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NASA releases videogame, Moonbase AlphaWashington (AFP) July 6, 2010 NASA has abandoned plans to return to the Moon but videogamers can explore the lunar landscape with a free new online game released by the US space agency. "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join an exploration team in a futuristic 3D settlement on the south pole of the Moon. "In Moonbase Alpha, you assume the exciting role of an astronaut working to further human expansion and research," NASA said in an explanation of the game. "Returning from a research expedition, you witness a meteorite ... read more |
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New York (UPI) Jun 25, 2010 Devices that can understand people, using a technology known as speech recognition, are becoming a common feature of everyday life, researchers say. From people telling their cellphones to dial a number to doctors using speech recognition software to record and transcribe patient visits, speech recognition is making inroads into all areas of human activity, The New York Times reported F ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 24, 2010BP resumed full siphoning operations from the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well Thursday, but Florida was forced to close down popular tourist beaches at the height of the summer season as more crude washed ashore. The vast slick has already soiled the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, but could spell disaster for Florida, one of the world's top tourist destinations with more ... more  
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 23, 2010 National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials say they are considering changing the launch dates for the final two space shuttle missions. NASA program managers said the change would move the launch date for STS-133 from Sept. 16 to Oct. 29 and STS-134 from late November to Feb. 28 to allow additional time to prepare for those missions. "The change is under review and a ... more |
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Hunting For Fossils On EuropaMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2010 If extraterrestrial life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, instead of deploying probes to drill past its ice shell to look for aliens in the ocean below, one might just go fossil-hunting on the icy surface. "A prospector sent there could possibly find extraterrestrial life within our lifetimes," suggested planetary scientist Richard Greenberg at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at Tucson. Europa, which is roughly the size of Earth's moon, is enveloped by a global oce ... read more |
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