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Congress Impedes NASA PrizesWashington DC (UPI) Dec 02, 2004 
NASA is embarking on a bold new strategy to spur new private investment in spaceflight technology. If the effort succeeds, it could transform both the agency and the U.S. aerospace industry, but first there is the matter of congressional authority to overcome. |
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US, China Space Agency Chiefs Hold Talks Amid Proliferation Concerns
Washington DC (AFP) Dec 02, 2004The heads of the space agencies of the United States and China held talks for the first time Thursday but Washington said any cooperation on exploration could take place only after China addresses American proliferation concerns. China Launches Bioforestry Research Using "Space Seeds" 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 03, 2004China has launched its bioforestry research project based on seeds brought back from space in an effort to produce new tree varieties, China Radio International reported on Thursday. |
Conditions On Vast Plain On Mars Could Have Been Suitable For Life
Ithaca NY (SPX) Dec 03, 2004Although present conditions on Mars seem inhospitable to life, the data sent back over the past 10 months by NASA's Spirit and Opportunity, show a world that might once have been warmer and wetter - perhaps friendly enough to support microbial organisms. Spirit's Mars Reads Like a Mystery Novel 
Moffett Filed CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2004The rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring the surface of Mars for nearly a year. Among their many discoveries, the rovers have found evidence that liquid water probably once existed on the surface of the red planet. |
Student Satellite Almost Ready For Space
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 03, 2004Building a satellite takes years and costs millions. Well, not always. Nearly one hundred students from all over Europe have been working hard on SSETI Express. From the drawing board to launch in less than one year, all the while keeping costs to a minimum. Researchers Uncover Change In Matter's Properties 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 03, 2004Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have unveiled a fundamental change in the properties of matter, stating in their new theoretical finding that bosons placed in two-dimensional harmonic traps will crystallize when the strength of their repulsive interactions is increased. |
Reports Detail Rover Discoveries Of Wet Martian History
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2004The most dramatic findings so far from NASA's twin Mars rovers - telltale evidence for a wet and possibly habitable environment in the arid planet's past - passed rigorous scientific scrutiny for publication in a major research journal. Mind The Gap 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2004An intriguing knotted ringlet within the Encke Gap is the main attraction in this Cassini image. The Encke Gap is a small division near the outer edge of Saturn's rings that is about 300 kilometers (190 miles) wide. The tiny moon Pan (20 kilometers, or 12 miles across) orbits within the gap and maintains it. Many waves produced by orbiting moons are visible. |
Build Your Own Borg: Sort of
Moffett Field (SPX) Dec 02, 2004A team of scientists has set out to combine human mobility with some of the latest off-the-shelf hardware to study what a remote geologist might do on another planet. The team calls their system, the "Cyborg Astrobiologist". Researcher Finds Missing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 03, 2004A Northeastern University researcher Thursday announced that he has found that the soil below oak trees exposed to elevated levels of carbon dioxide had significantly higher carbon levels than those exposed to ambient carbon levels. |
India, Russia To Build Navigational Satellite
New Delhi, India (SPX) Dec 03, 2004India and Russia are putting together their space technology skills to build an ambitious navigational satellite project that would have both civilian and military applications, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported Thursday. Analysis: Tenet Calls For Tough Cyber Security Rules 
Washington, (UPI) Dec 01, 2004Former CIA Director George Tenet called Wednesday for tough new security measures to guard against attacks on the United States using the Internet, which he called a potential Achilles heel for our financial stability and physical security. |
France And NATO Sign Satellite Communications Agreement
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2004The United Kingdom, France and Italy have signed an agreement with NATO to provide UHF and SHF satellite communications capacity for 15 years, starting in January 2005. Hypres To Build DoD's First Ruggedized, Compact Cryocooler For JTRS Program 
Elmsford NY (SPX) Dec 02, 2004Hypres has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to design, build, and test the military's first prototype ruggedized, compact, tactical cryocooler and cryopackage capable of supporting superconducting digital operations in combat communications systems. |
Iran Working On Secret Missile Programs: Opposition Group
London, UK (AFP) Dec 02, 2004Iran is developing new medium- and long-range missiles which can reach Western Europe and target US-led forces in Iraq, an Iranian opposition group claimed Thursday. Russia To Shore Up Support To India In Cruise Missile Project 
New Delhi, India (AFP) Dec 02, 2004Russia on Thursday agreed to expand its role in a joint project to build a sophisticated cruise missile with India and assured steady supplies of military spare parts to its largest customer and old Cold War ally. |
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