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NASA Plays Key Exploration Role In New Administration Space PolicyWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2010 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement regarding President Obama's new National Space Policy: "NASA is pleased to be an integral part of President Obama's National Space Policy. NASA's new direction, announced as part of the fiscal year 2011 budget, is embodied in the new National Space Policy. I would like to thank Lori Garver, my deputy, who led this policy review for NASA, and Phil Mcalister, the NASA representative, who led our working group effort. "NASA has a ... read more |
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European space chief gets new four-year term
Paris (AFP) June 17, 2010Jean-Jacques Dordain has been appointed to a third term as director-general of the European Space Agency, ESA said on Thursday in a press release. Dordain, a 64-year-old Frenchman who has been in office since 2003, was named for a further four years, extending his mandate to June 2015, the Paris-headquartered agency said. ESA has 18 member states, 16 of them members of the European Union ... more Scientists Call For A New Strategy For Polar Ocean Observation
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2010In a report published in this week's issue of Science, a team of oceanographers, including MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Ecosystems Center director Hugh Ducklow, outline a polar ocean observation strategy they say will revolutionize scientists' understanding of marine ecosystem response to climate change. The approach, which calls for the use of a suite of automated technologies that ... more Robot Submarine Patrols Lake Michigan For Climate-Change Study
West Lafayette INw (SPX) Jun 17, 2010Researchers at Purdue University are using a robotic submarine and other specialized tools in Lake Michigan to gather biological and environmental data showing how young fish vital to the ecosystem may cope with future climate change. The researchers are correlating larval fish growth with various factors, including water temperatures near the lakeshore, where wind patterns might be altere ... more |
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Robot cat Doraemon's gadgets come to life in Japan showTokyo (AFP) June 11, 2010 For four decades Doraemon, a blue robot cat from the 22nd century, has been an icon of Japan's manga comic world - but now some of its coolest sci-fi gadgets exist in the real world. Invisibility cloaks, micro-robots and brain scanners reminiscent of the cat's "Dream TV" are just some of the cutting-edge, Doraemon-style inventions going on show at Tokyo's Miraikan museum from Saturday until September 27. Mamoru Mori, a former astronaut who heads the museum, said the earless feline has been belo ... read more |
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