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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2009 
It's time to find out if humans can permanently live and work in space, according to an article written by Mark Sykes and published in the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona's morning newspaper. "This has never been a part of U.S. space policy, despite a long history of public relations implying the opposite," Sykes says. Sykes, CEO and director of the Tucson-based Planetary Science ... read more
Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2009Wow! Launchspace received a large number of emails regarding last week's commentary by George Jeffs. Most were in agreement with some or all elements of Launchspace's suggested solar system architecture approach. Many said it was a common sense way to structure affordable exploration while maintaining a continuous human space flight capability. There was considerable concern about the ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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London, UK (SPX) Aug 25, 2009QinetiQ Group PLC, a leading international provider of technology-based services and solutions, has secured a AUS$23m contract from the Australian Department of Defence for TALON robots and replacement parts to support Australian Defence Forces deployed on operations. Developed by QinetiQ North America in Waltham, Massachusetts, TALON robots can be configured for specific tasks including ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2009A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars. The rover team has begun using a test rover that does not carry a science payload or robotic arm, as do Spirit and Opportunity on Mars, and the primary engineering test rover at JPL. While the primary test ... more  
Washington (AFP) Aug 23, 2009NASA gave a final green light to continue the countdown to the launch of the shuttle Discovery Tuesday toward the International Space Station, carrying a crew of seven including a Swede. Mission officials said at a press briefing Sunday they saw no likely technical hurdles to takeoff August 25 at 0136 am (0536 GMT) from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Aug 18, 2009 A day after a blast at a Russian hydroelectric plant, officials say there is little hope to find survivors from the 64 people missing. So far, 12 people have been confirmed dead after the walls of a turbine room collapsed at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant in south central Siberia on Monday. Sixty-four workers remain missing, likely trapped inside the flooded facility. ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2009Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained to gain as much distance in the sandbox as Spirit would need to complete on Mars to escape its predicament. The team expects to drive the test rover for several hundred meters, or yards, worth of ... more 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2009This is my first post to the blog about AMASE 2009. I am writing it from the Spitzbergen Guest house, a nice little accommodation place located in Nybyen at the southeast end of Longyearbyen (Svalbard), the place where part of the members of the AMASE expedition are staying before flying to Ny-Alesund. I am writing this blog while lying on bed because I am very tired...after a full week of work. ... more |
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