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Jean-Jacques Dordain To Continue As ESA Director GeneralParis, France (ESA) Jun 18, 2010 The Council of the European Space Agency has announced that Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue as the Director General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain has served as Director General of ESA since 2003. This third mandate extends his term to June 2015. Mr Dordain's tenure at ESA includes many important European space milestones. At the end of 2003 he signed the first Framework Agreement between ESA and the European Community, starting a new relationship that continues to build. ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) June 17, 2010Jean-Jacques Dordain has been appointed to a third term as director-general of the European Space Agency, ESA said on Thursday in a press release. Dordain, a 64-year-old Frenchman who has been in office since 2003, was named for a further four years, extending his mandate to June 2015, the Paris-headquartered agency said. ESA has 18 member states, 16 of them members of the European Union ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 17, 2010The center of most galaxies harbors a massive black hole. So does our Milky Way - the exotic object there however is pretty calm, unlike some supermassive gravity monsters in other galaxies. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and other institutions around the world have now analyzed 199 of these galaxies and discovered what makes the black holes at the galaxy cen ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2010Scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, with colleagues, have discovered a much higher water content in the Moon's interior than previous studies. Their research suggests that the water, which is a component of the lunar rocks, was preserved from the hot magma that was present when the Moon began to form some 4.5 billion years ago, and that it is likely widespread ... more |
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Clinton, Gates urge Senate to back nuclear deal with RussiaWashington (AFP) June 17, 2010 US President Barack Obama's administration urged the Senate Thursday to back a new nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, telling Republicans the pact would not undermine US missile defense plans. "From the very beginning of the negotiations, this administration has been very clear. This treaty limits strategic offensive nuclear arms, not missile defenses," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a Senate hearing. "We share a strong belief that the new start treaty will make our country more secure ... read more |
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