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Venus, Asteroids And Moon To Compete For Next New Frontiers MissionWashington DC (SPX) Dec 30, 2009 NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. The final project selected in mid-2011 may provide a better understanding of Earth's formation or perhaps the origin of life on our planet. The proposed missions would probe the atmosphere and crust of Venus; return a piece of a near-Earth asteroid for analysis; or ... read more |
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Cannes, France (SPX) Dec 30, 2009Thales Alenia Space has signed a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite contract with OverHorizon with offices in the USA, Sweden and Cyprus. The spacecraft will carry an on-board processing payload provided by Thales Alenia Space, mounted on Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital)'s STAR 2.3 satellite platform. Both Thales Alenia Space and Orbital will share in the contract resp ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 30, 2009The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery. "Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a strong magnetic field just outside the solar system," explains lead author Merav Opher, a NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator from Ge ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 29, 2009Russia must develop new offensive weapons to counter US missile defences and prevent US policymakers from feeling they can "do whatever they want," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. "To preserve the balance, we must develop offensive weapons systems, not missile defence systems as the United States is doing," Putin said during a visit to the Russian Pacific port city of Vladivostok ... more |
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  UAV strike kills 13 in Saidgi, NW Pakistan   2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Dec 28, 2009 The days of the conventional electricity power grid are numbered and business opportunity, pragmatism and the need to better monitor both use and users of electricity have combined to raise the prospect of a multi-billion dollar industry growing worldwide. A report by Pike Research, based in Boulder, Colo., said global investment in replacing antiquated systems with Smart Grid technolog ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2009Chinese author Mian Mian, who shot to fame with lurid tales of sex, drugs and alcohol in the underworld, will sue Internet giant Google this week for copyright infringement, her lawyer said Monday. Sun Jingwei told AFP that the case -- the first civil lawsuit against Google in China over the scanning of books into its controversial web library -- would open at a Beijing court on Tuesday. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2009China is likely to overtake Germany as the world's largest exporter in 2009, despite a sharp fall in shipments as the global downturn took its toll, a high-ranking trade official has said. The country's share of global trade is expected to exceed nine percent this year, up from 8.86 percent in 2008, Vice Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said at a forum here on Sunday. "China will probably su ... more |
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  Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ to issue yuan bonds in China   Chinese airline to buy 16 Airbus A330s: company   Chinese car park makes space for women only |
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