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Student Rocket REXUS 7 LaunchedEsrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 The first student rocket planned for this week, REXUS 7, was successfully launched from SSC's launch facility Esrange Space Center. The rocket carried three student experiments onboard. The rocket reached an altitude of 83 km and landed north of Esrange Space Center. The recovery operation has started and the payload will be brought back to the students by helicopter for further analysis. The three experiments onboard were: + VIBRA DAMP with the aim to analyse disturbing forces during weight ... read more |
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Concepcion, Chile (AFP) March 2, 2010Looters pillaged shops, homes and even attacked a fire station in the burning Chilean city of Concepcion, as rescuers try to find quake survivors. Police fired tear gas to try to disperse an angry crowd that set fire to the Bigger supermarket after they were prevented from entering. Black smoke billowed out over the ruins of Concepcion, one of the cities worst hit by Saturday's 8.8-magni ... more  
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 2, 2010US Internet giant Google launched on Tuesday a charm offensive for its "Street View" navigation service, aiming to soothe the privacy doubts of a sceptical German public. Attending the CeBIT high-tech fair, the world's biggest, for the first time, Google showcased three of their "Street View" cars - sleek, black Opels with eight mounted cameras to take pictures of streets, buildings and cit ... more 
Concepcion, Chile (AFP) March 2, 2010Thousands more troops deployed across Chile Tuesday as armed vigilantes patrolled neighborhoods to ward off looters and protect residents already traumatized by a devastating earthquake. "The thugs have taken over the city. Now we are not afraid of the earthquakes, we're afraid of the criminals," Marcelo Rivera, the mayor of Hualpen, said on a Chilean radio station. President Michelle Ba ... more |
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China's high-speed railway operator plans to list: mediaBeijing (AFP) March 2, 2010 The operator of a high-speed railway linking Shanghai and Beijing is planning a stock market listing this year to help it cover the project's massive costs, state media reported Tuesday. Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co Ltd, indirectly owned by China's Ministry of Railways, hopes to raise 30-50 billion yuan (4.4-7.3 billion dollars) with the move, the China Daily said, citing an unnamed ministry source. The report did not specify where the company hoped to list. Work on the 1,318-kilo ... read more |
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