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Will Space Junk Bring Down The Space Initiative
Honolulu - Mar 16, 2004In those old 1950s science-fiction movies, the main danger in outer space seemed to be collisions with natural interplanetary particles. None of those films was complete without the spaceship dodging an asteroid, or a 'meteor storm', or even getting punctured by a micrometeorite (after which the crew quickly patches up the hole). Rock Ahoy Near 'GEO' 
Pasadena (JPL) Mar 18, 2004A small near-Earth asteroid, discovered Monday night by the NASA-funded LINEAR asteroid survey, made its closest approach Thursday evening some 43,000 km over the South Atlanic Ocean. |
Mineral In Mars 'Berries' Adds To Water Story
Pasadena (JPL) Mar 18, 2004A major ingredient in small mineral spheres analyzed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity furthers understanding of past water at Opportunity's landing site and points to a way of determining whether the vast plains surrounding the site also have a wet history. Mystery Solved At Galaxy's Heart 
Paris - Mar 19, 2004ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has resolved the diffuse glow of gamma rays in the centre of our Galaxy and has shown that most of it is produced by a hundred individual sources. |
NASA Explains "Dust Bowl" Drought
Greenbelt - Mar 18, 2004NASA scientists have an explanation for one of the worst climatic events in the history of the United States, the "Dust Bowl" drought, which devastated the Great Plains and all but dried up an already depressed American economy in the 1930's. Oceanic Acidity Influenced Early Carbon Dioxide Estimates 
University Park - Mar 17, 2004An international team of geoscientists believes that carbon dioxide, and not changes in cosmic ray intensity, was the factor controlling ancient global temperatures. The findings came from the inclusion of the ocean's changing acidity in their calculations. |
Shocking Research Points To Ways To Protect Electronics
Toronto - Mar 17, 2004Toronto's CN Tower acts as a lightning laboratory, teaching scientists how to protect delicate electronic equipment against high-voltage surges, says a new study. Get In The Fast Lane For Space Technology Innovation 
Paris (ESA) Mar 19, 2004A new ESA initiative got underway this week to speed up the turnaround time from idea to product. The aim is to support the fast introduction of breakthrough innovations in the European space industry by combining the creativity and expertise of the research community, space customers and industry. |
ESA To Hold Gravity Mission Workshop
Paris - Mar 19, 2004Last week, more than 120 scientists from 16 different countries gathered at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, Italy to take part in a workshop dedicated to ESA's Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission. Atmel's CCD Imaging ICS Embark On 10-Year Journey Into Space 
Grenoble - Mar 16, 2004Atmel Corporation has announced its contribution to the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. The satellite was successfully launched on March 2, 2004 by ArianeV, taking along Atmel's family of TH78xx CCD imaging chips. After a 10-year travel period, Rosetta will reach and observe the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. |
EADS Space Improving Despite Loss
Paris - Mar 19, 2004Europe's largest aerospace company, swung to a larger-than-expected net profit in 2003 as a strong fourth quarter at its Airbus plane-making unit and a drop in charges offset losses in its space division. Pakistani Plot To Overthrow President Musharraf Exposed 
Washington (UPI) - Mar 18, 2004A plot to replace Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf with the nuclear engineer who sold the country's secrets to America's self-avowed enemies is being organized by politico-religious leaders, said one of the leaders present at a recent meeting. |
Spacenet Adds MegaPath Networks as a Connexstar Channel Partner
Petah Tikva - Mar 17, 2004Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. said Tuesday that its Spacenet subsidiary has expanded its channel partners program with the addition of MegaPath Networks, a leading U.S. provider of secure-access and managed network solutions. TransCore Buys Key GPS Tech With Purchase Of Vistar 
Harrisburg - Mar 15, 2004TransCore has purchased the satellite tracking, monitoring and global positioning system (GPS) technology assets from Ottawa-based Vistar Telecommunications, a wholly owned subsidiary of NSI Global Inc. Wholesale Agreement Enables Broadband Networking 
Petah Tikva - Mar 16, 2004Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has signed a wholesale agreement with New Edge Networks that allows the company to offer Spacenet's Connexstar satellite service as its newest broadband service offering. General Dynamics Awarded $6.7m Order for Baseband Node Extension 
Taunton - Mar 16, 2004General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics has received a $6.7 million delivery order as part of a $47.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for baseband node large extension node configuration. U.N. awaits word on Iraq role, if any 
United Nations (UPI) Mar 16, 2004U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special adviser on Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, Tuesday knocked down reports the United Nations was no longer welcome in the troubled land and said it was waiting for word from Baghdad before returning to Iraq. |
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