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ESA's Space Hazard Programme Profiled OnlineParis, France (ESA) May 19, 2010 A new section in the ESA web site highlights the Agency's growing activity related to the Space Situational Awareness programme. The full SSA system will protect Europe's citizens and satellite-based services by detecting space hazards. The Space Situational Awareness Preparatory Programme was authorised at the November 2008 ESA Ministerial Council and formally launched in 2009. More than ever before, satellites provide critical services to European citizens, governments and industry. Any in ... read more |
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Warsaw (AFP) May 18, 2010Poland will unveil its first US Patriot-type missiles battery at a military base in the northern town of Morag on May 26, a Polish defence ministry spokesman said Tuesday. "Ceremonies associated with the first rotation of the Patriot missile battery will be held Wednesday, May 26, in Morag", spokesman Janusz Sejmej said in a statement. Asked by AFP, the defence ministry's press service d ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 18, 2010Russian Helicopters is planning to create the world's first fifth-generation combat helicopter which experts say would be able to attack fighter jets and be invisible for radars, Russian daily Gazeta said on Thursday. "We are working on the concept of the fifth-generation combat helicopter," the paper quoted the company's CEO, Andrei Shibitov, as saying at a news conference in Moscow. ... more  
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (SPX) May 19, 2010Nouvelle Vie Haiti, a project of IAHV, launched a pilot for its Youth Corps, uniquely built around trauma relief (breathing, meditation and yoga), permaculture (sustainable agriculture design), and social entrepreneurship. The Nouvelle Vie model teaches Haitians how to manage stress and trauma, then teaches practical ways for Haitian to rehabilitate their own communities using locally available ... more |
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Scientists Home In On Lithium Battery Safety FlawsCambridge UK (SPX) May 19, 2010 Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of "seeing" chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery. By helping them understand how these batteries behave under different conditions the new method - which involves Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy - could help researchers solve the fire safety problems that have dogged the development of these batteries. Lithium-ion battery technology has enabled the development of many electronic devices we now take for gr ... read more |
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