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![]() Aventura FL (SPX) Apr 30, 2010 Sanswire has announced that defense contractor Global Telesat Corp. (GTC) has agreed to purchase a 50% interest in one SkySat airship for $250,000, with an option to purchase the remaining 50% for an additional $750,000. The SkySat is Sanswire's mid-altitude, lighter-than-air, UAV platform. The airship was initially designed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions performed at altitudes up to 45,000 ft. Sanswire and Global Telesat intend to upgrade the airship to improve ... read more |
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Study: The human brain may not be special![]() A British-led study has found striking similarities among the human brain, the nervous system of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and computer chips. A team of U.K., U.S. and German neuroscientists and computer experts led by University of Cambridge Professor Edward Bullmore compared the way the systems are organized and found all three have the same networking principles. ... more Scientists Finds Evidence Of Water Ice On Asteroid's Surface ![]() Asteroids may not be the dark, dry, lifeless chunks of rock scientists have long thought. Josh Emery, research assistant professor with the earth and planetary sciences department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has found evidence of water ice and organic material on the asteroid 24 Themis. This evidence supports the idea that asteroids could be responsible for bringing water an ... more Giant NASA balloon crashes in Australia ![]() A giant NASA science balloon crashed during take-off in Australia Thursday, destroying its multi-million-dollar payload, toppling a large car and narrowly missing frightened observers. Dramatic footage of the incident showed the balloon's large undercarriage coming loose from its moorings, smashing through a fence and knocking a four-wheel-drive car on its side before coming to rest. "We ... more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 29, 2010 US Secretary of State Hillary on Thursday warned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he will fail if he tries to disrupt next week's UN nuclear talks. Ahmadinejad has asked for a visa to travel to New York to lead his country's delegation to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, something US officials say they expect to approve. Clinton, who will attend the gathering, said the Obama administration aims to use the conference to push for deeper nuclear disarmament, c ... read more |
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