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Japanese Whiz Aims For Space - In Cartoon Uniform
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 11, 2005A Japanese Internet whiz is tipped to become the world's fourth space tourist - and he wants to orbit the earth dressed as an ace pilot from a hit Japanese animation series. NASA's Centennial Challenges Collaborates With Foundation 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 12, 2005NASA announced its intent to collaborate with the X Prize Foundation on two planned Centennial Challenges Prize competitions. The Prize competitions from the collaboration will be related to suborbital launch vehicle technology development. Syracuse 3A And Galaxy 15 To Launch From Kourou October 13 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 12, 2005Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission been given the go-ahead for a liftoff on October 13, with a dual payload. |
Opportunity Backs Out Of Potentially Sticky Situation
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 12, 2005Opportunity is healthy and traveling westward around "Erebus Crater." The rover is running in restricted sols, so the team is able to drive it only every other sol and has been doing so. U Of Colorado Observatory Could Image Continents On Exo-Solar Planets 
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 12, 2005A NASA institute charged with supporting novel space concepts that push the envelope with existing technology has chosen a University of Colorado at Boulder proposal to image distant planets around other stars for a second round of funding. NASA Discovers Life's Building Blocks Are Common In Space 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2005A team of NASA exobiology researchers revealed today organic chemicals that play a crucial role in the chemistry of life are common in space. |
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Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For Goes-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2005The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center has submitted to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center a formulation phase study proposal for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper instrument that will fly on the GOES-R Series environmental satellites. Tropics Play A More Active Role Than Was Thought In Controlling Earth's Climate 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Oct 12, 2005Researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Durham University have discovered that a million years ago, global climate changes occurred due to changes in tropical circulation in the Pacific similar to those caused by El Nino today. Hebrew University, Swiss Researchers Analyze Earth's Sub Surface Liquid 
Jerusalem, Israel (SPX) Oct 12, 2005While we generally think of water in nature as a cool liquid that we can see - streams, lakes, oceans - there is a great deal of "hot fluid" activity taking place deep within the earth, that ultimately influences such things as the amount of rainfall and the buildup of new land mass. Pakistan Battles Weather To Get Aid To Earthquake Victims Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 11, 2005 
Pakistan on Tuesday battled to get food and shelter to millions of earthquake victims left exposed to brutal conditions from the worst natural disaster in the nation's history. |
Atoms Under Control
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 12, 2005Computing operations could be greatly accelerated through massive parallel processing in a quantum computer. The smallest units of information, quantum bits, could be realized using atoms, if one can manipulate their position, quantum state, and interactions with other particles. Team TerraMax Completes Historic DARPA Grand Challenge 
Oshkosh WI (SPX) Oct 12, 2005Oshkosh Truck and partners Rockwell Collins and the University of Parma, Italy, have announced that their robotic truck, TerraMax, has completed the DARPA Grand Challenge. The vehicle was one of five to complete the race. Cyber Defense Subsidiary Techsphere Signs Space Act Agreement with NASA 
St Petersburg FL (SPX) Oct 12, 2005Cyber Defense Systems, and its wholly owned subsidiary Techsphere Systems International, announced Tuesday the signing of a Space Act Agreement between Techsphere Systems International and NASA's Langley Research Center Ball In Iran's Court Over Nuke Talks: US 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2005A senior US official said Tuesday that the "ball is in Iran's court" over resuming talks with the European Union suspended in August after Tehran resumed controversial nuclear activities. |
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