarantee the military potentials of each side will not be directed at the other," Alexander Kramarenko told the Interfax news agency. Gates Troubled By Chinese Anti-Satellite Test 
Washington (AFP) Feb 06, 2007US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he was very troubled by a recent Chinese anti-satellite weapons test because of what it says about Beijing's strategic outlook. |
NASA Can Fix Budget By Buying From Industry Instead Of Competing With It
Nyack NY (SPX) Feb 07, 2007The White House has rolled out the 2008 NASA budget request of $17.3 Billion, which represents a huge 6.8% budget increase for NASA over the amount passed just last week by the House of Representatives. The Space Frontier Foundation reiterated its recommendation that NASA drop the unnecessary and extremely expensive plans to send the CEV to the ISS. SSTL Wins ESA Backing For Geostationary SmallSat Development 
Surrey, UK (SPX) Feb 06, 2007Pioneering UK satellite engineering company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been awarded a key development contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to continue development of a Geostationary small satellite platform, extending SSTL's expertise further beyond its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) heritage. SkyWatcher Demos Automatic Take-Off And Landing 
Germantown MD (SPX) Feb 07, 2007Proxy Aviation Systems announced that it has successfully completed testing of its automatic take-off and landing capabilities of SkyWatcher, an optionally piloted, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. |
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NASA Loses Legal Battle Over Small Business Data
Petaluma CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2007The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has lost an 18-month legal battle with California-based American Small Business League, forcing NASA to provide detailed information that proved the agency had exaggerated its small business contracting statistics for 2002, 2003 and 2004. Novel Computer Imaging Technique Uses Blurry Images To Enhance View 
Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2007Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a novel computational image-forming technique for optical microscopy that can produce crisp, three-dimensional images from blurry, out-of-focus data. Called Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Microscopy, ISAM can do for optical microscopy what magnetic resonance imaging did for nuclear magnetic resonance, and what computed tomography did for X-ray imaging, the scientists say. Physicists Find Way To See Extra Dimensions 
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 07, 2007Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe. A new study demonstrates that the shapes of extra dimensions can be "seen" by deciphering their influence on cosmic energy released by the violent birth of the universe 13 billion years ago. |
MIT Optics On A Chip Could Revolutionize Computing
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 07, 2007In work that could lead to completely new devices, systems and applications in computing and telecommunications, MIT researchers are bringing the long-sought goal of "optics on a chip" one step closer to market. In the January 2007 inaugural issue of the journal Nature Photonics, the team reports a novel way to integrate photonic circuitry on a silicon chip. High-Energy Relic Wind Reveals Past Behavior Of Dead Stars 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2007A team of astronomers from France and South Africa, members of the H. E.S.S. (the High Energy Stereoscopic System) multi-national collaboration, has announced the first catalog of a new type of gamma-ray source, a dozen clouds of "relic" radiation from dead stars that reveal information about the energetic past of these celestial objects. Universe Contains More Calcium Than Expected 
Utrecht, Holland (SPX) Feb 07, 2007The universe contains one and a half times more calcium than previously assumed. This conclusion was drawn by astronomers of the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, after observations with ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. This research offers scientists new insights in the formation history of the elemental building blocks of the cosmos in which supernovae play a crucial role. |
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