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NASA Preparing For DM-2 Test: Now That's Powerful InformationHuntsville AL (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 Preparations are under way for the testing of NASA's next-generation, five-segment solid rocket development motor - DM-2 - in September. The test is designed to advance the understanding, safety, technology and capability of solid rocket motors. The five-segment DM-2 motor - capable of producing 22 million horsepower and generating as much as 3.6 million pounds of thrust - was developed by ATK Space Systems, a division of Alliant Techsystems of Brigham City, Utah, the prime contractor for the soli ... read more |
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Sydney (AFP) July 7, 2010Australia's BlueScope Steel Wednesday welcomed a Federal Court decision to examine whether a deception case brought by a Hong Kong company was an abuse of legal process. BlueScope has denied misleading Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI), controlled by renowned tycoon Li Ka-shing, over the failed purchase of a New Zealand iron sands mine, and called the case "vexatious". "BlueScope strongly ... more  
Pullman WA (SPX) Jul 07, 2010The world's biggest Roman candle has got nothing on this. Using super-high pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth or on a giant planet, Washington State University researchers have created a compact, never-before-seen material capable of storing vast amounts of energy. "If you think about it, it is the most condensed form of energy storage outside of nuclear energy," says Choon ... more  
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2010Researchers based at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a method for predicting dust and sandstorms that uses infrared satellite images to determine when conditions are ripe for the destructive phenomena, a technique that could be implemented globally and that the research team used to forecast a 2008 New Mexico dust storm-the area's largest in decades-two days beforehand. Thermal ... more |
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Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Passes Key NASA MilestoneDenver CO (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 The Orion crew exploration vehicle has successfully completed the Phase 1 Safety Review of NASA's Human Rating Requirements for space exploration in low Earth orbit and beyond. The NASA/Lockheed Martin Orion team earned the approval from NASA's Constellation Safety and Engineering Review Panel (CSERP) upon completion of the review, an essential requirement for the Orion program to move forward to the Critical Design Review and Phase 2 Safety Review. The safety review process is a rigorous an ... read more |
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