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April 23, 2002
SPACE TOURISM
Internet Millionaire Ready To Holiday On Space Station

South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth will be the second space tourist to visit the Station
Baikonur (AFP) Apr 23, 2002
 Africa's first spaceman, Mark Shuttleworth, will blast off in a Russian Soyuz rocket Thursday for a 10-day mission that he hopes to use to combat the spread of AIDS in his continent. But some South African papers have wondered whether he will really be the "first African in space", pointing out that Patrick Baudry, a Frenchman who flew on the US shuttle Discovery in 1985, was born in Cameroon.
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    TRW Digs In Its Defenses Over Northrop Grumman Bid
     New York (AFP) Apr 17, 2002
     TRW dug in its defenses Wednesday against a hostile offer by Northrop Grumman, saying that a sweetened 6.7 billion-dollar offer was still "financially inadequate."
    XCOR Buys Rotary Rocket Assets
     Mojave - Apr 23, 2002
     XCOR Aerospace announced today that it has acquired selected assets of the Rotary Rocket Company, including the full and exclusive rights to all technology developed by Rotary Rocket. XCOR also acquired patents for various reusable launch vehicle technologies and certain equipment.
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    LAUNCH PAD
    Russia Will Not Abandon Kazakh Launch Site Before 2011
     Moscow - Apr 22, 2001
     The Russian military will continue using the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as a satellite launch site before switching operations to Russia until at least 2011, a top general said on Monday
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  • Boeing Announces Delta IV Heavy Launch Assignment
  • SeaLaunch Awaits Powerful New PanAmSat Bird For May Launch

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    Imagine No Restrictions On Fossil-Fuel Usage
     Los Alamos - Apr 22, 2002
     Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are studying a simple, cost effective method for extracting carbon dioxide directly from the air -- which could allow sustained use of fossil fuels while avoiding potential global climate change.
  • Research Team Says "Recent" Warming Trend Is Global
  • Climate Monitoring Goes Mobile
  • Fresh Water Supplies Will Be Critical Issue For Earth This Century

    • TECH SPACE
    NASA Develops New Portable Fuel Cell Technology
     Pasadena (JPL) Apr 22, 2002
     NASA researchers have reached an important milestone in developing a portable energy source that may someday give that hot pink, shades-wearing, drum-beating bunny a run for its money.
  • Cadets Complete Testing On FalconSat-2 Model
  • MDA Awarded $18 Million To Support Station Robots
  • Thinner More Flexible Silicon Panels

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    New Biosatellite To Study Life In Martian Gravity
     Los Angeles - Apr 22, 2002
     The Mars Society has announced a landmark private space mission that will help researchers understand the long-term effects of living on Mars. MIT(Cambridge, MA), the University of Washington (Seattle, WA), and the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) are leading the project.
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    • NUKEWARS
    US Military Commander Warns Of Cross-Strait Arms Race
     Hong Kong (AFP) April 18, 2002
     China's growing weaponry targeting Taiwan will eventually force the US to consider boosting the island's missile defenses, the top US Asia-Pacific military commander said Thursday.
  • Nuclear Bunker-Buster Would Not Be Clean Bomb
  • Taiwan Objects To Use Of US Nuclear Weapons Against China
  • Don't Treat Pakistan Like "Scum," Musharraf Tells India

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    Malaysia Inks 364 Mln Dlr Missile Deals, Wants Subs
     Kuala Lumpur, (AFP) April 10, 2002
     Malaysia on Wednesday ordered British and Russian missile systems worth 364 million dollars to boost its air power and agreed to buy its first ever submarines, but denied the shopping spree was aggressive.
    CIVIL NUCLEAR
    Japan's Government Approves Report That MOX Fuel Is Safe
     Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2002
     The Japanese government approved an advisory report Tuesday that it is safe to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at nuclear plants, despite simmering public concerns over the method.
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  • Sweden Wrestles With Nuclear Phase-Out
  • Russia Awash In Nuclear Leftovers

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  • Changing Antarctica Viewed By NASA Satellite
  • World First In Satellite-Based Monitoring Of Large Lake Areas
  • India Takes Stock With Swedish Fresh Air Monitor

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  • Inauguration of Karnataka Telemedicine Project
  • PanAmSat Brings VSAT Internet To Upper Amazon
  • Gilat Does $200 Million Euro Deal To Sell Internet Via VSAT

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  • Evidence For Young Planets Found In Dusty Orbit About Close Star
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  • Shenzhou-5 May Carry Out First Chinese Manned Mission
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  • Atlanta Puts Life In The Spotlight
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  • Aeroastro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker
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  • Europe Approves Rival GPS Network

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  • US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
  • Spy Drone Crashes While On Patrol In Southern Philippines
  • Pegasus Prepares For First Flight

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