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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Might Collide With The Earth In 2182Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 28, 2010 "The total impact probability of asteroid '(101955) 1999 RQ36' can be estimated in 0.00092 - approximately one-in-a-thousand chance - but what is most surprising is that over half of this chance (0.00054) corresponds to 2182," explains to SINC Maria Eugenia Sansaturio, co-author of the study and researcher of Universidad de Valladolid (UVA). The research also involved scientists from the University of Pisa (Italy), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA) and INAF-IASF-Rome (Italy). Scientists ha ... read more |
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Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2010The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), an independent coalition designed to promote outreach and foster research relating to the construction of an Elevator to Space, has announced that Russian engineer Yuri Artsutanov and American engineer Jerome Pearson, pioneers of the modern Space Elevator concept, will appear at the 2010 Space Elevator Conference. The Conference, which wi ... more  
Glasgow, UK (SPX) Jul 27, 2010When American space pioneer, Dr Robert L Forward, proposed in 1984 a way of greatly improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits, some claimed it was impossible. But now engineers at the University of Strathclyde's Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory have proved that Forward was right. The late Dr Forward - a renowned physicist who worked in the United States ... more  
Kaneohe Bay HI (SPX) Jul 28, 2010Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, tested new unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), July 15 in the waters off Oahu during Rim of the Pacific 2010 (RIMPAC). EODMU 1 is using the waters off Oahu to test new UUVs to replace some of the tasks marine mammals currently perform to provide mine countermeasure operations for the Navy. EODMU 1 has already replaced some dolp ... more |
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India's defense shield testedNew Delhi (UPI) Jul 27, 2010 Following a failed test earlier this year, India's fledgling ballistic missile defense system has run a successful launch, military officials say. The successful test marks a significant step in India's bid to build a fully operation missile shield for key areas and installations in its terrain. India's Defense Research and Development Organization said that a Prithvi interceptor missile managed to knock down a hostile missile at an altitude of about 9 miles. DRDO is developing the missi ... read more |
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