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Houston (AFP) - Feb 4, 2003 
President George W. Bush was to attend here Tuesday a memorial service for the seven astronauts who perished aboard the Columbia, as NASA's probe of the tragedy focused on a piece of insulation that broke loose on takeoff. After an exhaustive analysis of the debris that peeled off the shuttle's external fuel tank and struck the left wing of the Columbia during takeoff on January 16, engineers had concluded it did not pose a safety threat. However, NASA officials said Monday that the engineers' conclusion may have been wrong. |
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Rice University Announces NanoTech Deal With IBM
Houston - Jan 31, 2003Rice University today announced a research agreement with IBM that will provide nanotechnology researchers at Rice's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) with a supercomputer powerful enough to decipher the quantum phenomena of carbon nanotubes and other nanomaterials. Free-Electron Laser Explores Promise Of Carbon Nanotubes 
Oak Ridge - Jan 31, 2003Scientists and technologists of all stripes are working intensively to explore the possibilities of an extremely strong and versatile cylinder so tiny that millions -- which in bunches look like an ebony snowflake -- could fit easily on the tip of a pin. Earth's Ecology and Space Nuclear Energy Can Coexist 
Friendswood - Jan 30, 2003On the issue of space exploration, nuclear power and their interaction is not simple to define, analyze or resolve. As with all single-issue political discussions, the facts are hard to agree on, misstatements of facts are common and there are many opinions masquerading as facts that need to be identified. Let's Weaponize Space 
Scottsdale - Jan 30, 2003Efforts to ban space-based weaponry, by international treaty and American legislation, are directly harmful to space development. Practical, effective means of defending space-based assets can ensure the growth of infrastructure and enable the establishment of human settlements in space. Space advocates should join in opposing overbroad efforts to prevent space weaponization writes John Carter McKnight in his latest Spacefaring Web. |
Ocean Surface Saltiness Influences El Nino Forecasts
Greenbelt - Jan 31, 2003NASA sponsored scientists have discovered by knowing the salt content of the ocean's surface, they may be able to improve the ability to predict El Nino events. Scientists, studying the western Pacific Ocean, find regional changes in the saltiness of surface ocean water correspond to changes in upper ocean heat content in the months preceding an El Nino event. Knowing the distribution of surface salinity may help predict events. Robots To Monitor Southern Ocean And Climate 
Hobart - Jan 31, 2003Australian scientists are preparing to make their largest investment yet to monitor the engine-room of global climate, the Southern Ocean's Antarctic Circumpolar Current. |
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