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NASA Budget Tucked Away For Now But Hard Decisions Only Deferred Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2007 
The new Democratic Congress has now officially passed its "Continuing Resolution" funding NASA for Fiscal Year 2007 at the same level as the agency's FY 2006 funding, in response to the previous GOP Congress' total, failure to pass a final budget for NASA (or for most of the rest of the American government) before closing down. There was a good deal of speculation that Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) and Kay Hutchison (R-Texas) might succeed in attaching a sudden additional $1 billion to the funding -- as they persuaded the Senate to do last year -- but this time, they didn't even try ... read more |
Oil, gas drilling blocked in Alaska wilds as Biden seeks green cred
Thousands affected by floods in eastern DRC Lacking storm drains, Dubai sees persistent flooding Photography is 'mirror on society': Sebastiao Salgado Three Filipinos dead in UAE floods: officials Hundreds rally in Stockholm for climate action 'Ancient Roman' solar roof tiles power Pompeii villa Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still deluged IMF chief urges attention to war-ravaged Yemen, Sudan Drought-hit Barcelona to get floating desalination plant 
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Proposed Mission Will Return Sample From Near-Earth Object
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 11, 2007A menacing lump of rock and dust in space called 10195 (1999 RQ36) would barely be noticed except for two crucial facts: First, "It's a treasure trove of organic material, so it holds clues to how Earth formed and life got started," said Joseph Nuth of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Second, it regularly crosses Earth's orbit, so it might impact us someday. Nuth is Proje ... more Juno Gets A Little Bigger With One More Payload For Jovian Delivery 
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2007Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2007 NASA has now officially permitted the science team of the "Juno" Jupiter orbiter -- scheduled to fly in August 2011 -- to add another experiment, provided by the Italian Space Agency, to the craft, which already carries eight American experiments. Juno is the second of the new, medium-cost "New Frontiers" Solar System missions -- the first one being the Ne ... more Italy Tests Prototype Of Unmanned Space Shuttle Castore 
Rome (AFP) March 8, 2007Italy has successfully tested a prototype of an unmanned space shuttle, dropping the vehicle from high altitude to see how it copes with the stress of re-entry, the Italian Centre for Aerospace Research (CIRA) said on Thursday. "The launch took place successfully at 0730 GMT on February 24 from Tortoli airport in Sardinia, and the mission was concluded at 0930 GMT with the splashdown of th ... more MORE SPACE DAILY HEADLINES |
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Why India Will Sit Out Any Iran Expeditions
Manipal (UPI) India, March 9, 2007Iran's ongoing effort to master uranium enrichment technology may lead to U.S. air and missile strikes designed to cripple its reprocessing capacity. The risks and rewards of such an action have been extensively detailed, but there is also a small part of the overall mosaic often undiscussed-- the response of India to such a strike. Although Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is solicitous of p ... more Dialogue Of The Deaf Over ABM Plans 
Washington (UPI) March 8, 2007The United States has launched its diplomatic offensive to try and improve relations with Russia, especially on the thorny issue of building ballistic missile defense facilities in Central Europe. But it is proving to be a dialogue of the deaf. The past week has seen heavy diplomatic activity on the ballistic missile defense front: The United States and NATO have been trying at high levels ... more US Missile Shield A Threat To Europe Unity Claims Chirac 
Brussels (AFP) March 9, 2007The US anti-missile shield project, which is strongly opposed by Russia, risks creating "new lines of division in Europe," French President Jacques Chirac warned Friday. "The project raises numerous questions which require consideration before they are answered," the French leader told a press conference following a summit of EU heads of state and government in Brussels. "We have to be ver ... more MORE SPACE WAR HEADLINES |
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Regardless Of Global Warming Rising Co2 Levels Threaten Marine Life
Champaign, IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2007Like a piece of chalk dissolving in vinegar, marine life with hard shells is in danger of being dissolved by increasing acidity in the oceans. Ocean acidity is rising as sea water absorbs more carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from power plants and automobiles. The higher acidity threatens marine life, including corals and shellfish, which may become extinct later this century from the ... more Relief Flows Into Indonesia Quake Area As Death Toll Revised Down 
Jakarta (AFP) Mar 11, 2007Aid from local and international relief agencies reached victims of the deadly earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra as authorities Sunday revised the death toll down from 73 to 66. "There has been many correction sent from the region, as dead victims from one district may have been sent to another for autopsy, and they were counted twice," said Suryadi from the West Sumatra Disaster Relief Unit. ... more Delft Research Increases Understanding Of Earth Magnetic Field 
Delft, Holland (SPX) Mar 12, 2007Research recently conducted at Delft University of Technology marks an important step forward in understanding the origins of the Earth's magnetic field. The research findings are published this week in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. Science attributes the creation of the Earth's magnetic field to the movement of electricity conducting liquids in the molten core of the Ear ... more MORE TERRA DAILY HEADLINES |
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