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 May 21, 2007 |
| GPS NEWS + Putin Makes Glonass Navigation System Free For Customers  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007 - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Friday a decree on the Glonass navigation system to provide the service free for customers, the Kremlin press service said. Glonass is a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. The system can also be used in geological prosp ... moreSPACE TRAVEL + Science Subcommittees Focus On Ensuring Health And Vitality Of NASA Workforce  Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2007 - The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics today examined a range of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) workforce issues identified by the recently released reports of two independent review panels. The Subcommittee's work is aimed at ensuring the health and vitality of the NASA workforce in the 21st century. "Now it's obvious ... moreSPACE BLOGGER + Around Iapetus Way  Cameron Park (SPX) May 18, 2007 - On New Year's Day 2005, only six months after arriving in orbit around Saturn, Cassini flew within only 123,000 km of Iapetus -- over eight times closer than any spacecraft had come before. This was a piece of pure luck -- it wasn't even in the mission's plan until a radio-communication problem between Cassini and its Huygens Titan probe, discovered while the craft was already on its way to Sat ... moreMICROSAT BLITZ + Brazil And India Set Up Work Team For Space Program  Brasilia (XNA) May 21, 2007 - Representatives of Brazil's Space Agency (AEB) and India's Space Department (ISRO) have set up a team to study cooperation in the space sectors of both countries, the AEB announced on Thursday. The two countries' team space study will be presented in September, in India, at the 58th International Space Congress sponsored by the International Space Federation. Satellite projects, such as sa ... moreSTATION NEWS + Station Crew Unpack Progress 25  Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2007 - Expedition 15 crew unpacked new supplies and began preparing for the arrival of the next visiting spacecraft and two upcoming spacewalks at the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 25 docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. CDT Tuesday. During the week, the crew began unloading the more than 5,000 pounds of cargo from the supply ship. Commander Fyodor Yur ... more | DRAGON SPACE:  SPACE TRAVEL:  ROCKET SCIENCE:  RUSSIAN SPACE:  |
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| IRAQ WARS + Bush Preparing For British U-Turn On Iraq  London (AFP) May 20, 2007 - US President George W. Bush has been told to prepare for a British U-turn on Iraq once Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said. A Bush administration official, however, described the report as "baseless." Bush has been briefed by White House officials to expect an announcement on British troop withdrawals during Brown's first 100 days in office, the weekly said.< ... moreNUKEWARS + Iran Nuke Issue Off Limits In Iraq Talks As Bolton Labels Process A Farce  Tehran (AFP) May 20, 2007 - Iran said on Sunday its nuclear standoff with the West will be strictly off the agenda when Iranian officials hold rare talks this month with US diplomats in Baghdad over Iraq. "We do not want there to be any connection between the nuclear talks and the discussions on Iraq," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters. "If there is someone who wants to connect the nucle ... moreNUKEWARS + US Says Kim Serious About Ending Nuke Program But Nothing Banked  Washington (AFP) May 17, 2007 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il seems serious about wanting to abandon his nuclear weapons program as he faces pressure to revive the Stalinist state's impoverished economy and maintain popular support at home, a US State Department expert said Thursday. "I don't think the nuclear weapons are the deal and end all of Kim Jong-Il's national security strategy, I think it is much broader than that," ... moreSPACEWAR + Air Force Secretary Sets Sights On Space  Peterson AFB CO (AFPN) May 21, 2007 - "Setting the strategic conditions for victory starts right here in (Air Force) Space Command," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne as he visited here May 7. Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, the AFSPC commander, met with the secretary for an office call and several briefings, focusing on the command's mission as well as current training initiatives. "Space is approaching a $200 billion g ... moreSUPERPOWERS + Political Geography Is A Changing World  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007 - An interview with Nikolai Zlobin, director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the World Security Institute (U.S.) Mr. Zlobin, what do you think about Russian-Armenian political and economic relations? I believe these relations reflect the current situation in the CIS and the character of the national leadership in both countries; their views on domestic foreign policy and th ... more | MILPLEX:  MILTECH:  MISSILE DEFENSE:  IRAQ WARS:  |
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| DISASTER MANAGEMENT + GeoOptics Announces 100-Spacecraft Array to Deliver Critical Hurricane And Climate Data  Boulder CO (SPX) May 21, 2007 - GeoOptics is an international consortium formed to deploy and operate CICERO, which will consist of 100 micro-satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) performing Global Positioning System and Galileo atmospheric radio occultation (GNSS-RO). CICERO will deliver critical data on the state of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere in near real time to forecasters and researchers worldwide at an accuracy ... moreWATER WORLD + Pearl River Estuary Largely Destroyed  Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2007 - The estuary of southern China's Pearl river has been ravaged by worsening pollution, causing sea waters off Hong Kong to deteriorate steadily in recent years, state press said Friday. "In the Pearl river estuary, the ecology system has been destroyed and cannot be rectified in the short term," the China Daily said, citing a recent report by the Guangdong provincial oceanic and fishery administra ... moreFLORA AND FAUNA + Miracle Of Evolution Fights For Survival In Death Valley  Devils Hole (AFP) Nevada, May 18, 2007 - For 60,000 years, they have withstood the bone-chilling extremes of the Ice Age, the blistering temperatures of the desert and an ever-shrinking habitat. These days, however, the Devils Hole pupfish rely on an eight-foot high fence which surrounds their murky pool of water in this remote corner of Death Valley National Park. At only 2.7 centimeters long, the Devils Hole pupfish are one of ... moreAFRICA NEWS + Rebels And Rangers Kills Conservationists And Poachers In Africa Wildlife Clashes  Kinshasa (AFP) May 20, 2007 - A nature conservationist was killed and two park keepers wounded when local tribesmen attacked their remote gorilla observation post in a wildlife park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an official said Sunday. A third keeper was believed to have been abducted. Conservation officials suspect locals living illegally in the Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, of ordering ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + It Takes People Power To Overcome Disasters  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2007 - Efforts to prepare for public health disasters are leaving out a critical component, experts say: the individual citizen. "Citizens have to get involved," said Maurice Ramirez, co-founder of Disaster Life Support of North America, a company that educates officials and the public about disaster preparedness and recovery. "We need to make people be prepared and it's just not happening," Rami ... more | CLIMATE SCIENCE:  DISASTER MANAGEMENT:  WATER WORLD:  WATER WORLD:  |
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| CLIMATE SCIENCE + Climate Change, Energy Security Pose Risk To Mideast Stability  Geneva (AFP) May 18, 2007 - Climate change and energy security are among the greatest risks facing the Middle East, as a scarcity of natural resources disrupts the social fabric and Western states try to move away from hydrocarbons, the World Economic Forum said on Friday. The region is also vulnerable to any downturn in the booming Chinese economy, as well as geopolitical tensions relating to both the conflict in Iraq, an ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia's Emergency Ministry Rejects Rumors Of Blasts At NPP  Krasnodar, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007 - Russia's emergencies ministry on Sunday rejected the rumors of blasts at nuclear power plants in the south of the country. The ministry's department for the Krasnodar Territory has been receiving a growing number of phone calls from local residents about the alleged blasts since Saturday, the spokeswoman for the regional branch said. "Residents are making phone calls to ask about explosion ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Chinese Climate Official Calls On Rich Nations To Share Technology  Bonn (AFP) Germany, May 18, 2007 - Wealthy countries should do more to help developing nations cut back on environmentally damaging practices that could lead to global warming by sharing technology, a Chinese official said. "Some progress has been made, but the industrial countries are reluctant" to transfer technology that could reduce pollution, Ji Zou told AFP while attending a UN climate conference here on Thursday. "Th ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Iran Building First Indigenous Nuclear Plant  Tehran (AFP) May 19, 2007 - Iran has begun building a nuclear power plant using indigenous technology and know-how, the deputy head of Iran's atomic energy organisation was quoted as saying on Saturday. "Building of the first indigenous nuclear plant with a capacity of 360 megawatts has started," state-run television quoted Mohammad Saeedi as saying. He did not say where the plant would be located, but added: "Iran w ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Fearing Energy Shortage, Thailand Mulls Nuclear  Bangkok (AFP) May 20, 2007 - Fearing a looming electricity shortage, Thailand has for the first time included nuclear power as an option in its long-term energy planning, despite worries about environmental problems. The government's planners believe that by the end of the next decade building nuclear plants will be the most affordable way of meeting the country's rapidly growing energy needs. "We estimate that by the ... more | CIVIL NUCLEAR:  ENERGY TECH:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  |
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