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SMART-1's First Images From The Moon
Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2005ESA's SMART-1 captured its first close-range images of the Moon this January, during a sequence of test lunar observations from an altitude between 1000 and 5000 kilometres above the lunar surface. NASA Selects Small Explorer Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2005A satellite that will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space has been selected as part of NASA's Small Explorer program. The Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission will be launched in 2008. Hoyer Fights For Hubble Servicing 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement Monday condemning reports that the Bush Administration is eliminating funds and scuttling all proposals to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. |
South Korea May Buy 10 Russian Angara Boosters
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 26, 2005South Korea plans to build and test 10 launch vehicles derived from Russia's Angara boosters, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute reported Tuesday. Steady Growth in Satellite Broadband Services: Northern Sky Research 
Orlando FL (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Northern Sky Research has released the latest update to its industry-standard study, Broadband Satellite Markets, 4th Edition. Arming US Airliners Against Possible Missile Attacks Too Pricey For Now 
Washington DC (AFP) Jan 25, 2005A top US research group said Tuesday that arming thousands of US commercial airliners against possible ground-to-air missile strikes is currently too pricey as the price of such defensive technology is too high. |
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Symmetricom Announces New GPS Timing Instrument For Power Companies
San Jose CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Symmetricom has introduced the XL-750 GPS Time Source, a highly accurate, versatile GPS timing instrument for power industry substation and utility companies. China Could Feed 2 Billion People With Better Irrigation 
Cambridge MA (UPI) Jan 26, 2005China's farmers can feed their nation's growing population by using expanded irrigation to support intense farming techniques, U.S. researchers said. A team from MIT evaluated how water and land limitations affect food production in China. Analysis: Putin Discards His Reform Allies 
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2005The headline in the Moscow Times Monday said it all: "Liberal ministers take the blame." The three champions of aggressive free market -type reforms in the current Russian government appear being set up to walk the plank for their disastrously bungled welfare benefits reform. |
Sinking Coastlines May Precede Large Subduction Zone Quakes
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Some massive earthquakes like the one that generated the recent tsunami in South Asia are preceded by slight sinking along nearby coastlines two to five years before the rupture, according to a new study. Microbes In Colorful Yellowstone Hot Springs Fueled By Hydrogen 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Microbes living in the brilliantly colored hot springs of Yellowstone National Park use primarily hydrogen for fuel, a discovery University of Colorado at Boulder researchers say bodes well for life in extreme environments on other planets. Canada, Russia Eye 'Bridge' Over Melting Ice Cap 
Vancouver BC Canada (AFP) Jan 26, 2005Global warming may augur future environmental misery for some, but it is good news for entrepreneurs poised to cash in on the melting polar ice cap to forge a new Canada-Russia trade route. |
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