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India Mulls First Manned Space Mission New Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2006 
Indian scientists will meet this week to discuss sending the country's first manned mission to space and possibly to the moon, a report said Sunday. Nearly 60 scientists will attend the meeting Tuesday organized by the Indian Space Research Organization, the Indian Express daily reported. S. Krishnamurthy, the space agency's spokesman, told the paper India wanted to avoid being left behind in the global space race. "Whether the mission will involve orbiting of the moon will be decided only if we get a favorable opinion for a manned space mission," said Krishnamurthy. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Strap-On Engine Caused GSLV Failure
Delhi, India (PTI) Nov 06, 2006The S4 strap-on engine whose malfunction caused the failure of GSLV rocket on July 10, 2006 off Sriharikota may have "totally disintegrated." Secretary Earth Sciences PS Goel said there was a possibility of the engine having been completely destroyed as they had found melted, twisted and broken metallic parts of S4's lower stage within one kilometer radius of S4 nose cone which had been recovered from the sea bed in Bay of Bengal in October along with middle parts of the stage and base plate electronics. Irvin Aerospace Selected To Design Parachutes For Orion Spacecraft 
Santa Ana CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2006Irvin Aerospace, the world's first parachute engineering, design and manufacturing company founded in 1919, was selected by Jacobs Sverdrup for NASA to develop parachutes for NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. China To Build Space Station Eventually 
Zhuhai, China (XNA) Nov 06, 2006China will build its own space station in outer space eventually, Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut in space, has said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. "China will build a space laboratory after the Shenzhou VII spacecraft is successfully launched, and eventually build its own space station to resolve the problems related to large-scale space-based scientific experiments and technological applications," Yang said at an air show in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. |
Space Race Realities
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2006A successful though difficult year for astronautics is likely to end without major mishaps. Judge for yourself. The American space shuttle program is on again, boosting the international ISS project. The defense ministers of Russia and the United States met in August in Alaska, the deployment area for interceptor missiles of a new American global missile defense system. BSkyB - 20-Percent Fall In Quarterly Net Profit 
London (AFP) Nov 3, 2006British satellite broadcaster BSkyB said Friday that its first-quarter profits fell owing to the cost of launching a broadband Internet service. Net profit slid 20.7 percent to 116 million pounds (173 million euros, 221 million dollars) during the three months that ended on September 30, compared with the same period in 2005, the group said in an earnings release. Group revenue rose 10.9 percent to 1.071 billion pounds in the first quarter as it added 82,000 subscribers to its pay-TV service, which broadcasts exclusive live coverage of English Premiership football. ORBCOMM Announces Price - Initial Public Offering 
Fort Lee NJ (SPX) Nov 06, 2006ORBCOMM has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 9,230,800 shares of common stock at a price of $11.00 per share. The underwriters in the offering have a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,384,620 additional shares at the initial public offering price of $11.00 per share to cover over-allotments, if any. |
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Delta IV Launches Critical Military Weather Satellite
St. Louis (SPX) Nov 06, 2006A Boeing Delta IV rocket has successfully launched a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The launch was the second West Coast mission completed for the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. Physicists Observe New Property of Matter 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2006Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within "excitons," the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductors to function as novel electronic devices. Scientists working in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which is finding commercial applications for ultra-small material objects, believe that this newly discovered property could eventually help the development of novel computing devices and provide them with new insights into the quirky quantum properties of matter. Researchers Explore Medicine In The Final Frontier 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Nov 06, 2006On Mars, Earth probably looks like a pinprick in the sky, a bluish-green ball some 140 million miles away. But before astronauts can glimpse the view from the red planet, doctors must better understand how to handle medical problems and surgeries in space, University of Florida researchers say. Now preliminary findings from a UF study show there is little difference in the dose of general anesthesia needed to anesthetize patients in weightless or normal gravity environments. |
Reception/Porter Robots Debut At Japan Hospital
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 4, 2006Robots have made their debut at a Japanese hospital where an android receptionist and two porters now work alongside their human counterparts. Aizu Central Hospital in Aizu-Wakamatsu some 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Tokyo introduced the trio on October 28 at a cost of 60 million yen (508,000 dollars). The receptionist robot, produced by Japanese robot maker Tmsuk Co. Ltd., welcomes visitors at the entrance and answers spoken inquiries. Space Sunshade Might Be Feasible In Global Warming Emergency 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 06, 2006The possibility that global warming will trigger abrupt climate change is something people might not want to think about. But University of Arizona astronomer Roger Angel thinks about it. Angel, a University of Arizona Regents' Professor and one of the world's foremost minds in modern optics, directs the Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory and the Center for Astronomical Adaptive Optics. Cruising The Superhighway On A Beam Of Light 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2006The Internet is often called the information superhighway, but the real superhighway is the optical fiber that connects computers around the world at the speed of light, according to John Badding, Penn State associate professor of chemistry. Typical optical fibers are made of extremely pure flexible glass. Up to as many as a thousand fibers are bundled together and wrapped in a cladding for protection. |
Phalanx Has A Future
Washington (UPI) Nov 03, 2006When tactical missiles are fired at close range the best U.S. weapon to shoot them down may be a good old-fashioned machine gun. Audit - Backlog In Reliability Testing Of Warheads 
Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2006An audit has found a "significant backlog" in surveillance testing of nuclear warheads, resulting in a lack of vital information about the reliability of the US stockpile, the Energy Department said Friday. US And Canada At Odds Over High Tech Exports 
Washington (UPI) Nov 03, 2006A dispute is brewing between the United States and Canada over American export controls on sensitive military technology. The Ottawa Citizen reported on Nov. 1 that an internal Defense Department memo notes that Canada's military personnel are being forced to violate their charter rights, which threatens the Harper government's plan to buy $17 billion in US military hardware. Unmanned Aircraft Trial Successfully Completed 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2006The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Senator Sandy Macdonald, today announced the successful completion of the recent Defence trial which assessed the capability of unmanned aerial systems performing maritime surveillance over Australia's North West Shelf. New Air Force Command To Fight In Cyberspace 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2006The Air Force's new cyberspace command will redefine air power for the 21st century and bring the fight to a realm that the enemy has already exploited extensively, the general in charge of the new command said here yesterday. |
UN To Solve Emissions Crisis
United Nations (UPI) Nov 3, 2006The United Nations will host a conference on climate change in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday to discuss ways to improve the climate amid British warnings of a worldwide disaster should governments fail to cooperate on global warming. European Carmakers Oppose New EU CO2 Emissions Laws Brussels (AFP) Nov 5, 2006 European car manufacturers rejected Sunday calls from the European Commission for legislation to enforce carbon dioxide (CO2) cutting measures following the failure of a voluntary system. Australia Turns To Sunshades, Water Spray To Save Great Barrier Reef 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 3, 2006Australia is considering using vast sunshades to stop global climate change further damaging the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral system, a government minister said Friday. India And China Discuss Pact To Save Tigers 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 3, 2006India, home to a dwindling tiger population, and China, which has a black market for tiger parts used in traditional medicine, are discussing an accord to save the endangered big cat, a senior official said. Massive Road For Tsunami-Hit Aceh Founders 
Kuala Bubun, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 5, 2006Zainal Abidin, 35, queues for a raft across the Kuala Bubun river in Indonesia's Aceh province near ghost-like crumbling bridge pylons, all that remains of the road that was washed away by the 2004 tsunami. |
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