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November 04, 2014

Risk-taker Branson battles to protect Virgin brand
London (AFP) Nov 04, 2014
Richard Branson knows how to handle business setbacks, but he is now battling to protect the Virgin empire's image following the test flight crash of his flagship space tourism venture. The British entrepreneur is fighting to stop the fatal explosion that brought down Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo charring his sprawling Virgin Group, which encompasses more than 400 companies in multiple sectors. Risk-taking has always been part of Branson's business entrepreneurism and personal adventurism. ... read more

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NTSB reveals spaceship crash timeline, fingers lever Investigators gave a precise timeline late Monday of the devastating Virgin Galactic spaceship crash, detailing exactly when a slowing mechanism was wrongly deployed, but said they could not determine who activated it. ... more		To Agilkia... and beyond: Comet landing site is named Will space historians one day say "Agilkia" with the same awe as they utter "Tranquility Base," where in 1969 Man first walked on the Moon? ... more		Fireball lit up the sky across Midwest and East Coast Monday night Dozens of skywatchers - including some armed with video cameras - reported seeing a bright fireball streak across the skyline on Monday evening. The American Meteor Society fielded more than 300 reports from across the Midwest and East Coast. ... more
				Life Can Survive on Much Less Water Than You Might Think "Follow the water" has long been the mantra of our scientific search for alien life in the Solar System and beyond. We continue seeking conditions where water can remain liquid either on a world's s ... more		Planetary Atmospheres a Key to Assessing Possibilities for Life A planetary atmosphere is a delicate thing. On Earth, we are familiar with the ozone hole - a tear in our upper atmosphere caused by human-created chemicals that thin away the ozone. Threats to an a ... more

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NASA-Funded Sounding Rocket to Gather 1,500 Sun Images in 5 Minutes A sounding rocket outfitted with technology to gather 1,500 images of the sun over its five-minute mission is preparing to launch in early November 2014. Capturing five images per second, the ... more		Solving the mystery of life by exploring Churyumov-Gerasimenko Within a few days, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will drop a tiny lander called Philae onto the surface of a mysterious comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a huge chunk of ice and org ... more		Despite Western pressure, China in no hurry to reduce Russia support N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after denying Russia arms transfers Taiwan's Lai to bolster 'porcupine' defence against China threat		SpaceShipTwo Manufacturer May Face Setback After Crash in California The crash of the Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo in Califonia will be a setback to the company, retired space policy director at George Washington University John Logsdon told RIA ... more
				Eye-catching space technology restoring sight Laser surgery to correct eyesight is common practice, but did you know that technology developed for use in space is now commonly used to track the patient's eye and precisely direct the laser scalp ... more		Five years in space: one satellite, three missions ESA's Proba-2 celebrates five years in orbit today. From technology demonstrator to solar observatory and now space weather platform, the mission has provided triple value to European scientists. ... more

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Canadian astronaut's 'Space Oddity' video back on YouTube The first music video recorded in space - a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield - is back after a public outcry over its removal from YouTube. ... more		NASA Lining up ICESat-2's Laser-catching Telescope To catch individual laser photons that have travelled more than 600 miles from a satellite to Earth and back, the satellite's telescope needs to be perfectly positioned. Last week, engineers and tec ... more		For sale: unique piece of land in strategic Arctic archipelago Daily ice loss in Greenland tracked by new GPS method Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen		Five years of soil moisture, ocean salinity and beyond ESA's SMOS satellite has clocked up more than one billion kilometers orbiting Earth to improve our understanding of our planet's water cycle. Marking its fifth birthday, all the data collected over ... more
NASA Program Enhances Climate Resilience at Agency Facilities A new study in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society provides an in-depth look at how NASA facilities have been affected by climate extremes and climate change in r ... more		Goodbye to Rainy Days for US, Japan's First Rain Radar in Space After 17 years of groundbreaking 3-D images of rain and storms, the joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) will come to an end next year. NASA p ... more		China gears up for lunar mission after round-trip success The head of China's lunar probe program has called for a thorough analysis of data collected from the test lunar orbiter, which returned Saturday, to speed up work on Chang'e-5, the star of the 2017 ... more		Virgin boss hits out after safety warning claim Questions about why the Virgin Galactic spaceship crashed switched focus Monday to a prematurely-deployed lever on the doomed flight, as Virgin's boss suggested it may "well be" the cause. ... more

	China to build global quantum communication network in 2030 China will build a global quantum communication network by 2030, said a leading Chinese quantum physicist on Sunday. "China's quantum information science and technology is developing very fast ... more		India to test fly bigger space vehicle next month India will conduct a partial test flight of a bigger and better space vehicle next month, a top official of the state-owned space agency has reportedly said. The landmark test flight of GSLV M ... more

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India to launch unmanned crew module in December		China's Lunar Orbiter Makes Safe Landing, First in 40 Years		NASA Reveals Mysteries of 'Interstellar' Space		How a giant impact formed asteroid Vesta's 'belt'		China examines the three stages of lunar test run
Students text International Space Station using a 20-foot antenna		VLTI detects exozodiacal light		Hubble Sees a Galaxy on the Edge		Sussex physicists find simple solution for quantum technology challenge		Helping general electric upgrade the US power grid

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Virgin 'ignored' space safety warnings: expert

Branson says 'no explosion' behind spacecraft crash

Harnessing error-prone chips

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Active, biodegradable packaging for oily products

Fish are smarter than we thought

Probe of US spaceship crash may take 'year'

China's First Lunar Return Mission A Stunning Success

You can't get to Mars, but your name can

Oceans arrived early to Earth

Australia to extend lease of unmanned aerial vehicles

Naval cruise missile set for deployment on French warships

N. Korea researching sea-based missiles: US think-tank

Singapore to deploy massive surveillance balloon

NIST 'combs' the atmosphere to measure greenhouse gases

Study shows three abrupt pulse of CO2 during last deglaciation

Branson shocked as Virgin spaceship crash kills pilot

Russia Test-Fires Topol-M Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

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