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 July 23, 2007 |
| NUKEWARS + Can The Iranian Nuclear Complex Survive A Bad Earthquake  Washington (UPI) July 20, 2007 - What do Japan and Iran have in common? Japan has nuclear power plants and Iran is on its way to acquiring nuclear technology. Japan is prone to powerful earthquakes, and so is Iran. This is where the similarities end. If a similar earthquake was to hit one of Iran's nuclear facilities, the consequences could be expected to be far worse, affecting oil production in the Gulf region and sending the ... moreNUKEWARS + North Korea May Disable Nukes Before Deadline But Wants A Light Water Reactor  Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2007 - North Korea may still declare all of its nuclear weapons and disable them this year even though no deadline was agreed upon at six-nation talks that ended here Friday, the US envoy said. "My opinion remains the same. All of this is do-able by the end of the year," Christopher Hill told reporters when asked about the failure to set the ambitious deadline during the three days of discussions in Be ... moreIRAQ WARS + Pressure Mounts To Dump Iraq Back On UN  Washington (UPI) July 20, 2007 - The solution to the conflict in Iraq is not the American military but reconciliation through the United Nations, Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said this week. "There will be no military solution in Iraq; there cannot be a military solution. There must be a political reconciliation," the maverick Republican senator and Vietnam War veteran said in a speech in Washington Wednesday at the Cato Institute ... moreSUPERPOWERS + Russia Proposes Drafting Simpler START Arms Treaty  Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007 - Russia has proposed to the United States that the sides draft a simpler version of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), a senior Defense Ministry official said Wednesday. The current START treaty expires December 5, 2009. "In our opinion, we should not allow a vacuum in the sphere of strategic arms control," Lieutenant General Yevgeny Buzhinsky said. "So far, the U.S. has not respo ... moreMILTECH + Future Combat Systems Team To Initiate Production Planning  St Louis MO (SPX) Jul 19, 2007 - Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, announced that the Army has authorized planning for FCS low-rate initial production, including long-lead items for the first FCS capability Spin Out and Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) early production units. The latter is focused on the Non ... more | MILTECH:  THE STANS:  IRAQ WARS:  WATER WORLD:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + FPL Energy Signs Deal With Citrus Energy For First Of Its Kind Ethanol Plant  Juno Beach FL (SPX) Jul 23, 2007 - FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group, has announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Citrus Energy, of Boca Raton, FL, to develop the first ever commercial scale citrus peel to ethanol plant. The cellulosic ethanol plant will be owned and operated by FPL Energy and is expected to produce four million gallons of ethanol per year. It will be located on the grounds of a local Florid ... moreSOLAR DAILY + Californians For Clean And Reliable Energy Call For Support Of Sunrise Powerlink  Sacramento CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2007 - Highlighting the importance of new electric transmission to the State of California, leaders of Californians for Clean and Reliable Energy (Cal-CARE) have announced their support of the Sunrise Powerlink, a 150-mile transmission line that would deliver reliable and renewable power from the Imperial Valley to San Diego and help avoid more than one million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.< ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + India And US Close To Finalizing Nuclear Cooperation Deal  New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007 - India and the United States said they had made significant progress on a major agreement in the sphere of civilian nuclear cooperation after four days of intensive negotiations that ended Friday in Washington. "We had a constructive and positive discussion," both sides said in a statement. "We will now refer the issue to our governments for final review." Last year, Congress approved the H ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Japan Agrees To UN Inspection Of Quake-Hit Nuke Plant  Tokyo (AFP) Jul 23, 2007 - Japan has agreed to let UN experts inspect its largest nuclear power plant, which leaked radiation after a powerful earthquake, causing a scare, a report said. Kyodo News said the industry ministry has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it will agree to the inspection of the plant some 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of Tokyo. No officials could immediately be reached late S ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Japan Urges Power-Saving After Nuclear Shutdown  Tokyo (AFP) July 20, 2007 - Japan on Friday asked businesses to save on energy during peak hours this summer after a powerful earthquake led to the closure of the country's largest nuclear power plant, officials said. The order came as authorities said that heat was contributing to illness among elderly people staying in shelters after Monday's powerful earthquake, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 more.more | CIVIL NUCLEAR:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  ENERGY TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  |
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| ROCKET SCIENCE + Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Awarded NASA Contract For J-2X Ares Rocket Engine  Canoga Park CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2007 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) was awarded a NASA contract valued at $1.2 billion to design, development and test a J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. "We are very proud to have been selected by NASA to power the return of U.S. astronauts to the moon and beyond," said Stephen Finger, president, Pratt and Whitney. "This contract award is ano ... morePHYSICS NEWS + ESA's Earth Explorer Gravity Satellite On Show  Paris, France (SPX) Jul 20, 2007 - GOCE, ESA's first satellite dedicated to measuring the Earth's gravity field, has been presented to the press today in Turin, Italy, before being shipped to ESTEC - the space agency's research and technology centre in the Netherlands - for final testing. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE), the first core Earth Explorer mission to be developed as part of ESA's Liv ... moreEXO WORLDS + Blue Needle Presents New Challenge For Theorists  Kamuela HI (SPX) Jul 20, 2007 - Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study disks of debris around stars have found one that is extremely lopsided. While scientists are accustomed to finding asymmetrical accumulations of dust and larger bodies around stars, the debris disk around a star known as HD 15115 has a needle-like shape. Astronomers believe the shape of debris disks can ... moreAPPOINTMENTS + New SIDC Commander Has The Wright Stuff  Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2007 - The organization charged with developing new techniques and procedures to apply space-based capabilities to warfighters gained new leadership July 18. Col. Robert Wright Jr. became the commander of the Space Innovation and Development Center during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Consolidated Club on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, vice commander of Air Force ... moreSATURN DAILY + Saturn Turns 60  London UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2007 - "We detected the 60th moon orbiting Saturn using the Cassini spacecraft's powerful wide-angle camera," said Carl Murray, a Cassini imaging team scientist from Queen Mary, University of London. "I was looking at images of the region near the Saturnian moons Methone and Pallene and something caught my eye." The newly discovered moon first appeared as a very faint dot in a series of images Cassini ... more | VSAT NEWS:  SPACE TRAVEL:  SHUTTLE NEWS:  VENUSIAN HEAT:  |
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