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June 24, 2014

Elon Musk plans to take people to Mars within 10 years
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 24, 2014
Entrepreneur and inventor Elon Musk has some travel suggestions that are out of this world. The SpaceX CEO known as the brains behind the Tesla electric car says he wants to take humans to Mars during the next decade. Speaking to CNBC this week, the South African-born billionaire said that his main goal at this moment is to perfect technology that would make space travel possible in the not-so-distant future. In less than 12 years' time, he said, Musk wants to make the red planet a must-stop trave ... read more

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Rosetta's comet: expect the unexpected An image snapped earlier this month by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft shows its target comet has quietened, demonstrating the unpredictable nature of these enigmatic objects. The picture was captured on 4 ... more		NASA's Science Mission Directorate Cubesat Initiative Beginning in October 2013, the NASA Science Mission Directorate, or SMD, started a new CubeSat Initiative - a cross divisional project to develop scientific CubeSats for all four science divisions ... more		Moon to see first tourists by 2017, single roundtrip ticket costs $150 mln The moon will welcome its first tourists as early as 2017, Space Adventures, a US-based space tourism company, said Wednesday. According to Space Adventures' head Tom Shelley, two brave folks have a ... more
				Gilat's Low-profile Maritime Terminals Deployed Gilat Satellite Networks has provided its low-profile maritime terminals for various naval vessels of an unnamed Asian country. The terminals, capable of operating in the harsh maritime enviro ... more		Nuanced account of stunning patterns in the microwave sky published Following a thorough peer-review process, the researchers who previously announced the detection of B-mode polarization in a patch of the microwave sky have published their findings in the journal P ... more

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US firm scrambles to replace Russian-made engine for Atlas rockets United Launch Alliance (ULA), the US joint venture providing space launch services in the US, has signed a number of contracts to find a replacement for the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine, which ... more		Scientists work on 'quantum superclock' to reveal mysteries of time itself Physicists say they believe they're on track to creating a "quantum superclock" that would revolutionize the way the world tells time. If the work proves to be a success, than the concept of time as ... more		Trump to U.N.: 'Your countries are going to hell' Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China		Boeing and Global Eagle Entertainment Offer Line-Fit Satellite Connectivity Boeing (BA) and Global Eagle Entertainment have signed a new technical services agreement (TSA) to evaluate Global Eagle Entertainment's (GEE) satellite-based connectivity solution for line-fit offe ... more
				Can we see the arrow of time? Einstein's theory of relativity envisions time as a spatial dimension, like height, width, and depth. But unlike those other dimensions, time seems to permit motion in only one direction: forward. T ... more		US tightens export regime against five Russian companies and organizations Russian legal entities were on the list of 29 companies included in the list of so-called unverified suppliers in respect of which preferential export control regulations will not work and more stri ... more

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NASA considers sending quadcopter drone to look for life on Titan While one NASA probe whizzes by Saturn's moon Titan on Thursday to analyze its atmosphere, the American space agency is also considering a plan to send a quadcopter drone capable of searching for li ... more		First test launch of Russia's Angara rocket may be conducted on June 27 The first test launch of Russia's Angara light-weight rocket, initially set for June 25, may be conducted from the Plesetsk Cosmodrone in the Arkhangelsk region on June 27, a Russian space rocket in ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		SpaceX to launch six satellites all at once Tonight, private aeronautics company SpaceX is planning to launch six satellites into orbit via its Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket is set to blast off at 6:08 p.m. from its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ... more
Companies to merge expertise for space program products Sierra Nevada Corporation plans to acquire Orbital Technologies Corporation, a sub-systems integrator and high-tech company. ... more		A Laser Message from Space Anyone who remembers dialup internet can sympathize with the plight of NASA mission controllers. Waiting for images to arrive from deep space, slowly downloading line by line, can be a little like t ... more		Dominoes Crush Spacecraft We can't ignore the elephant in the room. International spaceflight is in a critical state. Even without tensions over Russia's annexation of Crimea, there is enough trouble to cause much of the ove ... more		Astronomers pierce galactic clouds to shine light on black hole development An international team of scientists including a Virginia Tech physicist have discovered that winds blowing from a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy work to obscure observations and x-rays. ... more

	Airbags Take the Weight in ACTE G-III Loads Tests Technicians at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's Flight Loads Laboratory recently completed structural evaluations on a modified Gulfstream G-III aircraft that will serve as a test bed for the ... more		Groundbreaking for the E-ELT A groundbreaking ceremony took place [last week] to mark the next major milestone towards ESO's European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Part of the 3000-metre peak of Cerro Armazones was blasted ... more

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Russia to consider space cooperation bill with Cuba		Far more accurate satellite images on the way as US lifts restrictions		Cosmic Impacts May Help Create Suitable Habitat for Life		Titan Flybys Test the Talents of NASA's Cassini Team		Laser Physics upside down
Quantum mechanism triggers emission of tunable light at terahertz levels		With light echoes, the invisible becomes visible		Horizontal levitation: the ultimate solution to particle separation		Big Bang breakthrough team allows they may be wrong		USAF Predator, Reaper programs get support from DRC/Engility

Scientists take first dip into water's mysterious 'no-man's land'

Stanford breakthrough provides picture of underground water

NASA Turns Down the Volume on Rocket Noise

NASA Invites Comment on Mars 2020 Environmental Impact Statement

Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater

Hubble Finds Dwarf Galaxies Formed Large Share of Universe's Stars

Swiftly Moving Gas Streamer Eclipses Supermassive Black Hole

NASA's Swift Satellite Tallies Water Production of Mars-bound Comet

Swarm reveals Earth's changing magnetism

Mega-Earth in Draco Smashes Notions of Planetary Formation

NASA Announces Latest Progress in Hunt for Asteroids

Japan PM Abe wants to stage 2020 Robot Olympics

N. Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns

Scientists warn of tourism threat to Antarctica

The link between climate change and ocean currents over 6 million years

New evidence for oceans of water deep in the Earth

Monitoring climate change from space

New NASA Space Observatory to Study Carbon Conundrums

MIPT Develops Unique Greenhouse Gas Meter

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