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Pad Abort-1 Set For May 6 LaunchWashington DC (SPX) May 06, 2010 The Pad Abort 1 team has completed the checkout of the range systems and everything is locked down and ready for launch. The next milestone is removing the thermal cover from the launch abort vehicle which is scheduled for 2 a.m. EDT. Call to stations is at 6 a.m. NASA TV coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. With hundreds of tests and verifications officially complete, members of the Flight Test Readiness Review board unanimously agreed that Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) is ready for launch May 6 at White Sands Miss ... read more |
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Miami (AFP) May 6, 2010The Florida Keys at first glance appeared safe from the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill lapping the US coast, but they are now awash in fear that a powerful undersea current could bring the slick streaming into the fragile ecosystem. The tourist haven is some 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the massive slick floating just off Louisiana. But should the unpredictable Loop Current - part of the ... more 
Concepcion, Chile (AFP) May 5, 2010The first heavy autumn rain fell in central and southern Chile on Wednesday, drenching thousands of survivors of the massive February 27 earthquake still living in tent refugee camps. Firefighters in Talcahuano - a port city 425 kilometers (260 miles) southwest of the capital Santiago - and the town of Chiguayante moved some 50 families from tent cities to shelters due to pouring rain, an ... more 
Venice, Louisiana (AFP) May 5, 2010Emergency crews rushed to protect fragile shorelines and islands as the Gulf of Mexico oil slick expanded, prompting a mobilization of more national guard troops and alerts as far as the Florida Keys. With oil still gushing Wednesday from the ruptured offshore well, volunteers and others descended on the region to help stave off a looming environmental crisis from the huge oil patch. Pen ... more |
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Outside View: Tough choicesWashington (UPI) May 5, 2010 Well over a century ago, Karl Marx announced that a specter of communism was haunting Europe. Tragically, he was correct as 70 years of Bolshevism proved. Today, another specter is haunting the world with possibly a greater vengeance. That specter isn't climate change or natural disasters emanating from Icelandic volcanoes shutting down air travel or tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes killing hundreds of thousands. Nor is it financial and economic ruin that threatens the livelihoods of billio ... read more |
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