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NASA tests most powerful booster rocket everWashington (AFP) Aug 31, 2010 NASA and aerospace company ATK Aerospace Systems successfully tested Tuesday the most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine ever, even though its future in the space program remains in doubt. A huge roar and massive flames accompanied the two-minute "static" or non-flight test of the five-segment DM-2 (Demonstration Motor 2) rocket booster in the western desert state of Utah. The DM-2 was designed as the first stage of the Ares I rocket to provide the lift-off thrust for the next generation of Orion ... read more |
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Makli, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 31, 2010On a hillside in flood-ravaged southern Pakistan, a famous Sufi burial site is crowded with families - their pilgrimage less about religious devotion than the simple matter of survival. With night about to fall, tensions rise at the makeshift camp, where hunger and anger are feeding a growing sense of anarchy as the flood victims look down from the black hills on their water-logged villages ... more
Copiapo, Chile (AFP) Aug 31, 2010NASA experts Tuesday advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped deep underground about how long their rescue will take, as a giant dill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men. Meanwhile, the owners of the Chilean mine begged for "forgiveness for the anguish" caused by the collapse of the San Jose gold and copper mine August 5, which sealed in the miners 700 meters (2,300 ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 31, 2010Coal-fired power stations release more carbon dioxide per kWh than any other fossil fuel facility, and Germany has a large number of just this sort of power station. It is estimated that around 40 billion tons of coal are stored in potential open cast deposits in Lusatia and the Lower Rhine Basin. That makes up 14 percent of world reserves. The question is, can the carbon dioxide emissions ... more |
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Outside View: The economyCollege Park, Md. (UPI) Aug 31, 2010 Americans may be dissatisfied with the economy but don't look for Republicans to sweep control of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Voters have good reason to be disenamored with both parties. Democrats have pushed through U.S. President Barack Obama's agenda: more than $800 billion in stimulus spending, healthcare reform and new financial regulations. Yet the economy remains sluggish and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells us unemployment will linger near 10 perce ... read more |
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