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Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2004 
NASA took a calculated risk last week when it announced a series of contract awards for studies relative to the agency's new moon-Mars missions. At the time, it was not clear where the $27 million needed to pay for the contracts would come from, but UPI has learned that NASA has won approval on Capitol Hill for the spending and also has garnered support from a key legislator who could help the space agency achieve full funding of the space exploration effort, writes Frank Sietzen. |
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Opportunity's Great Lakes
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 09, 2004Spacecraft observations of the landing area for one of NASA's two Mars rovers now indicate there likely was an enormous sea or lake covering the region in the past, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. Boeing Announces Major Commercial Satellite Contract 
St Louis MO (SPX) Sep 09, 2004Boeing announced Wednesday it received a contract by DirecTV to build three Boeing 702 model satellites. These spacecraft will provide DirecTV with unprecedented national and local broadcast coverage in HDTV.  |
Genesis Capsule Crashes In Utah, Damage "Extensive" Washington (AFP) Sep 08, 2004 
The Genesis capsule carrying solar particulate matter crashed in the Utah desert after its parachutes failed to deploy. The capsule penetrated the Earth's atmosphere at 1555 GMT. At an altitude of 33 km (20 miles) a stabilizing drogue parachute was supposed to have opened before the main parachute was to open at 6.1 km (3.8 miles). But neither opened, NASA confirmed.Rebuilding The Biggest Building 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2004For one of the world's biggest buildings, before and after images captured the force of the storm. With its footprint the size of Texas, hurricane Frances had pounded Cape Canaveral over the weekend and left a natural scar on one of the world's manmade wonders. |
North Greenland Reveals Gradual, Abrupt Climate Swings
Copenhagen (SPX) Sep 09, 2004A new, undisturbed Greenland ice deep-core record going back 123,000 years shows the Eemian period prior to the last glacial period was slightly warmer than the present day before it gradually cooled and sent Earth into an extended deep freeze. Engineers Clear Bottleneck In Production Of Hydrogen 
Madison WI (SPX) Sep 09, 2004Carbon monoxide, or CO, has long been a major technical barrier to the efficient operation of fuel cells. But now, chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have not only cleared that barrier - they also have discovered a method to capture carbon monoxide's energy. Complex Cells Likely Arose From Combination Of Bacterial And Extreme-Microbe Genomes 
Arlington VA (SPX) Sep 09, 2004According to a new report, complex cells like those in the human body probably resulted from the fusion of genomes from an ancient bacterium and a simpler microbe, Archaea, best known for its ability to withstand extreme temperatures and hostile environments. |
Scientists Bring Quantum Optics To A Microchip
New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 09, 2004A report in the journal Nature describes the first experiment in which a single photon is coherently coupled to a single super conducting quantum bit. Envisat Symposium Day 2: GMES Turns Science To Services 
Salzburg, Austria (ESA) Sep 09, 2004One participant at the Envisat Symposium termed it "building the future" - Europe's plan to assemble an information system integrating all available space and ground-based data sources to know the world in amazing detail. RT Logic Announces Contract To Supply Telemetrix Systems To DigitalGlobe 
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Sep 09, 2004RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Wednesday announced that it was awarded a contract to supply Telemetrix systems to DigitalGlobe. GMPCS Provides Satellite Communications For Florida Emergency Management System 
Rockville MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2004GMPCS Personal Communications is leading the charge to provide emergency satellite phone communications to people in Florida affected by Hurricane Frances. |
Sandia Experiments May Reduce Possibility Of Future Water Wars
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 09, 2004A method that uses roughly only one-hundredth the fresh water customarily needed to grow forage for livestock may leave much more water available for human consumption, as well as for residential and industrial uses. As a byproduct, it also may add formerly untapped solar energy to the electrical grid. |
High Technology Vs. Space Travel
Honolulu HI (SPX) Sep 07, 2004One of the many false ideas people have about space travel is that it is leading the human race ahead boldly into the future, hand-in-hand with high technology. This is another one of those old chestnuts from the 1950s that simply isn't true anymore, but still lingers in peoples' minds and makes it difficult for them to think clearly about space, writes Jeffrey F. Bell. |
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