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Obama under fire over space plansWashington (AFP) Oct 3, 2011 High-profile critics fear President Barack Obama's commercial overhaul of human spaceflight is going nowhere and could mark the end of half a century of US supremacy among the stars and planets. "We will have no American access to, and return from, low Earth orbit and the International Space Station for an unpredictable length of time in the future," Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, warned lawmakers at a recent hearing. The end of the space shuttle era has left America's hu ... read more |
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  Scientists Release Most Accurate Simulation of the Universe to Date "Bolshoi" supercomputer simulation provides new benchmark for cosmological studies. The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gi ... more | .. |
 NASA's new plan for massive rocket greeted with enthusiasm, criticism The announced plans by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to build a massive rocket are being greeted with both enthusiasm and criticism in the United States. The new roc ... more | .. |
 Novel design approach offers vehicle for space innovation Small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) plans to jump-start space innovation by combining state-of-the-art avionics with flight proven systems in a low cost 50kg class satelli ... more | .. |
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  Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket orbits Glonass satellite Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has put into orbit a Glonass-M navigation satellite, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Monday. He said the satellite separated from th ... more | .. |
 Iran postpones monkey's ride into space Iran's plans to send a live monkey into space have been postponed indefinitely, the country's top space official said, quoted on Monday by the state television website. ... more | .. |
 NASA Selects Science Investigations For Concept Studies NASA has selected 11 science proposals, including one from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for evaluation as potential future science missions. The proposals outline prospective missions to study the ... more | .. |
  NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry. The technologies d ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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  Pee power: Urine-loving bug churns out space fuel Scientists on Sunday said they had gained insights into a remarkable bacterium that lives without oxygen and transforms ammonium, the ingredient of urine, into hydrazine, a rocket fuel. ... more | .. |
  Snafu as China space launch set to US patriotic song It was supposed to be a patriotic tribute to China's technological prowess. Instead, a video showing the launch of China's first space station module inadvertently glorified the country's biggest rival. ... more | .. |
  The washable wearable antenna Wearing an antenna - without anyone knowing - is making a splash in the world of search and rescue. ESA has provided research and development guidance to Finnish company Patria, with the help of Tam ... more | .. |
  Orbiting ORS-1 Satellite System Operating Successfully Following the successful June 29, 2011 launch, completion of all on-orbit checkout activities and transition to operational status, the U.S. Air Force is reporting that the ORS-1 satellite and groun ... more |
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 Civilians given chance to reach for the stars Officials in charge of astronaut recruitment say civilians could soon get the chance to compete for a place on a spacecraft. Bai Yanqiang, deputy chief of the program's astronaut system, said ... more | .. |
 Tiangong-1 Forms Cornerstone Of China's Space Odyssey China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, is slated to blast into orbit between 13:16 and 13:31 GMT Thursday, just one day prior to China's National Day on Oct.1. It will be the latest showcase of ... more | .. |
 China to launch rockets with larger thrust says chief engineer China is working on the development of a new generation of carrier rockets featuring a larger thrust to cater to the demand of building a space station, a chief rocket engineer said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Chief designer explains Chinese way of mastering space docking technology Some developed countries acquired docking technology crucial to landing a space station decades ago, and, to catch up with leaders in space technology, China plans to use more speed and cut costs, s ... more |
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Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture
Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns
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 "Heavenly Palace" China's dream home in space With a length of 10.4 meters and maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, China's first space lab module is hardly the size of any palace. But its name Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace-1," speaks for a dream ... more | .. |
 NASA Tests Deep Space J-2X Rocket Engine at Stennis NASA conducted a 40-second test of the J-2X rocket engine Sept. 28, the most recent in a series of tests of the next-generation engine selected as part of the Space Launch System architecture that w ... more | .. |
China launches first module for space station China took its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launched an experimental module ahead of National Day celebrations. ... more | .. |
  Thousands of Libya missiles on the loose At first glance, it seems nothing unusual or hinting of danger - just a few wooden munitions cases piled up in the corner of a vast hangar on the outskirts of Benghazi in eastern Libya. ... more |
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  US drone kills three Taliban in Pakistan: officials A US drone strike on Friday killed three Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal badlands bordering Afghanistan, blowing their vehicle into a ball of flames, local officials said. ... more | .. |
US drone kills three militants in NW Pakistan: officials A US drone Friday killed at least three militants when it fired missiles on a vehicle in a restive Pakistan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  NRL TacSat-4 Launches to Augment Communications Needs The Navy's Tactical Satellite-IV (TacSat-4) successfully launched Sept. 27 aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur-IV+ launch vehicle from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's (AAC) Kodiak Launch Complex, ... more | .. |
  Plutonium detected outside Fukushima plant: government A limited amount of plutonium has been detected in soil outside Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant which was crippled by the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, the government said Friday. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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Japan eases evacuation advisory for zones near nuclear plant Japan on Friday lifted evacuation advisories for five areas near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant as it looks to convince tens of thousands of residents that it is safe to return home. ... more | .. |
 New report reveals the impact of global crises on international development Global crises and the slow burn of climate change are having a profound impact on the lives and livelihoods of poor people around the world, and bringing into question core ideas about what developm ... more | .. |
  Nabucco submits Shah Deniz tariff bid The Nabucco natural gas pipeline project says it has submitted a tariff bid to the consortium that controls the massive Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan. ... more | .. |
  Wall Street protests spread nationwide They say they are inspired by revolutions in the Middle East, but protests over economic grievances in Spain and elsewhere in Europe are a closer comparison as anti-corporate demonstrations spread across the United States. ... more |
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  Chilean car shines in solar auto competition Latin America's first big solar car competition has a winner: a Chilean entry named Intikalpa sped to success in the Atacama Solar Challenge. ... more | .. |
 Confidence up among Japan's big manufacturers: BoJ Sentiment among Japan's major manufacturers turned positive in September as firms recovered from the impact of the country's March disasters, the central bank said in its Tankan survey Monday. ... more | .. |
 Apple chief Cook to debut hot new iPhone Apple's Tim Cook is expected to kick off his reign as chief executive on Tuesday by unveiling a hot new iPhone model that some analysts are predicting will be a bestseller. ... more | .. |
 US auto sales steady in September US car sales held up in September despite the weak economy, while the US Big Three producers continued to add market share at the expense of their Japanese rivals, new sales data showed Monday. ... more |
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