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American Honour For Australian Space Tracking StationsTidbinbilla, Australia (SPX) May 25, 2010 The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) at Tidbinbilla and former tracking stations, Honeysuckle Creek and Orroral Valley, near Canberra, will be honoured tomorrow by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as sites of Historic Aerospace Significance. Managed by CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), the CDSCC will host a plaque-unveiling ceremony at Tidbinbilla at 11am tomorrow - Tuesday, 25 May, 2010. The three ACT tracking stations are being recognis ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) May 24, 2010ESA's SMOS satellite completed its six-month commissioning this week and formally began operational life. This milestone means the mission is now set to provide much-needed global images of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the water cycle. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite was launched on 2 November last year, and has since undergone an i ... more  
Milan, Italy (UPI) May 24, 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke the obvious when she declared last week that "If the euro fails, Europe fails." The trouble is that not one of the available ways to fix the euro problem yet appears to be politically possible. Merkel knows this, which is why she went on to say, "The current crisis facing the euro is the biggest test Europe has faced for decades, even since the Tre ... more  
Brussels (UPI) May 24, 2010 An international scheme to build a nuclear fusion reactor in France has come under fire due to ballooning funding concerns. Overall costs for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor have risen from an initial $6 billion estimate in 2006 to around $18 billion, German news magazine Der Spiegel reports. The research reactor is to be built by 2015 in Cadarache in southe ... more |
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Marriott aims to double China presence by 2015Shanghai (AFP) May 24, 2010 Marriott International said Monday it aimed to double the number of hotels it operates in China within five years, making the country its most important market outside North America. Marriott currently has 45 hotels in China including its JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Ritz-Carlton brands, the company said in a statement, adding it expected the number to rise to 60 by year's end and to 90 by 2015. "China is arguably the world's most compelling tourism market today," J.W. Marriott Jr., chairman an ... read more |
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