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X-Prize Contenders Get Ready For Lift-OffMojave CA (UPI) Jun 12, 2004 
SpaceShipOne, a stubby rocket plane, is slated to put a human in space for the first time without any government involvement. The aircraft is scheduled to take off June 21 from a small airport in Mojave, Calif., and fire 62 miles straight up into suborbital space at three times the speed of sound. |
 
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Pasadena (JPL) Jun 15, 2004Images collected during Cassini's close flyby of Saturn's moon, Phoebe, have yielded strong evidence that the tiny object may contain ice-rich material, overlain with a thin layer of darker material perhaps 300 to 500 meters (980 to 1,600 feet) thick. The surface of Phoebe is also heavily potholed with large and small craters. Images reveal bright streaks in the ramparts of the largest craters, bright rays which emanate from smaller craters, and uninterrupted grooves across the face of the body. |
Test May Confirm Strings As Basic Constituent Of Matter, Energy
Santa Barbara CA - Jun 14, 2004According to string theory, all the different particles that constitute physical reality are made of the same thing-tiny looped strings whose different vibrations give rise to the different fundamental particles that make up everything we know. New Skies Expands Satellite Internet Services In Asia And Latin America 
The Hague (SPX) Jun 14, 2004New Skies Satellites, the global satellite communications company, today unveiled two new Internet offerings, Ipsys Broadband-sm- for Asia and Ipsys Bandwidth on Demand-sm- for Latin America, designed to deliver next-generation two-way satellite broadband services. |
French President To Visit China
Paris Jun 14, 2004French President Jacques Chirac will visit China in autumn to mark the opening of the French Year in China, announced Friday French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarinafter talks with Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan. China, France Sign Documents On Economic Cooperation 
Paris - Jun 14, 2004China agreed Friday to buy 20 Airbus planes and a French satellite in two contracts signed by French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre. The deals for 20 Airbus A330-200 planes and an Alcatel television satellite are valued at more than $2 billion. |
Studies On Electric Polarization Open Potential For Tinier Devices
Argonne Il (SPX) Jun 14, 2004Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northern Illinois University have shown that very thin materials can still retain an electric polarization, opening the potential for a wide range of tiny devices. Winegard To Form A New Mobile Internet Antennae Systems Company 
Burlington IA (SPX) Jun 14, 2004"Mobile Internet technology is all about the freedom and affordability of high speed communication, anytime, anywhere," says Data Tech President Reed Brown. |
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