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Should India Go SuborbitalSydney, Australia (SPX) May 30, 2011 What is happening with India's human spaceflight program? It's hard to be sure. India's space program has experienced mixed results in the past two years, with the success of some missions being overshadowed by some major failures. The failures of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) have drawn a lot of attention and rightly so. The GSLV represents a vital step in India's quest to field heavy launch vehicles. India's program is counting on GSLV now, for satellite launches. It's a ... read more |
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  Paolos wild ride down from ISS onboard Soyuz TMA-20 For the first time since his landing on Tuesday, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli was again in the public eye yesterday at a press conference. A smiling Paolo talked about his ride back to Earth and how ... more | .. |
  UA is Top University Contributing to Global Planetary Exploration Research Thomson Reuters Corporation data shows that only NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the world's top players in spacecraft design, construction, launch and science operations are ahead of UA's p ... more | .. |
 Cosmica Spacelines And XCOR Aerospace Tout Suborbital Payload Flight Opportunties Garrett Smith, founder and president of Cosmica Spacelines and Khaki McKee from XCOR Aerospace hasrevealed experiment development and integration opportunities for commercial, educational and govern ... more | .. |
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  Mitsubishi Electric Puts ST-2 Satellite into Orbit Mitsubishi has announced the successful injection of the ST-2 communications satellite into geostationary orbit. The satellite, built for a joint venture between Singapore Telecommunications L ... more | .. |
  Zapping deadly bacteria using space technology Technology developed with ESA funding and drawing on long-running research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way to keep hospital patients safe from infections. Using ... more | .. |
  Venezuela, China to launch satellite next year Venezuela and China will develop an observation satellite to be built in Asia and launched from South America in 2012, according to Venezuela's science and technology minister. ... more | .. |
 West Coast Radar Network is World's Largest A network of high-frequency radar systems designed for mapping ocean surface currents now provides detail of coastal ocean dynamics along the U.S. West Coast never before available. The network has ... more |
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Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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 ATV-4 to carry name Albert Einstein With ATV Johannes Kepler in space and ATV Edoardo Amaldi almost built, the next Space Station supply craft coming off the production line has been named after the most famous scientist of all time: ... more | .. |
  Guide vests robotic navigation aids for the visually impaired For the visually impaired, navigating city streets or neighborhoods has constant challenges. And most such people still must rely on a very rudimentary technology - a simple cane - to help them make ... more | .. |
  Reaching for New Heights It is hard to imagine that just 50 years ago, a young and vibrant President challenged a worried nation to reach for the seemingly impossible goal of landing humans on the moon and returning them sa ... more | .. |
 GSAT 8 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit India's advanced communication satellite, GSAT-8, launched on May 21, 2011 has reached Geosynchronous orbit with an orbital period of 23 hours 45 minutes. The satellite's orbit has a perigee of 35,5 ... more |
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 China to step up fight against plastic addiction China will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, as it tries to further curb its addiction to plastic in a bid to rid the country of "white pollution" that clogs waterways, farms and fields. ... more | .. |
 Tablets, 3D in focus at future-shaping Taiwan IT show The question of how to get 3D technology into every living room and a tablet computer into every hand is set to dominate Asia's largest IT fair which opens in Taiwan next week. ... more | .. |
  Obama offers reassurance over anti-missile plans US President Barack Obama on Friday reassured east European allies that cooperation over missile defence with their Soviet-era master Moscow does not mean NATO will cede partial control to Russia. ... more | .. |
  Jakarta signs deal for Korean trainer jets Indonesia has signed a $400 million contract with South Korea for 16 T-50 trainer jets, the first foreign order for the Golden Eagle. ... more |
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Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 Lithuania will seek NATO missile assurances at Obama meet Ex-Soviet NATO member Lithuania said Thursday it will seek assurances that a planned missile shield will protect all members of the alliance, on the eve of talks with US President Barack Obama. ... more | .. |
  Japanese unhappy with atomic crisis response: poll Almost three quarters of Japanese voters are unhappy with the centre-left government's handling of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a newspaper poll indicated on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Japan detects high radiation levels off coast: report Japan has revealed radiation up to several hundred times normal levels has been detected on the seabed off the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM could face no-confidence motion Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire for his handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, faces the threat of a no-confidence motion this week. ... more |
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 Earthquake statement leads to charges Six Italian seismologists will be tried for manslaughter as a result of deaths in an earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in April 2009, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Report queries Haiti quake death toll, homeless A draft report has cast huge doubt on the death toll in last year's Haiti earthquake and the numbers left homeless, and raises questions about US aid for rebuilding the Caribbean nation. ... more | .. |
  Australian miners concerned over cyber attacks Some of Australia's biggest resource companies are increasingly concerned by cyber attacks from China and other countries, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Japan to finance quake-hit car parts makers Japan's government-owned bank is planning to set up a 50 billion yen ($617 million dollar) fund to support auto parts makers hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, an official said Monday. ... more |
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Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems
Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers
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  Rivals likely to reach for Google's "Wallet" With the announcement of "Google Wallet" the Internet giant became the first player to dash into a future where people use smartphones as credit cards, but rivals are expected to cut its lead short. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong mulls ban on Taiwanese imports Hong Kong officials said Sunday they will consider banning imports from Taiwan, prompted by a food scare after the neighbour ordered a recall of nearly half a million contaminated drinks. ... more | .. |
 Hackers highlight Sony's need for new ideas As Sony struggles to recover its shredded reputation in the wake of perhaps the largest ever cyber attack, it is facing a more worrying problem, say analysts - it has lost the knack of innovation. ... more | .. |
  Lagarde to seek support for IMF bid in China, India, Brazil French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Sunday she plans to visit India and China and some African countries as well as Brazil to drum up support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund. ... more |
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 EU, Japan agree to work towards mega free trade deal Leaders of the European Union and Japan on Saturday agreed to start talks towards a multi-billion-euro free trade deal linking the world's third biggest economy to the globe's largest market. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Shining citadel redux In January 1981, when Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. president, he declared the federal budget to be out of control. ... more | .. |
Google vows to fight suit over mobile 'Wallet' Google on Friday rejected a charge that it swiped PayPal trade secrets to build its new mobile application that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet. ... more | .. |
 Twitter chief picked as Obama telecom advisor US President Barack Obama named Twitter's chief and a high-ranking Microsoft executive among a handful of technology veterans to be appointed as telecommunications security advisors. ... more |
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