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MBARI Sends Underwater Robot To Study Deepwater Horizon SpillMoss Landing CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2010 MBARI's Division of Marine Operations, under an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sent a high-tech robotic submersible to the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The goal is to collect information about the oil plume from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident for NOAA. Although satellites and aircraft can help show the extent of the spill at the surface, MBARI's autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) will help researchers understand the nature and extent ... read more |
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Berkeley CA (SPX) May 25, 2010In the past decade, robotic telescopes have turned astronomers' attention to scads of strange exploding stars, one-offs that may or may not point to new and unusual physics. But supernova (SN) 2005E, discovered five years ago by the University of California, Berkeley's Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), is one of eight known "calcium-rich supernovae" that seem to stand out as hors ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 24, 2010The crew of the shuttle Atlantis inspected the craft's heat shields Monday ahead of its descent to Earth at the end of its final voyage into space, NASA said. The inspection, which lasted several hours, was completed at 1217 GMT, the space agency said in a statement posted on its website. Using a high definition camera and laser at the end of a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm, t ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) May 25, 2010Atlantis astronauts stowed spacesuits, wrapped up the standard late inspection of the shuttle's thermal protection system ahead of schedule and enjoyed some time off Monday. Spacewalkers Mike Good and Steve Bowen finished working with the spacesuits and put them away while the survey was being done. After the survey, the boom and the arm were stowed on opposite sides of the cargo bay sill, ... more |
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US slams BP, but awaits latest bid to plug oil leakGalliano, Louisiana (AFP) May 24, 2010 The US government simultaneously slammed BP Monday and admitted it had no choice but to stick with the British energy giant's desperate bid to plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak. BP's chief executive Tony Hayward meanwhile confessed he was "gutted" that oil was now starting to clog fragile Louisiana wetlands, as heartrending footage emerged of helpless sea birds slimed by thick, pernicious crude. As the political fallout from the disaster mounted, BP engineers laid plans for their latest b ... read more |
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