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Europe To Pay Russia To Build Kourou Soyuz Pad
Moscow (AFP) Feb 5, 2004The European Union will pay Russian space companies 121 million euros (152 million dollars) to fund the launch of Russian Soyuz vessels from the European Space Agency launch complex in French Guiana, a Russian space official said. The first tranche of the payment has already been transferred to Russia, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted an official as saying. Space.TV Latest: • Feb 4 Rovers Briefing At JPL |
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EADS To Build Spirale Twin Demo Sats
Paris - Feb 04, 2004The French Procurement Agency has awarded EADS Astrium a contract for the design and production of a space based optical early warning system demonstrator. The SPIRALE program, worth €124 million, involves the supply and operation of a ballistic missile early warning demonstrator system. Australia To Buy Fleet Of Global Hawks 
SYDNEY (AFP) Feb 04, 2004Australia announced Wednesday it would spend up to one billion dollars (760 million US) on robot surveillance aircraft as part of a 10-year military upgrade to meet the threat of global terrorism and its responsibility to allies, particularly the United States. |
Two Rovers Makes Two Hands Pasadena - Feb 04, 2004 
The latest detailed color panorama from Mars is by the second Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Looking around its Meridiani site the rover has taken a mosaic of 225 images to provide a 360 degree view of what the inside of a martian crater looks like.
Kingston - Jan 29, 2004A University of Rhode Island researcher has developed new video technology that can automatically track moving objects in real time. |
X-43 v2 Gets Slung To Its B-52
Edwards AFB - Feb 04, 2004Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mother ship that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's X-43A scramjet performed a captive carry evaluation flight from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., January 26. The X-43 remained mated to the B-52 throughout this mission, intended to check its readiness for launch as early as February 21. Pacific Dictates Droughts And Drenchings 
Greenbelt - Feb 04, 2004The cooler and drier conditions in Southern California over the last few years appear to be a direct result of a long-term ocean pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), according to research presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Meteorological Society. |
Search For The Pentaquarks Get Strongest Confirmation Yet
Troy - Feb 04, 2004A team of physicists has provided the best evidence to date of the existence of a new form of atomic matter, dubbed the "pentaquark." The research team confirmed the existence of pentaquarks by using a different approach that greatly increased detection rates compared to previous experiments. Scientists Grow Neurons Using Nanostructures 
Evanston - Jan 29, 2004Scientists at Northwestern University have designed synthetic molecules that promote neuron growth, a promising development that could lead to the reversal of paralysis due to spinal cord injury. |
Scientists Create New Form Of Matter: A Fermionic Condensate
Boulder - Jan 29, 2004Scientists at JILA, a joint laboratory of the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) report the first observation of a "fermionic condensate" formed from pairs of atoms in a gas, a long-sought, novel form of matter. Computer Scientist Designs Immersive Tools For Designers 
Blacksburg - Feb 04, 2004Virtual environments � computer-generated worlds that create the sensation of being in a place, whether an insect's gut or a room of one's own design -- seem like a logical tool for architectural design or building construction. |
Weizmann Institute Cooks Up Golden Nanotubes
Rehovot - Feb 04, 2004Weizmann Institute scientists have created a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver and other nanoparticles. The tubes exhibit unique electrical, optical and other properties, depending on their components, and as such, may form the basis for future nanosensors, catalysts and chemistry-on-a-chip systems. Can Nanotech Help End The Great Human Divide? 
Toronto - Feb 04, 2004The chasm between have and have-not countries will grow even wider if nanotechnology research is upended by the unbalanced positions of high-profile opponents like Prince Charles, warns a new analysis from a leading global medical ethics think-tank. |
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