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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2008Think of the average handyman, who relies on a standard set of tools -- screw drivers, socket wrenches, power drills -- to get the job done. But when you're working in space, the average tools just won't cut it. Our specially trained handymen are astronauts, and they need specialty tools to accomplish out-of-this-world tasks. Imagine them trying to work while wearing big, bulky, pressurize ... more US tracks spy satellite falling to Earth 
Washington (AFP) Jan 26, 2008The US government Sunday was monitoring a spy satellite expected to crash to Earth after it lost power, raising environmental concerns and uncertainty over where it will land. "The Department of Defense is currently monitoring the situation," Pentagon spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Karen Finn told AFP, confirming that the satellite was "de-orbiting." She declined to comment on reports, c ... more Counting The Craters Of Mercury Begins 
Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2008On January 14, 2008, MESSENGER flew by Mercury and snapped images of a large portion of the surface that had not been previously seen by spacecraft. Ever since the first images were received back on Earth one day later, January 15, MESSENGER team members have been closely examining and studying this "new" terrain with great interest and excitement. One of many investigations underway inclu ... more X-rays Betray Giant Particle Accelerator In The Sky 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 28, 2008ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, has made the first unambiguous discovery of highly energetic X-rays coming from a galaxy cluster. The find has shown the cluster to be a giant particle accelerator. The Ophiuchus galaxy cluster is one of brightest in the sky at X-ray wavelengths. The X-rays detected are too energetic to originate from quiescent hot gas inside the cluster and ... more Chinese Taikonaut Dismisses Environment Worries About New Space Launch Center 
Haikou, China (XNA) Jan 28, 2008Yang Liwei, China's first taikonaut, the Chinese term for astronaut, on Saturday dismissed worries about the environmental effects of a new space launch center to be built in the island province of Hainan, saying the launches will be non-toxic and do no harm to the local ecology. Yang, who is visiting the tropical island, said space and environment authorities had researched the impact of ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Jan 26, 2008China may broadcast its first ever spacewalk live when it launches its third manned space mission later this year, state media reported Friday. The spacewalk is expected to be carried out by the crew of the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, rocketing into orbit some time late this year, Xinhua news agency said. "The Shenzhou VII spacecraft is capable of live-broadcasting the walk," Yuan Jie, presid ... more Pakistan army chief rejects world nuclear fears 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 25, 2008The chief of Pakistan's powerful army on Friday dismissed "unrealistic" fears that Al-Qaeda could seize the country's nuclear weapons, as the military test-fired a ballistic missile. In a rare foray into politics, the normally reclusive General Ashfaq Kiyani rejected speculation that Pakistan's warheads could be at risk amid the turmoil sparked by the assassination of former premier Benazir ... more China's mobile network: a big brother surveillance tool? 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 27, 2008Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country's 500 million mobile phone users. The head of China's biggest mobile phone company, which has more than 300 million subscribers, stunned delegates by revealing that the company had unlimited access to the personal data of its customers and handed it over to Chinese security offic ... more Russia accuses Western, Asian powers of WMD spying: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Russia's FSB secret service on Friday accused "Western and Asian spy agencies" of trying to obtain information on technology for making weapons of mass destruction, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Russian agents "have uncovered spying attempts by Western and Asian spy agencies in enterprises specialising in nuclear energy, biology and nanotechnology work" in Siberia, RIA Novosti quoted an ... more Japan to boost air defences: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 27, 2008Japan is to boost its defences against cruise missiles as China increases its air strike capabilities, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. The defence ministry plans to increase the number of aircraft equipped with airborne warning and control systems and install state-of-the-art radar to allow early detection of precision-guided missiles heading for Japan, the daily said. It is also co ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2008In a nervous world facing triple-digit prices per barrel of oil and peering nervously into the abyss of recession, energy projects recently written off as untenable have, like Dracula, risen from the grave. What is most extraordinary about the energy feeding frenzy is how ideology is taking an increasing back seat to pragmatic concerns about securing long-range energy supplies. Given Western E ... more Israel suspects Iranians already working on nuclear warhead 
Washington (AFP) Jan 26, 2008Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, in an interview published Saturday, that Iran is "quite advanced" in its work on atomic weapons and may already be fashioning a nuclear warhead. "We suspect they are probably already working on warheads for ground-to-ground missiles," Barak said in an interview with The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. He also suggested that Iranians "pro ... more Outside View: Nuclear security -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 25, 2008A medium-yield nuclear warhead taken apart by terrorists would contaminate an area of several square kilometers for many years. However, several hundred kilometers would be contaminated if terrorists succeed in damaging a reactor or a facility storing spent nuclear fuel. An explosion at a uranium-enrichment factory or a reactor producing nuclear materials would contaminate several thou ... more Analysis: Europe's climate action plan 
Berlin (UPI) Jan 25, 2008Politicians hail the European Commission's latest energy and climate package as a climate protection milestone, with the fossil fuel-heavy industry warning of job losses. Earlier this week EC officials announced the individual, concrete targets each country will have to meet regarding the use of renewable energy. The targets are part of a plan that has the European Union by 2020 generat ... more US pushes its climate change agenda despite criticism 
Washington (AFP) Jan 25, 2008The United States pushed forward with its own agenda on climate change Friday despite criticism that Washington is attempting to undermine the global effort led by the United Nations. But as senior officials outlined the broad agenda of a meeting the United States is hosting next week in Hawaii -- which includes an emphasis on controversial uses of nuclear power and technology to trap emissi ... more
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