Comet Mission To Launch July 1 Laurel - Jun 19, 2002 Contour will provide the first detailed look at the differences between these primitive building blocks of the solar system, and answer questions about how comets act and evolve as they speed toward the sun. "Humankind has looked at comets for centuries and yet we know amazingly little about them. That's about to change. We are about to enter a golden area of cometary investigation," said Colleen Hartman, director of NASA Solar System Exploration.
Israel Shows Off New Spy Sat With Iran Snaps Jerusalem - Jun 16, 2002 Showing off the capabilities of its new Ofek 5 spy satellite, Israel presented outgoing army chief General Shaul Mofaz on Sunday with high-resolution pictures of the neighborhood where he was brought up in Tehran. Israeli military radio said the images of the Iranian capital proved the satellite is equipped with cameras which are "among the best in the world."
Indian Experts Skeptical US Ground Sensors Will Work In Kashmir New Delhi (AFP) June 13, 2002 Indian military experts said Thursday the electronic sensors proposed by the United States for monitoring infiltration of Islamic militants from Pakistan into Indian Kashmir will not work because of the rugged terrain of the Himalayan region.
Virtual Dancing At The Single Atom Club Ithaca - Jun 17, 2002 A long-sought goal of scientists has been to shrink the transistor, the basic building block of electronic circuits, to smaller and smaller size scales. Scientists at Cornell University have now reached the smallest possible limit: a transistor in which electrons flow through a single atom.
Evidence Of A Recent Asteroid Breakup Event Boulder - June 13, 2002 A new study at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a recent asteroid breakup event in the main asteroid belt. Computer simulations have shown that the event occurred 5.8 million years ago, when a 15-mile-wide asteroid in the main belt region shattered into numerous fragments following a collision.
Shenzhou Unknowns Continue To Confuse China Watchers Sydney - Jun 12, 2002 In the weeks since the landing of China's Shenzhou 3 test spacecraft, ongoing statements from China's space officials suggest the goal of launching China's first manned flight is back on target, but when remains anyone's guess.
Taiwan To Receive Early-Warning Radars From US: Jane's Taipei (AFP) June 13, 2002 Taiwan is to receive 11 Lockheed Martin long-range early-warning tactical radars to boost its air defense capability against rival China, it was reported Thursday.
G8 Vows To Deprive Terrorists Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction Whistler (AFP) June 13, 2002 G8 Foreign Ministers Thursday debated how to deprive terrorists of weapons of mass destruction, three days after the United States said it foiled an al-Qaeda plot to set off a radioactive bomb.
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