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 June 22, 2007 |
| SHUTTLE NEWS + Bad Weather Pushes STS-117 Landing To Friday  Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - The STS-117 crew is getting an extra day in space thanks to poor weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Space shuttle Atlantis has five landing opportunities available Friday, with the first at 2:18 p.m. EDT in Florida. Thunderstorms in the vicinity of Kennedy forced flight controllers to wave off both opportunities Thursday. Controllers and the Spaceflight Meteorology Group will clos ... moreSPACE BLOGGER + Exploring The Polar And Climatic Processes Of Mars  Cameron Park CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Besides the possible "Atmospheric Signatures and Near-Surface Change" mission that I mentioned in my last installment, the "MEPAG" science team assigned to pick possible goals for NASA's big 2013 Mars Science Orbiter proposed two other general types of possible science mission for the craft. One is "Polar and Climate Processes" ("Plan P"). Mars' polar caps are among the most scientificall ... moreSPACE TRAVEL + Spaceport Closer To Breaking Ground  Las Cruces NM (UPI) Jun 22, 2007 - The New Mexico Spaceport Authority says the Spaceport America project could break ground next April. It is expected to be the first-ever purpose-built commercial spaceport, the Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News said Wednesday. Officials say discussions are continuing with anchor tenant Virgin Galactic, a British firm planning to send paying customers into space. Mike Holston, the spaceport's pro ... moreMOON DAILY + NASA Plans New Era Of Suitcase Sized Lunar Science  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - NASA has selected proposals, including two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for future lunar science activities. In addition, the agency has established two new programs that will enhance research made possible by the Vision for Space Exploration. The proposals and programs are part of an effort by NASA to develop new opportunities to conduct important science investigatio ... moreLAUNCH PAD + Arianespace Winning Launch Contracts From Across The World  Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 21, 2007 - Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space have announced the signature of a launch Service and Solutions contract for the first pan-African communications satellite, Rascom 1. Rascom 1 is scheduled for a launch into geostationary transfer orbit in the last quarter of 2007. It will be launched by an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Rascom 1, built by Thales Alenia Space ... more | SOLAR SCIENCE:  ROBO SPACE:  TECH SPACE:  STELLAR CHEMISTRY:  |
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 June 22, 2007 |
| ENERGY TECH + Renewable Sources Contributed Nearly 10 Percent To US Electric Generation In 2006  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of Green Energy in the US: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth and Future Outlook to their offering. The future of power generation in the US is at an interesting cross-road. On the one hand, cheap generation technologies such as coal and natural gas fired plants are well positioned to dominate future power generation if the current legislative a ... moreENERGY TECH + OPEC Wants Reasonable Price For Its Oil  Vienna (AFP) June 21, 2007 - OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said Thursday his group was committed to selling its crude oil for an unspecified "reasonable price," while coolly receiving EU plans for boosting biofuels. Speaking during an energy meeting with European Union leaders, Badri declined to detail the price level sought by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, saying: "I do not want to go throug ... moreCAR TECH + US Senate Clinches Fuel Economy Deal  Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007 - The US Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan pact to raise average fuel economy standards for all US cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles to 35 miles per gallon within 10 years. The deal, which represents the most sweeping attempt in two decades to limit damage to the environment from US gas-guzzling vehicles, emerged after hours of intense bargaining, as senators debate a mammoth en ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + EPA Wants Tighter US Smog Controls  Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007 - The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter standards for air quality by lowering ground-level ozone standards, saying the current levels do not protect public health. The EPA's proposal, which is to be put to a public debate over the next three months, suggests lowering the level of acceptable ozone to 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million. Its current eight-hour ozone standard ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia TVEL To Supply Uzbek Test Reactor With Nuclear Fuel  Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007 - Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Uzbekistan, the company said Thursday. Under a contract signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the nuclear physics institute of the Uzbek Academy of Science in June, TVEL will deliver low-enriched uranium to the research reactor in December, the company said in a statement. ... more | ENERGY TECH:  SOLAR DAILY:  SOLAR DAILY:  SOLAR DAILY:  |
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| NUKEWARS + Dukes Of Nukes Back Reliable Replacement Warhead Program  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - The United States should build the Reliable Replacement Warhead, a National Nuclear Security Administration official said. The Reliable Replacement Warhead, or RRW, is cheap and secure, John Harvey, the NNSA's policy planning staff director, told a press conference Friday at the New America Foundation, a Democratic-leaning Washington think tank. The NNSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of En ... moreNUKEWARS + France Test Launches Sea-Based Strategic Missile  Le Bourget (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007 - France has conducted a successful test launch of its new M51 ballistic missile, which will be used on its nuclear submarines, the defense minister said Thursday. The unarmed missile was launched from the Biscarosse site in the Landes region of southwest France and fell into the North Atlantic off the U.S. coast. "We conducted a second test of the M51 missile this morning, which was a compl ... moreNUKEWARS + Iran Threatens Longer Stride For Nuclear Drive  Washington (AFP) Jun 21, 2007 - Iran warned Thursday it would take a "longer stride" in its hotly contested nuclear program if it is slapped with a third set of United Nations sanctions. The comment in a Newsweek interview by Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, came as Larijani prepared to discuss the row with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Portugal this weekend. Iran has been hit with two ... moreMISSILE NEWS + Indian Army Commissions BrahMos Cruise Missiles  New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007 - India's Army put the BrahMos joint Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile into service Thursday at an official ceremony in the capital. The missile has been developed as a joint venture between India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia's Mashinostroyenia research-and-production center. "BrahMos is the best example of Russian-Indian cooperation," said India's ... moreSUPERPOWERS + US Ready To Work On New Treaty To Replace START Treaty  Washington (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007 - The United States is ready to work together with Russia on a new nuclear security regime to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expiring in 2009, an assistant secretary of state said Thursday. Addressing a Senate session on strategic aspects of Russian-American relations, Daniel Fried said Washington favored transparency and predictability, and added that the sides were discussin ... more | THE STANS:  NUKEWARS:  SPACEWAR:  NUKEWARS:  |
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| MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS + Boeing Showcases Operational TSAT System During Critical Review  St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Boeing and its industry teammates recently demonstrated the advanced capabilities the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) will offer the nation's warfighters during a critical Space Segment Design Review (SSDR). "The demonstration was as real as TSAT can be at this point in its lifecycle -- it used real hardware and software, real interfaces and real algorithms," said Howard ... moreGPS NEWS + GPS Wing At LA Air Force Base Changes Command  Los Angeles AFB (AFNS) Jun 22, 2007 - Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, officiated the Global Positioning Systems Wing Change of Command ceremony here June 18. Col. David Madden, who served as vice commander of the GPS Wing since July 2006, assumed command of the wing from Col. Wesley Ballenger Jr. Colonel Madden has more than 26 years of experience in the acquisition, engineering and operati ... moreIRAQ WARS + The Democrats And The Dilemma Of An Iraq Withdrawal  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2007 - The Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Tuesday offered up a range of options for Iraq, from a total withdrawal of U.S. troops by the end of 2007 to leaving behind an unspecified number to protect the U.S. embassy, train Iraqi forces, protect the Kurdish north and conduct operations against al-Qaida in Iraq. Public dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war in Iraq and its cost in bot ... moreIRAQ WARS + US Terror Charges Against Iran Are Lies Claims Top Official  Washington (AFP) Jun 22, 2007 - Iran rejected as "lies" Thursday US allegations that it is arming Shiite extremists in Iraq, and alleged that some NATO powers are supplying weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan. But Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani also said the Islamic republic was open to new negotiations with the United States over restoring stability to Iraq following landmark talks last month. "We are an ... moreMILPLEX + US And Britain Sign Defence Trade Treaty  London (AFP) Jun 21, 2007 - President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair have signed a treaty allowing Britain to buy defence products from the United States without individual export licences, Blair's office and the White House said Thursday. The Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty will address what was reportedly a significant disagreement between the two allies by making it easier to export equipment bought by Br ... more | IRAQ WARS:  CYBER WARS:  UAV NEWS:  AEROSPACE:  |
| FLORA AND FAUNA + Explorers To Use Robotic Vehicles To Hunt for Life And Vents On Arctic Seafloor  Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have just completed a successful test of new robotic vehicles designed for use beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean. The multidisciplinary research team will now use those vehicles to conduct the first search for life on the seafloor of the world's most isolated ocean. WHOI researchers have built two new autonomou ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Indonesian Activists Report Snoozing Newmont Judges  Jakarta (AFP) June 21, 2007 - Indonesian activists on Thursday submitted a complaint against judges who presided over the pollution trial of US mining giant Newmont, alleging they had dozed off during proceedings. The activists said they gave video recordings to the Supreme Court showing judges were "sleeping, chatting over the phone and among themselves and ignoring witnesses' presentations in court." Footage aired fo ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + New Orleans Still At Risk Of Serious Flooding  New Orleans (AFP) June 21, 2007 - New Orleans is still at risk of serious flooding two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, a government report has found. While the levees and floodwalls that collapsed under Katrina's storm surge have been repaired, authorities have not yet raised the height of levees that were overtopped by the floodwaters. That means that the risk of flooding in many neighborhoods remains virt ... moreWATER WORLD + Chilean Officials Stunned By Missing Lake  Santiago (AFP) June 21, 2007 - Officials are trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of a large lake in southern Chile after recently discovering a 30-meter (98-foot) deep crater instead of the body of water. The National Forests Corp. of Chile (CONAF) has asked geologists to investigate what may have caused the unnamed lake to dry up after CONAF officials were stunned to find the empty hole during a routine visit on May ... moreTERRADAILY + New Picture Of Lower Mantle Emerges From Laboratory Studies  Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 22, 2007 - Laboratory measurements of a high-pressure mineral believed to exist deep within the Earth show that the mineral may not, as geophysicists hoped, have the right properties to explain a mysterious layer lying just above the planet's core. A team of scientists, led by Sebastien Merkel, of the University of California, Berkeley, made the first laboratory study of the deformation properties of a hig ... more | EPIDEMICS:  ICE WORLD:  WOOD PILE:  INTERN DAILY:  |
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