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Washington - May 12, 2003 
NASA has selected several radioisotope-based power- conversion technologies for research and development as part of Project Prometheus. These systems are distinguished by their use of new technologies for converting heat from radioisotope fuel into electrical power. |
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NASA May Offer Scientists Access To Study Shuttle Columbia Debris 
KSC - May 13, 2003NASA's Kennedy Space Center has issued a Request for Information (RFI), seeking organizations interested in using debris from the orbiter Columbia in researching the effects of reentry. Challenge To European Designers: Use Space To Make Space 
Paris (ESA) May 13, 2003What any spacecraft most lacks is physical space itself, so ESA is challenging European design students to create products featuring new interior storage concepts by applying 'space methods' to life here on Earth. |
AeroAstro Initiates Remote Data Monitoring Across North America
Ashburn - May 13, 2003AeroAstro, Inc., has initiated operation its Sensor Enabled Notification System service, a highly affordable data monitoring and asset tracking service. Remote data transmitters and service are both immediately available, with a limited-time-only pricing on the transmitters � priced as low as $85/unit. Building The World's Biggest Digital Camera 
Victoria - May 13, 2003MegaPrime, the world's largest digital camera has now been released for scientific use on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), a 3.6m telescope located on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. |
Southwestern Drought Like Recent One Has Recurred During Past Millennium
Tucson - May 13, 2003Drought as striking as the recent drought in Arizona and New Mexico is unusual but not unknown, conclude tree-ring scientists who have reconstructed a thousand-year history of winter precipitation in the American Southwest. Moreover, both states have gone through longer, drier spells, they add. Evidence For Potassium As Missing Heat Source In Planetary Cores 
Minneapolis - May 13, 2003There's a small problem with Earth's magnetic field: It should not have existed, as Earth's rock record indicates it has, for the past 3.5 billion years. Motions in the Earth's molten iron core generate convection currents--similar to boiling water--which produce the field. |
Washington - May 13, 2003NASA was embarking on a Space transportation system to replace the Space Shuttle before the Columbia disaster occurred. The current national Space transportation plan calls for the development of both near-term and long-term Space vehicle development programs. |
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