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November 24, 2010
SPACE TRAVEL
Should We Stay Or Should We Go
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2010
Back in the late 1960s, the environmental movement was in a tizzy over predictions that overpopulation would soon cause mass human starvation and eventually kill the planet. But the Malthusian vision fell to the wayside once the Green Revolution made farming that much more productive and countries began enacting environmental reforms that lessened some of the worst abuses in pollution. These days you don't hear much concern over the size of Earth's ballooning human population, even as it reaches n ... read more

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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.
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MOON DAILY

Mission to far side of moon proposed
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SATURN DAILY

NASA ready to 'wake up' Cassini probe
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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA argues for extra 2011 shuttle mission
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Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not Mars
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LAUNCH PAD

FAA issues private spacecraft permit
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued the first-ever license for a commercial spacecraft to re-enter Earth's atmosphere from orbit, officials say. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Earth bacteria could survive on Mars
Common Earth bacteria could, in theory, survive in a dormant state in the harsh conditions on Mars for more than a million years, U.K. researchers say. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Russia To Start Work On Nuclear Space Engine Next Year
Russia's Energia space corporation said on Tuesday it is planning to start working on standardized space modules with nuclear-powered propulsion systems next year. Energia director Vitaly Lopo ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Major Collision In Local Galaxy Cluster Six Billion Years Ago
Did a major collision between two massive galaxies occur in the Local Group 6 billion years ago? Numerical simulations made by six researchers from Paris Observatory, CNRS, and NAOC suggest this. Th ... more
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EXO LIFE

NASA Satellite Reaches Orbit, Begins Astrobiology Experiments
The Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses, or O/OREOS, nanosatellite managed by NASA's Ames Research Center, successfully launched at 5:25 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, from Alaska Aero ... more
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TECH SPACE

Issue Brief Details Space Situational Awareness Sharing Program
Sharing information on the location of space objects and debris is a prime example of addressing collective problems in space through cooperative solutions. As Earth orbit grows more congested ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Masten Space Systems And Space Florida Sign Letter Of Intent
Masten Space Systems and Space Florida have signed a Letter of Intent to explore performing demonstration launches of a Masten suborbital reusable launch vehicle from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canav ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Checks out Intrepid Crater
Opportunity has been navigating through a field of small impact craters on her way to Endeavour crater. Opportunity has has now exceeded 25 kilometers (15 miles) of odometry on the surface of Mars! ... more
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MOON DAILY

Neptec Wins Canadian Space Agency Contract To Develop A New Generation Of Lunar Rovers
Neptec Design Group has won a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the new Lunar Exploration Light Rover (LELR) - an exciting new generation of space exploration technology. ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Magnetic Trapping Will Help Unlock The Secrets Of Anti-Matter
A clearer understanding of the Universe, its origins and maybe even its destiny is a significant step closer, thanks to new research. As part of a major international experiment called ALPHA, based ... more
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TECH SPACE

Russia To Spend 2 Bln Dollars For Space Clean-Up
Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation Energia announced Tuesday that it will build a special orbital pod designed for sweeping-up the near-Earth space from satellite debris. The system was est ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Study Finds Earth's Lakes Are Warming
In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change. ... more
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VSAT NEWS

KVH More Than Doubles Mini-VSAT Broadband Bandwidth
A growing number of commercial and leisure operators are choosing KVH's TracPhone V7 and mini-VSAT BroadbandSM service, prompting KVH Industries to increase bandwidth in popular regions to meet cust ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Cosmic Dust And Gas Shape Galaxy Evolution
Astronomers find cosmic dust annoying when it blocks their view of the heavens, but without it the universe would be devoid of stars. Cosmic dust is the indispensable ingredient for making stars and ... more
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SPACEMART

Europe Maintains Its Presence On The Final Frontier
ESA has decided to extend the productive lives of 11 of its operating space science missions. This will enable ESA's world-class science missions to continue returning pioneering results until at le ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Express Map Delivery From Space
Meeting the environmental needs of an ever-expanding Europe requires consistent and regularly updated information on its land cover and use. As part of ESA's GlobCorine project, a pan-European land ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
500th 'extrasolar' planet discovered

Planet From Another Galaxy Discovered

First glimpse of a planet from another galaxy

EARTH OBSERVATION
Imaging Science Offers New Opportunities For Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Russia To Spend 2 Bln Dollars For Space Clean-Up

Issue Brief Details Space Situational Awareness Sharing Program

EARTH OBSERVATION
New Simulator Offers Ability To Record And Replay GLONASS And GPS

Russia To Launch New Generation Satellite In 2013

SkyTraq Introduces New GLONASS/GPS Receiver

EARTH OBSERVATION
Condition Of China's Lunar Probe To Determine Future Application

Tasks For Tiangong

China To Launch First Female Astronauts

EARTH OBSERVATION
How To See The Best Meteor Showers Of The Year

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Wednesday November 17

Purdue Unveils Asteroid Impact Effects Calculator

EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA Spacecraft Burns For Another Comet Flyby

Hayabusa's Harvest

Comet Snowstorm Engulfs Hartley 2

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TECH SPACE

Imaging Science Offers New Opportunities For Interdisciplinary Collaboration
More than 170 participants gathered this week for the eighth annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) conference in Irvine, Calif. This year's topic, imaging science, a field of stu ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Condition Of China's Lunar Probe To Determine Future Application
The chief designer of China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, said on Tuesday that the probe's "fate" would depend on its actual condition when it finishes its mission about six months later ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Researchers Uncover Surprise Link Between Weird Quantum Phenomena
Researchers have uncovered a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics. Stephanie Wehner of Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies and the National University of S ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

Putting The Squeeze On Fat Cells
From fad diets to exercise programs, Americans continue to fight the battle of the bulge. Now they'll have help from recent Tel Aviv University research that has developed a new method to look at ho ... more
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AEROSPACE

Simple Oscillating Flexible Wings Viable For MAVs
In the future, tiny air vehicles may be able to fly through cracks in concrete to search for earthquake victims, explore a contaminated building or conduct surveillance missions for the military. Bu ... more
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UAV NEWS

Boeing Phantom Ray Completes Low-speed Taxi Tests
Boeing's Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. "Phantom Ray did exactly what it was suppose ... more
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SPACEWAR

US launches giant eavesdropping satellite
The United States has placed in orbit a vast reconnaissance satellite reputed to be the largest eavesdropping device ever launched into space. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

NASA Spacecraft Burns For Another Comet Flyby
Eighty-six days out from its appointment with a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 next Vale ... more
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