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Denver - Feb 17, 2003Lurking just beneath the surface of Mars is enough water to cover the entire planet ankle-deep, says Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Bill Feldman. Early Mars: Warm Enough to Melt Water? 
Denver - Feb 17, 2003While some researchers believe that only asteroid collisions made Mars warm enough to have running rivers, a Penn State researcher believes the planet had to be continuously warmer to form Mars' deep valleys, but he does not know how the planet warmed up. |
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Asteroid Cover-Up Proposal Causes NEO Community A Credibility Crisis
Liverpool - Feb 17, 2003Just when you thought we had learned our lessons from past communication debacles and PR fiascoes, bizarre statements at the Denver AAAS meeting have plunged the NEO community into another crisis of credibility. Quantifying Meteor False Alarm Rate Within Nuclear Test Monitoring 
Denver - Feb 14, 2003A Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher is helping to provide an extra measure of confidence in an international array of listening posts that keep an ear out for clandestine nuclear weapons tests. Loral-Built Intelsat 907 Satellite Launched 
Palo Alto - Feb 17, 2003Intelsat 907, the latest in a long line of advanced communications satellites built for Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, was successfully launched at 2:00 a.m. EST Feb 15. The satellite was sent into space from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 44L launch vehicle. Northrop Grumman To Design Radar For Multi-Sensor Command And Control Aircraft 
El Segundo - Feb 12, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector has been awarded a $112 million modification to an existing contract for the U.S. Air Force multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) to design and develop the airborne ground surveillance/cruise missile defense radar for the multi-sensor command and control aircraft (MC2A). Natural Bandages That Mimic Body's Healing Process 
Washington - Feb 12, 2003With the same compound the body uses to clot blood, scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University have created a nano-fiber mat that could eventually become a "natural bandage." Spun from strands of fibrinogen 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, the fabric could be placed on a wound and never taken off � minimizing blood loss and encouraging the natural healing process. Satellites Helps Scientists See Effects Of Remote Earthquakes 
Greenbelt - Feb 12, 2003The unique capabilities of a NASA earth-observing satellite have allowed researchers to view the effects of a major earthquake that occurred in 2001 in Northern India near the border of Pakistan. Rivers Of Gas Could Provide Part Of Universe's "Missing" Matter 
Columbus - Feb 13, 2003An Ohio State University astronomer and her colleagues have detected a type of hot gas in space that could account for part of the "missing" matter in the universe. Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout UAV Completes Four-Hour Flight 
San Diego - Feb 13, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector continued its successful envelope expansion of the U.S. Navy Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned system with a four-hour mission Feb. 8, the longest flight test to date. Northrop Grumman now has conducted more than 35 flights in the ongoing test demonstrations since May 2002. |
Columbia: A Personal View
San Francisco - Feb 17, 2003In our continuing series of articles that examines the US manned space program and the impact the loss of Columbia may have, SpaceDaily writer Bruce Moomaw responds to recent feedback on his hard hitting analysis of the organizational issues confronting NASA and how decades of excessive claims have exposed the world's premier space agency to the harsh spotlight of public and governmental scrutiny. China Remains Committed To Manned Launch This Year Beijing - Feb 14, 2003 
China expects to stage its first manned space flight this year, despite the recent loss of US space shuttle Columbia, a top aerospace official said Thursday in Beijing. Zhang Qingwei, president of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, made it clear the US incident will not upset China's applecart.Australian Farmers Increasingly Value Satellite Information 
Wembley - Feb 17, 2003Farmers accounted for 70 per cent of the around 3000 users who logged on to websites last year seeking CSIRO estimates of pasture biomass and growth rates, according to CSIRO Livestock Industries' Dr Rob Kelly. Bugs From The Deep May Be Window Into The Origins Of Life 
Denver - Feb 17, 2003Simple life forms are turning up in a surprising variety of below-ground environments, potentially making up 50 percent of the Earth's biomass, scientists said today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. More Than 10 Million Subscribers Served by gpsOne 
San Diego - Feb 13, 2003Qualcomm has announced that more than 10 million gpsOne-enabled devices are now in commercial use in Japan, South Korea and the United States. Sales of phones and devices with the gpsOne Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) location feature now outstrip global sales of consumer GPS terminals from all manufacturers, making Qualcomm's gpsOne technology the world's most widely deployed personal location system. YESTERDAY'S SPACE
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