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Spirit Steering Goes Amiss; While Opportunity Powers UpPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2004
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Jim Garvin Appointed NASA Chief Scientist
Washington (SPX) Oct 22, 2004NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe announced Thursday Chief Scientist and veteran astronaut John Grunsfeld will return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Administrator O'Keefe appointed Dr. James B. Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars and lunar exploration programs, as the new Chief Scientist, effective immediately. Cassini Performing Perfectly For Titan Flyby Oct 26 Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2004 
As the Cassini team prepares for their first major flyby since the spacecraft entered Saturn orbit July 1, the latest telemetry indicates that the spacecraft is in an excellent health and is operating normally with Titan looming ever larger. |
Physicists Succeed In Transferring Information Between Matter And Light
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 22, 2004A team of physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology has taken a significant step toward the development of quantum communications systems by successfully transferring quantum information from two different groups of atoms onto a single photon. Discovery Of Two-Dimensional Fabric Denotes Dawn Of New Materials Era 
Chernogolovka, Russia (SPX) Oct 22, 2004Researchers at The University of Manchester and Chernogolovka, Russia have discovered the world's first single-atom-thick fabric, which reveals the existence of a new class of materials and may lead to transistors made from a single molecule. The research is to be published in Science on 22 October. |
Sandia Refurbishes It's Fusion Z Machine
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 22, 2004Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine, which last year emitted neutrons to enter the race to provide the world virtually unlimited electricity from, essentially, seawater, has received approval from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to proceed with a $61.7 million refurbishment. The project is called ZR, for Z-Refurbishment. France Says Future Is Nuclear With New Generation Of Power-Plants 
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2004France staked its claim to remain a world leader in atomic energy Thursday by announcing that it will build the first of a new generation of pressurised water nuclear plants at a site on the Normandy coast. |
As World Turns It Drags Time And Space
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2004An international team of NASA and university researchers has found the first direct evidence the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates. The researchers believe they have measured the effect, first predicted in 1918 by using Einstein's theory of general relativity, by precisely observing shifts in the orbits of two Earth-orbiting laser-ranging satellites. How To Build A Planet 
Washington (UPI) Oct 21, 2004The supreme irony about the currently peaceful, stable nature of the Earth - global conflicts and climate change notwithstanding - is that this harbor for life arose from violent, chaotic beginnings. |
ESA's Hipparcos Finds Rebels With A Cause
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 22, 2004According to new research using data from ESA's Hipparcos observatory our local stellar neighborhood is the crossroads of stars coming from several directions. Germany To Spend Up Big On Missile Air-Defense System 
Berlin (AFP) Oct 21, 2004Germany will spend more than a billion euros (1 billion dollars) over the next eight years on developing a ground-based missile air-defence system with the United States and Italy, an official said in an interview Thursday. |
Haleakala Recommended As Site For Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
Maui HI (SPX) Oct 22, 2004Haleakala atop Maui, Hawaii, was recommended as the future site of the world's largest optical solar telescope, with a final decision to be made in December based on logistical and other issues. Keck Team To Make Stars Disappear 
Pasadena (JPL) Oct 22, 2004The technological magicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the W.M. Keck Observatory are a step closer to performing a vanishing act on a cosmic scale. |
Massive Typhoon Pounds Japan Killing More Than 60 People
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 21, 2004Japan was searching for survivors Thursday after the country's deadliest typhoon in more than a decade killed at least 61 people as it crushed houses, overturned trains and stranded passengers on flooded highways. Strong Tides Can Trigger Earthquakes 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2004Earthquakes can be triggered by the Earth's daily tides say UCLA scientists in a report published by Science Express this week. Scientists have long suspected the tides played a role, but no one has been able to prove that for earthquakes worldwide until now. |
Telenor Cashes Out Of Intelsat With Sale Of 4% Stake
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Oct 21, 2004Telenor is selling its 4 per cent share in the world's largest satellite company, Intelsat for $129 million. The sale will give Telenor a book profit of around NOK 400 million (approximately $62 million). ESA Looking For More European Women For Toulouse WISE Bed-Rest Study 
Toulouse, France (ESA) Oct 22, 2004In preparation for the Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) study, which starts on 22 February next year, an official call for candidates to participate as test subjects was issued on 3 August. |
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