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April 30, 2002
TERRADAILY
Tiny Particles In Hurricanes May Help With Predictions
 Greenbelt - Apr 30, 2002
 NASA-funded scientists are looking at microscopic ice particles inside hurricanes to determine if they contribute to the storm's strengthening or weakening. Researchers have discovered that greater numbers of ice particles higher up in a hurricane reflect more energy from the Sun out to space, creating a temperature difference that helps power the hurricane. The particles could also indicate a loss of energy into the surrounding atmosphere.
  • Rare Rocks Offer A Unique Glimpse Of The Earth's Core
  • Three Women Due To Give Birth To Cloned Humans: Doctor
  • Scientists Find Fewer Species Than Expected In Rainforests
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    LAUNCH PAD
    H2A Has No Commercial Customers
     Tokyo - Apr 30, 2002
     Japan finds itself in a pinch over its satellite launching business with the H-2A rocket, which has been developed for Japan's full-fledged entry into the international satellite launching market. It has now become difficult for Japan to carry out a satellite- launching contract with a U.S. satellite manufacturer.
  • Comet Chaser Ships to the Cape For July 1 Launch
  • Russia Will Not Abandon Kazakh Launch Site Before 2011
  • Titan 2 Destacked For Other Launch

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    UAV NEWS
    Northrop Grumman's Pegasus Team Completes Engine Test Milestone
     El Segundo - Apr 29, 2002
     Northrop Grumman Corporation's X-47A Pegasus team has completed another milestone on the road to first flight with the successful autonomous start and shutdown of the experimental unmanned aircraft's engine.
  • Dassault, Sagem Announce Plan To Develop Tactical Drones
  • US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
  • Spy Drone Crashes While On Patrol In Southern Philippines

    • GPS NEWS
    Orbital Wins Los Angeles Transport Management Contract For Buses
     Dulles - Apr 29, 2002
     Orbital Sciences has been selected by Motorola's Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector to supply in-vehicle components and control center software solutions for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (LACMTA) new Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS).
  • GPS Antenna Juggles More Birds Than Ever
  • Aeroastro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker
  • Nomad Helps Keep Defense Personal

    • MARSDAILY
    Surveyor Continues Its Watch on the Red Planet
     Pasadena (JPL) Apr 30, 2002
     Weather reports from Mars, global mapping, inspection of potential landing sites, more data about the red planet than from all previous missions - no problem for the hardworking Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
  • New Biosatellite To Study Life In Martian Gravity
  • Greenhouse For A Red Planet
  • The Beagle Will Land

    • TECH SPACE
    Marshall Pollution Solution Gets NATO's Attention
     Huntsville - Apr 25, 2002
     A project to treat groundwater and soil contamination at the Marshall Center has attracted international attention and been added to a pilot program of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO is evaluating technologies that can be used where hazardous materials or their residues are present in the soil, subsoil and ground water.
  • Freeing Computers From The Constraints Of Time
  • Satellite Project On Track To Launch In 2003
  • Stardust Sets New Distance Record

    • NUKEWARS
    New Nuke Sub May Replace Kursk
     Moscow (AFP) Apr 26, 2002
     A new Russian nuclear submarine belonging to the same class as the Kursk could replace the doomed sub that sank to the seabed in August 2000 causing the death of its 118 crew members, a military construction official said.
  • US To Follow Up On North Korea Overtures
  • No Let-Up In India And Pakistan Standoff Between Until Fall
  • Proton Movies Used To Test Nuclear Stockpile and More
  • US Military Commander Warns Of Cross-Strait Arms Race

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
    Pakistan Concerned Over Indian Missile Tests
     Islamabad (AFP) Apr 29, 2002
     Pakistan Monday expressed concern over India's testing of a supersonic cruise missile jointly developed with Russia, saying it was a clear violation of international arms agreements.
  • Seoul May Scrap Plan To Buy Patriot After Talks Collapse
  • LockMart To Study Big Target Rocket Concepts
  • US Army Tests Research Missile BAT

    • SKYNIGHTLY
    A Sunset Of Planets
     Noordwijk (ESA) Apr 22, 2002
     The next few weeks offer the chance of a lifetime to observe the five brightest planets appearing close together in the sky. Look to the west after sunset, and even an inexperienced watcher without a telescope will see the planets changing their relative positions in a slow dance from night to night.
  • Galactic Graveyard For The Desk
  • Planetary Traffic Jam
  • Bright Comet Meets Bright Galaxy

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    TERRORWARS
  • Blair Claims He Has "Treasure" Of Evidence Detailing Iraqi WMD Plans
  • Top Captured Al-Qaeda Figure Says Group Seeking A Radiological Bomb
  • Homeland Defense Could See Tighter Controls On University Education

    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Can A New Generation Of Nuclear Reactors Allay Public Fears
  • Russia Risks Chernobyl-Type Accident At Any Time: Greenpeace
  • EU Insists On Shutdown Of Unsafe Nuclear Reactors

    • EXO WORLDS
  • New Evidence For Organic Compounds In Deep Spaces
  • Evidence For Young Planets Found In Dusty Orbit About Close Star
  • Flares Illuminate The Secret Life Of A Quiescent Black Hole
  • Where Are The Other Earths Beyond The Solar System?
    • SPACE SCIENCE
  • Ames Astrobiology Explorer Scope Chosen For Feasibility Study
  • X-Ray Flashes To Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Los Alamos Researcher Says 'Black Holes' Aren't Holes At All

    • DRAGON SPACE
  • Shenzhou-5 May Carry Out First Chinese Manned Mission
  • China To Put Man In Space Within Two Years
  • Shenzhou: Half Way There - Analysis by Morris Jones

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  • The Outer Space and Moon Treaties and the Coming Moon Rush
  • Can Aurora Become Europe's New Age Of Planetary Discovery
  • Microspace Vs. Terror

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