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Astronauts Stay Strong With Help From SolidWorksConcord MA (SPX) Aug 24, 2010 Though phenomenally fit, astronauts grow weak after prolonged missions in zero gravity. To help combat muscle atrophy, a Spanish company using SolidWorks software has developed a sophisticated system to test their strength in space. Called MARES, the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System was developed by NTE-SENER for the European Space Agency (ESA). MARES consists of an adjustable chair with a system of pads, levers, electronics, software, and a motor that tests a dozen muscle groups for we ... read more |
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Owego NY (SPX) Aug 24, 2010Lockheed Martin has delivered the first two of 52 upgraded Command and Control variants of the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) to the U.S. Marine Corps. The upgraded platforms were signed over to the customer in an acceptance ceremony on August 10. The upgraded LAV Command and Control (C2) variant is a mobile command center providing advanced communication capabilities to Marines in the field, ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 24, 2010A US drone strike on Monday killed at least 12 people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said. The strike hit the Dandey Darpa Khel area, about five kilometres (three miles) from Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, a known hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. The area is also famous as stronghold of the Al-Qaeda- ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2010Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first battery engagement operations center for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) to the U.S. Army. The milestone was celebrated during a ceremony at the company's Madison facility on Wall Triana Highway. When fully developed, the IBCS battery engagement operations center will enable an Army air defense ... more |
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Walker's World: Autumn crisis loomsParis (UPI) Aug 23, 2010 The autumn crisis will start in the eurozone. As the summer ends and the tourists return home from the beaches of Greece and Spain, Portugal and Italy, the summertime flood of their spending will no longer be available to prop up the Mediterranean economies. The spread on Greek bonds is already as wide now as it was before the European Union launched its massive trillion-dollar bailout package in May. Bond buyers are demanding 8.35 percent more interest than they do on German bonds. And the Eur ... read more |
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