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 May 29, 2007 |
| MILPLEX + Trishul Missile Is Not A Failure And Gorshkov Aircraft Carrier To Arrive By 2008  New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007 - Defence Minister A K Antony today informed the Parliament that the indigenously developed Trishul missile system is not a failure. "Technically it (the Trishul missile system) has not met the performance objectives as per original Qualitative Requirements (QRs) though delayed," Antony stated in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha. He cited the delay to the technical problems in ... moreIRAQ WARS + Democrats Prepare New Strategy On Iraq War  Washington (AFP) May 27, 2007 - Despite losing the Iraq war budget battle to the White House, Democrats are giving a positive spin to Congress' vote on it last week while gearing up for new, tougher battles on the unpopular war. Just hours after President George W. Bush got his demand for a war budget stripped of troop withdrawal dates, Democratic leaders said the fight was not over. ... moreNUKEWARS + North Korea Protests South Korean Computer Wargames As Banking Crisis Follows Old Patterns  Seoul (AFP) May 28, 2007 - North Korea on Monday rebuked the South over its military drills as Seoul launched a computer simulation war game on the eve of high-level rapprochement talks with Pyongyang. "North-targeted ceaseless joint military exercises with foreign forces and (an) arms buildup are going on in South Korea," the North's state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, said in an editorial. ... moreWAR REPORT + Yemen Sees Much Danger Looming As Others Warn Of Deja Vu  Sanaa (UPI) Yemen, May 25, 2007 - Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qurbi sees danger increasing in the Middle East in light of Iraq's deteriorating conditions, the internecine Palestinian struggle, the fear of a Sunni-Shiite conflict and a possible U.S. strike on Iran. Speaking during an interview with United Press International about the impact of an unstable Iraq and the Fatah-Hamas Palestinian conflict, al-Qurbi said the ... moreSUPERPOWERS + US Missile Shield Could Relaunch Arms Race Warns Putin  Vienna (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he feared that a US plan to build a missile defence system in eastern Europe could launch a new arms race. "What has happened in Europe that is so negative that one should need to fill central Europe with arms?" Putin asked at a joint press conference in Vienna with Austrian President Heinz Fischer. ... more | SINO DAILY:  SUPERPOWERS:  CYBER WARS:  MILTECH:  |
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| TECH SPACE + Canon And Toshiba Delay Launch Of New SED Televisions  Tokyo (AFP) May 25, 2007 - Japanese high-tech giants Canon and Toshiba said Friday they had decided to postpone indefinitely the launch of a new type of flat television panel which is mired in legal wrangling. SED television sets were due to be introduced in Japan in the fourth quarter of 2007. No new launch date was given. "Reasons for the postponement include prolonged litigation currently underway in the United S ... moreENERGY TECH + Follow The Green Brick Road  Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2007 - Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants--may be even safer than predicted. Instead of leaching minute amounts of mercury as some researchers had predicted, the bricks apparently do the reverse, pulling minute amounts of the toxic metal out of ambient air. Each year, roughly 25 million tons of fly ash from coal-fi ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Greenpeace Protest At Finnish Nuclear Plant  Helsinki (AFP) May 28, 2007 - Finnish, French and British Greenpeace activists protested on Monday against "security breaches" at the building site of Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, the ecological pressure group said. Police removed a group of activists who were blocking the road to the site where the world's first third-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) is being built. According to Greenpeace spokesman M ... moreCAR TECH + Hydrogen Breakthrough Could Open The Road To Carbon-Free Cars  Birmingham UK (SPX) May 29, 2007 - A new breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology could remove a key barrier to widespread uptake of non-polluting cars that produce no carbon dioxide emissions. UK scientists have developed a compound of the element lithium which may make it practical to store enough hydrogen on-board fuel-cell-powered cars to enable them to drive over 300 miles before refuelling. Achieving this driving r ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + India Rejects Greenhouse Gas Limits  New Delhi (AFP) May 28, 2007 - India said Monday it would reject proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions at a summit meeting of the world's leading economies next month because stricter limits would slow its booming economy. "Legally mandated measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have significant adverse impacts on GDP growth of developing countries, including India," environment ministry secretary ... more | ENERGY TECH:  CAR TECH:  CLIMATE SCIENCE:  TIME AND SPACE:  |
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| MARSDAILY + Opportunity Turns Up The Amps  Pasadena CA (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Opportunity's electrical supply returned to levels not seen since the rover first arrived on Mars. Peak electrical current from the rover's solar arrays climbed above 4.0 amps and remained there for most of the week as a result of three recent dust-cleaning events. The last time electrical current reached similar levels was on sol 18 (Feb. 10, 2004)! Meanwhile, Opportunity is healthy an ... moreROCKET SCIENCE + ATK Conducts Successful Test Firing Of Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor  Promontory UT (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Alliant Techsystems conducted Thursday May 24, a successful test firing of NASA's Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM) as part of continuous testing to improve performance and ensure safety of the Space Shuttle, which also transfers improvements into the shuttle-derived first-stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. The Reusable Solid Rocket Motor generated 2.6 million pounds of average thru ... moreLAUNCH PAD + Arianespace Maintains Launch Campaign Pace As Another Ariane 5 GEO Truck Takes Form  Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Another Ariane 5 has started the assembly process at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana as Arianespace moves ahead with plans to conduct a total of six missions during 2007 with the workhorse launch vehicle. To meet the goal of performing its next two flights in an interval of less than one month, the vehicle now taking shape in the Launcher Integration Building is an Ariane 5 GS version, which ... moreSTATION NEWS + Expedition 15 Prepares For Upcoming Spacewalks  Houston TX (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Two International Space Station cosmonauts will begin an almost six-hour spacewalk from the Pirs docking compartment airlock about 2:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday to install Service Module Debris Protection (SMDP) panels on Zvezda and reroute a Global Positioning System antenna cable. Additional SMDP panels will be installed on a second spacewalk by station by the cosmonauts, Commander Fyodor ... moreCONSTELLATIONS + ICO Signs Launch Services And Dual Launch Study Agreement With ILS  Reston VA (SPX) May 28, 2007 - ICO Global Communications has signed a Launch Services and Dual Launch Study Agreement with ILS International Launch Services (ILS). With this contract, ICO has established a Proton launch services agreement for up to five launches in the 2009 through 2011 timeframe. In addition, ILS will design and propose a dual launch capability for ICO's Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. Bob Day ... more | LAUNCH PAD:  MOON DAILY:  ROCKET SCIENCE:  SOLAR SCIENCE:  |
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