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Two Asteroid Fly-Bys For Rosetta
Paris (ESA) Mar 11, 2004Today the Rosetta Science Working Team has made the final selection of the asteroids that Rosetta will observe at close quarters during its journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Steins and Lutetia lie in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. |
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Spirit Looks Down Into Crater After Reaching Rim Pasadena (JPL) Mar 11, 2004 NASA's Spirit has begun looking down into a crater it has been approaching for several weeks, providing a view of what's below the surrounding surface. Can Mars Be Made Into An Oasis 
Moffett Field - Mar 12, 2004Locally, Earth has its habitable extremes: Antarctica, the Sahara desert, the Dead Sea, Mount Etna. Globally, our blue planet is positioned in the solar system's habitable zone, or 'Goldilocks' region where the temperature and pressure are just right to support liquid water and life. |
Sonic Changes May Lead To New Era
Edwards AFB - Mar 10, 2004NASA and Northrop Grumman Corp. recently continued the quest to reduce the intensity of sonic booms by completing the collection of the largest set of sonic boom data recorded in 20 years. Scientists Find More Keys To The North Pacific Ocean's Climate 
Greenbelt - Mar 10, 2004Using satellite and other data, scientists have discovered that sea surface temperatures and sea level pressure in the North Pacific have undergone unusual changes over the last five years. |
Hubble's Demise End Not Yet Foregone
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2004Several factors are combining to suggest the fate of the Hubble Space Telescope might not be foregone. Even if NASA manages to overcome shuttle safety concerns and return the spacecraft to flight, however, O'Keefe has decided to confine all remaining shuttle missions to rendezvous with the International Space Station. |
Globalization: A Conplex Dilemma For India
Calcutta (UPI) Mar 12, 2004It's good for the economy; it creates employment, lots of it, and working nights at India's back offices is pleasing and financially rewarding for a huge number of young Indians. Even if NASA manages to overcome shuttle safety concerns and return the spacecraft to flight, however, O'Keefe has decided to confine all remaining shuttle missions to rendezvous with the International Space Station. |
SkyPlex: Flexible Digital Satellite Telecommunications
Paris (ESA) Mar 10, 20049 March 2004 SkyPlex is a technological and commercial breakthrough in Satellite Telecommunications. Due for launch on 16 March from Ba�konour aboard Eutelsat's W3A satellite, SkyPlex will deliver Internet and TV services. Boeing to Provide Satcom Services To Iraq 
St. Louis - Mar 10, 2004Boeing has won a $35 million contract to provide telecommunications services to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq using the Boeing-built Thuraya satellite communications system. |
Indian Cricketers Told To Win Over Pakistani Hearts
New Delhi (UPI) - Mar 10, 2004India's cricket team has been asked not only to win matches in Pakistan but hearts of the local people too. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee presented Indian cricket team members with an autographed bat that said "win not only the game, but hearts also, best wishes". India's Fence Sparks Little Debate 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2004This summer India will complete building a 340-mile-long fence on its de facto border with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The fence will include thermal imagers, night-vision devices and sensors. It will be electrified in areas where militants tend to cross the border from Pakistan. |
Virtual Voices In Chinese Politics
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 12, 2004The great doors of the Great Hall of the People, behind which the National People's Congress is meeting, are no longer as impenetrable to ordinary people as they once were. Through computers and cell phones, constituents are gaining unprecedented access to their delegates and voicing their opinions on the issues of the day. Capitol Hill Panel Backs Global Warming Research 
Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2004The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday establishing a $60 million research program to study climate change. CombiMatrix Wins DoD Contract For Biowarfare Detection Technology 
Newport Beach - Mar 10, 2004CombiMatrix has received a two-year contract from the Department of Defense (DOD) that will provide $5.9 million to further the development of its microarray technology for the detection of biological threat agents. Proxity Developing VSTOL Type UAV 
New Orleans - Mar 10, 2004On Alert Systems, Inc., subsidiary of Proxity Digital Networks, Inc. has formed a new operating subsidiary, Cyber Aerospace Corp. The new subsidiary is currently developing vertical take off and landing versions of UAVs that perform specialized missions. A New Class of Glass 
Washington - Mar 10, 2004In the 1600s, Galileo's telescope changed our view of the cosmos forever. The key to the telescope: glass. Specifically, glass lenses created to make spectacles! You Can Bet On Hughes Network Systems To Deliver The Odds 
Germantown - Mar 11, 2004Hughes Network Systems has won three new contracts valued in excess of $34 million from GTECH Corporation, a provider of transaction processing systems and services to the lottery industry. |
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