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![]() Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 Astrobotic Technology will carry 240 lbs. (109 kg) to the Moon for researchers and marketers as part of its maiden expedition in 2012 to win the Google Lunar X Prize. Science instruments, prototype exploration devices and commercial packages will be carried at $700,000 per pound, plus a $250,000 fee per payload to cover the engineering costs of integrating it into either the expedition's lander or its solar-powered robot. The company posted a technical description of the service on its Web site, a ... read more |
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Solar 'Conveyor Belt' Runs At Record-High Speeds![]() Solar physicist David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space flight Center in Huntsville, AL and graduate student Lisa Rightmire of the University of Memphis in Tennessee have been monitoring the sun using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). They observe a massive circulating current of fire (hot plasma) within the sun operating at a faster pace as reported in the March 12th issue of ... more Avatars In Space ![]() This year, much of the buzz surrounding the 82nd Annual Academy Awards was focused on the technological achievements of James Cameron's Avatar. In this tale of habitable, extrasolar moons and extraterrestrial mining operations, Cameron brought the concept of 'tele-exploration' to the general public. For those who haven't seen the world box-office-record-holding film, it is the tale of a wo ... more China takes over from West as Iran's main economic partner ![]() China has emerged as Iran's top economic partner, investing heavily in the energy sector and filling the gaps left by Western firms forced out by international sanctions. In 2009, China became Iran's premier trade partner, with bilateral trade worth 21.2 billion dollars against 14.4 billion dollars three years earlier. The figures confirm the exponential growth in commercial ties between ... more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) March 15, 2010 A senior US official Monday denied that America's relationship with China was crippled by tension, after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao bluntly blamed Washington for weeks of public rows. "We have a mature relationship with China ... I think the relationship is in good shape," said President Barack Obama's senior director for Asian affairs Jeff Bader, following weeks of discord over currency, Tibet and Taiwan. "We have a number of differences, and we are talking about them. I would not describe it a ... read more |
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