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NASA Ups The Space-Ride Ante
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Feb 22, 2005Back in the heady days of commercial space, when startup rocket-launch services firms sprang like spring flowers in response to what looked like a robust market for placing small communication satellites into orbit, Kistler Aerospace Corp. was riding high. Life On Mars? New Data Could Reveal Places To Search 
Providence RI (SPX) Feb 23, 2005Mars Express, Europe's first mission to the Red Planet, has generated a slew of new data about the mineral composition of the planet's dry, dramatic surface. In six new papers published online by the journal Science, an international team reveals clues about the planet's past hidden in the rock. Lady Luck Watches Over Mars Rovers 
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2005The spectacular success of NASA's twin Mars rovers is due obviously to the skills and determination of the scientists and engineers involved in the mission, but luck also contributed to an amazing degree. |
Bad Weather Delays H-2A Launch
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 22, 2005Japan's space agency Tuesday postponed the launch of a domestically developed rocket, which is due to mark Tokyo's return to the space race after a flop in 2003, because of bad weather. Boeing to Sell Rocketdyne Propulsion Unit to Pratt & Whitney 
St Louis MO (SPX) Feb 22, 2005Boeing announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to sell its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business to Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company, for approximately $700 million in cash. ESO's Two Observatories Merge 
Garching, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2005On February 1, 2005, the European Southern Observatory merged its two observatories, La Silla and Paranal, into one. This will help the ESO better manage its many and diverse astronomy projects by deploying available resources more efficiently where and when they're needed. |
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Protected Areas Where Planets Can Form
Bloomington IN (SPX) Feb 22, 2005A new theory of how planets form finds havens of stability amid violent turbulence in the swirling gas that surrounds a young star. These protected areas are where planets can begin to form without being destroyed. Solar Tadpoles Wave At Astrophysicists 
Warwick, UK (SPX) Feb 23, 2005Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Physics have gained insight into the mysterious giant dark "tadpoles" that appear to swim towards the surface of the Sun during solar flares - enormous energy releases happening in the atmosphere of the Sun. Hyperventilating Grasshoppers 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2005A new study investigating the respiratory system of insects may have solved a mystery that has intrigued physiologists for decades: why insects routinely stop breathing for minutes at a time. |
Seismic Rocker Aims To Cut The Noise
Vancouver BC (SPX) Feb 22, 2005A Canadian seismologist is arguing that our understanding of the structure of the Earth's interior is based on the equivalent of fuzzy ultrasound images that leave room for improvement. New Nuclear Friction In West 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2005The Bush administration is risking yet another nuclear controversy in the West as the president's Energy Department hems and haws over what to do about a huge pile of radioactive waste rock heaped uncomfortably close to the Colorado River. Will Kyoto Leave The U.S. Behind? 
Boulder CO (UPI) Feb 21, 2005In sitting out Kyoto's implementation, the U.S. government has forfeited any claim to leadership on this issue, which is likely to be one of the primary drivers of scientific research and technological innovation during the 21st century. |
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