Should chocolate milk be banned in schools? Nov 13, 2009
Here s a topic that should send the helicopter moms into orbit. A study published in 2007 by researches from Columbia and Stanford University found that frequently-praised kids eventually came to believe that intelligence and talent were things they were born with, things which under no possible circumstances could be improved. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Messenger spies iron on Mercury Nov 5, 2009
The pass, just 228km from the surface, was intended as a brake manoeuvre, using planet's gravity to help slow the spacecraft enough to enable it to enter into orbit in 2011 ... Messenger is on course to enter into orbit in March 2011. (BBC News -- Science)
Astronaut and 'Terrible Towel' Return to Pittsburgh Nov 5, 2009
Most recently, as commander of Expedition 18, Fincke spent six months on the International Space Station continuing science operations and helping to prepare the orbiting outpost to sustain a six-person crew ... Fincke joins a team of astronauts this football season who are returning to their hometowns to celebrate two NASA milestones: the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station in orbit and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing during the Apollo 11 mission. (NASA Watch)
Ticket to ride: High-end bicycles ride into India Nov 4, 2009
Circa 2009 the ubiquitous black coloured cycles still dot the rural landscape, but in the urban markets, cycles have pedalled up into a different orbit. For those growing up 00004000 in the 1980s, cycles meant an investment of Rs 800-1 ,000 and it was the local bicycle shop which attracted the footfalls. (India Times)
SMOS forms three-pointed star in the sky Nov 4, 2009
During launch and the first few orbits around Earth, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) instrument's antenna arms remained safely folded up ... So far, however, all the signs are good that this second of ESA's Earth Explorer satellites in orbit is fit and healthy following launch and will be able to deliver the data to advance our understanding of Earth's water cycle. (Scientific American)
Bedside Manner Nov 3, 2009
Now let s see Deltron Z Art avenger, let s start the adventure Hit ya with nerve gas, absurd blasts Crashin space craft, I m bio-enhanced Hiero advanced series, monstrous evolution Headed, tooth and nail, scoop the trail Super-sleuth, a new race Mad creator, savage nature World Wide Web, the ebb and flow Light years from watchful eyes while my thoughts provide objectives to ostracize the pompous prophecies Underground societies are hard to lead Asteroid surfing, castor-oil burping The darkest... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Nasa to irradiate monkeys for space voyage research... Nov 3, 2009
The second astrochimp, Enos, became the first animal to successfully orbit the Earth a few months after Ham's launch Photo: NASA. It will be Nasa s first experiment on primates in decades. (The Drudge Report)
Life is an adventure Nov 1, 2009
Garriotts adventures soared to a new level last October when he became the sixth private citizen to travel into orbit with the crew of the Soyuz TMA 13 orbital mission ... Space Adventures currently has millions of cash-paid reservations for sub-orbital flights. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Death of a pieman Nov 1, 2009
And then The Soupy Sales Show would come on and I knew that everything was going to be OK. The earth would continue to revolve on its axis and orbit the sun. The universe would continue to expand. (Burlington Union, MA)
Parachute malfunction causes dent in Ares as it slams into ocean Nov 1, 2009
But the SECOND stage is supposed to continue flying straight into orbit ... If that had been a "real" flight intended to reach orbit, it would have been a failure ... Just look at SpaceX. It took them three tries before they finally got their privately funded Falcon I to orbit. (Florida Today)
NASA probe hits moon's south pole looking for water Nov 1, 2009
NASA officials touted loads of data from the probe and telescopes around the world and in orbit ... In the auditorium of my elementary school, a modest, black-and-white television set was placed on the stage so we could watch the space flights of Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and for a class project in the sixth grade, I tracked the mission of astronaut Gordon Cooper, dutifully moving a tiny, construction paper space capsule across a map of the world as Cooper orbited the planet 22 times ... who... (Salon)
Obituaries in the news Nov 1, 2009
But his research formed the basis for the Long March CZ-2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei into orbit in 2003. Born in 1911 in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, Qian left for the United States after winning a scholarship to graduate school in 1936. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
SES WORLD SKIES' NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5 Oct 30, 2009
Approximately 27 minutes after lift-off the spacecraft separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage and was placed into geostationary transfer orbit ... Rob Bednarek, President and CEO of SES WORLD SKIES, stated: The flawless launch of NSS-12 allows us to ensure seamless continuity for a variety of customers at the key orbital position of 57 degrees East and considerably increases our capacity on-orbit ... NSS-12 will be the 59th Space Systems/Loral satellite now orbiting the earth, said John... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Exploring the final frontier: Disease proposed as major barrier to Mars and beyond Oct 30, 2009
Could spaceflight-associated immune system weakening preclude the expansion of human presence beyond Earth's orbit. doi:10. (EurekAlert!)
Dark matter sleuths to design world's largest WIMP catcher Oct 30, 2009
The experiments are buried deep in the Earth for the same reason the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit: to avoid interference. In orbit, Hubble is freed of Earth's obscuring atmosphere. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
The Ares Liftoff: Learning from Space Shuttle Mistakes Oct 29, 2009
Wednesday's launch marked the first time in more than 40 years that NASA has tested a prototype of a new rocket system to take passengers beyond Earth orbit ... The committee, headed by Norman Augustine, retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp., concluded that NASA needs another $3 billion a year to pursue meaningful human space exploration beyond low Earth orbit. (Time.com)
Liverpool's Torres the Golden Ball of 2009? Oct 29, 2009
Torres' latest mesmerizing goal, for his club against Manchester United, had the hypnotic effect of making us forget about the star whose orbit shifted from England's Premier League to Real Madrid this summer. Cristiano who. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Happiness: a child with a bin on his head Oct 29, 2009
But I wouldn't trouble a man to suffer living in my orbit. One has to face up to one's limitations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Oct. 23, 2009 Oct 29, 2009
Although our claiming and conquering throughout the years have ultimately resulted in great wealth and innovations in housing, food, technology, manufacturing, entertainment, and more, those innovations have come at a great price: decimation and enslavement of native populations; species extinctions; pollution of soil, air, and water; consumption of Earth s resources by the many, at the expense of the few; and an Earth orbit full of space junk. Scientists tried to alert us years ago to the... (Bolton Common, MA)
The strangest moments in space launch history Oct 28, 2009
The rocket launch is NASA's first suborbital test of the new Ares I booster to launch astronauts to space aboard its shuttle successor, the Orion craft ... "The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery's climb into orbit.". (MSNBC -- Technology)
Patricia Welbers Oct 27, 2009
She was the owner of Orbit Transport Inc.. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Spring Valley. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
John Kelly: Plan for space may be hazy, but it exists Oct 27, 2009
The president should keep his promise to push commercial space flight by privatizing crew delivery to Earth orbit by 2015. NASA can't afford to spend $6 billion on its own rocket to take people to low-Earth orbit, where there won't be a destination by the time the rocket is ready ... Instead of developing the means to launch to low-Earth orbit, the committee has given the president the option to fly the shuttles to 2015 and provide a much more substantial incentive for companies to field a... (Florida Today)
Has Halloween become a health hazard? Oct 27, 2009
Sugar sends the kids into orbit and their bodies can t begin to wind down enough to go to school the next day (it will be church on the next day this year). They are already excited enough without all that extra chemical added to their bloodstream. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
New Mexico Spaceport approaches final frontier Oct 26, 2009
If progress continues at its current pace, space tourists will fly to suborbit from the New Mexico Spaceport in little more than a year ... The goal is still to begin flights to suborbit in 2011 ... There s immense interest in fast, low-cost technology to send satellites into orbit, Hynes said. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
NSW woo master blaster Oct 25, 2009
He is just a massive talent, someone who can hit the ball into orbit - people want to watch that. I'm glad we've seen the back of him for the moment but I'm very happy at the prospect of him in a Blues shirt, believe me. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month Oct 24, 2009
Wrigley's Sugarfree Orbit White Gum through the month of October when you buy the Orbit White Bubblemint flat-pack (12 count) or special edition Big-E-Pak (60 count), 10% of your purchase will be donated toward Bright Pink's multiple outreach initiatives. The flat pack Orbit White Bubblemint will retail for $1. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Click to read:Black Boxes May Not Solve Flight Mystery Oct 24, 2009
The flight attendants "did say there was a delay and we'd have to orbit or something to that effect before we got back. They really didn't say we overflew Minneapolis. ... They implied it was just a business-as-usual delay," said Heidtke, a consultant with a supercomputer consulting company based in Bloomington, Minn. Once on the ground, the plane was met by police and FBI agents. (CBS News)
Low dose radiation 'harms heart' Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 23:03 GMT, Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:03 UK. Low dose radiation 'harms heart. (BBC News -- Health)
Panel: NASA Shouldn't Shoot for Moon Oct 23, 2009
The White House called the report a "thoughtful and comprehensive review of where we have been and where we could be headed in low Earth orbit and beyond." ... Starting in 2014, NASA needs an extra $3 billion a year if astronauts are going to travel beyond Earth's orbit, the panel said ... The moon is an ok target for shakedown to a longer trip but what we really need now is something very reliable and capable of operating in earth's orbit. (CBS News)
Banyan: Hell on Earth Oct 23, 2009
South Korea officially espouses unification, but most citizens see the North as not just another country but another planet, one best left in its orbit. Some of the techniques that helped undermine the Soviet Union could help in North Korea. (The Economist)
NHS told to brace itself over flu Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 16:13 GMT, Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:13 UK. By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News. (BBC News -- UK)
Fury at the gates Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 21:21 GMT, Thursday, 22 October 2009 22:21 UK. Griffin slot sparks angry scenes. (BBC News -- UK)
Cannabis 'affecting young minds' Oct 23, 2009
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New way to 'stop' premature birth Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 23:04 GMT, Thursday, 22 October 2009 00:04 UK. Premature birth rates are rising in the UK. (BBC News -- UK)
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer' Oct 23, 2009
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Criticism over meningitis death Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 08:05 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 09:05 UK. William Cressey died after falling into a coma. (BBC News -- UK)
US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed' Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 02:13 GMT, Friday, 1 December 2006. US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
'Tundra time' call in Scottish clocks debate Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 08:03 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 09:03 UK. Tundra time call in clocks debate. (BBC News -- UK)
Panel says NASA needs more funding Oct 23, 2009
Going beyond low earth orbit, which the committee advocates, would require a bump in NASA s budget at a time when the White House has signaled that agencies should expect leaner times ahead. The committee said the current program, which includes two new rockets and a lunar base, could be achieved more or less on schedule (with a moon landing in the early 2020s) only if NASA received an additional $45 billion for the exploration program between 2010 and 2020. (Boston Globe)
Free toothbrush scheme expanded Oct 23, 2009
Page last updated at 05:50 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 06:50 UK. As part of the programme mobile dental units visit targeted schools. (BBC News -- UK)
Deaf audiences can 'see' dialogue Oct 23, 2009
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Brain 'can beat early blindness' Oct 23, 2009
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"Hyperspectral Remote Sensor" can spot disasters Oct 23, 2009
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) technology combines sophisticated sensors in orbit with ground based sensors to create a "Hyperspectral Remote Sensor" (HRS) ... The HRS simultaneously acquires hundreds of optical images, each from a different frequency, that enable a "spectral assessment" from distances high in the air via airplanes and in orbit using satellites. (India Times, India)
British actors dominate TV Globes Oct 23, 2009
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X Prize thins field for $10M, 100MPG green car award Oct 21, 2009
The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is a two-level, two million dollar competition requiring a vehicle to simulate trips between the moon's surface and lunar orbit ... In that competition a $10 million prize was awarded to build a privately funded craft that reaches a sub-orbit of 100 km twice in two weeks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Europeans find 32 planets outside solar system Oct 21, 2009
Astronomers hope someday to find signs of an Earth-mass planet in an Earth-like orbit - circling a star at a distance that allows for the possibility that water might be liquid at the planet's surface. Astronomer Stephane Udry of the University of Geneva said the results support the theory that planet formation is common, especially around the most common types of stars. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Jundallah versus the mullahtariat Oct 21, 2009
A "victory" of the IP pipeline means Gwadar port in Balochistan falling into China's orbit, not the US's (China built the port to start with). For the Pentagon, the only acceptable scenario is to "win" Gwadar as a key node of Pipelineistan meeting the US empire of bases. (Asia Times Online)
More planets discovered outside solar system Oct 20, 2009
There are no photos of the new planets, which are called exoplanets because they orbit distant stars ... The astronomers from the European Southern Observatory studied about 2,000 stars with the spectrograph, which measures the slight change in starlight caused by an orbiting planet that cannot be seen directly. (Boston Globe)
Weekend News Roundup Oct 20, 2009
Asteroid Narrowly Misses Earth On late Friday evening a small asteroid named 2009 TM8 zoomed past the Earth, just inside the moon's orbit ... Well, researchers were very unhappy with the results after impact, as it seemed that no telescope neither on Earth or in our orbit caught a good glimpse of the resulting plume that kicked up after the rocket hit its mark. (IGN Gear)
Shuttle question: Fly, or not to fly? Oct 18, 2009
And if so, is it safe to keep flying the orbiters ... "And I am very concerned about that -- about how do we keep our critical-operations skills and our ability to integrate and test and launch and operate on orbit if we don't do it for five of six years."Now that's a much more difficult thing in my opinion to recover from than if you are doing it two or three times a year and trying to maintain your sharpness that way. (Florida Today)
NASA Photos Show Moon Strike Created Plume Oct 18, 2009
The LCROSS itself crashed into the same crater four minutes after the Centaur's impact, right on schedule, while its companion spacecraft, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, was flying in lunar orbit 50 miles above the site to gather still more data ... New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show the landing sites for Apollo moon missions. (Click2Houston, TX)
Dianne Dumanoski: It's civilization more than Earth at stake in climate crisis Oct 18, 2009
Because of the current shape of the Earth's orbit, our own interglacial period has lasted far longer, almost 12,000 years, blessing us with the long summer, which has been critical to recent human history. This extended tranquil period gave humans the conditions and the time needed to develop agriculture and build complex civilization. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Mid-tier IT cos on prowl again; look to hire up to 30K Oct 17, 2009
NEW DELHI: The hire-no-more hysteria seems to be heading for a soft burial, with mid-tier and niche technology companies returning to the employment orbit as they plan to take in 25,000 to 30,000 experienced hands in the next three to nine months. The renewed demand has been spurred by a spurt in outsourcing, better order positions and companies expanding their India operations and moving up the value chain. (India Times)
ARCS Foundation celebrates scholarships Oct 15, 2009
The foundation was founded in Los Angeles in 1958 when women active in philanthropies there organized it after the Soviet Union sent Sputnik into orbit. Now numbering chapters in 16 states, the organization reports its local groups have distributed $70. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
NASA Invites Twitterers To Next Shuttle Launch Oct 15, 2009
Astronauts have been filing Twitter updates since spring, from both Earth and orbit. Your Comments. (W-USA News, DC)
Cirque du Soleil founder calls space trip success Oct 14, 2009
At Tuesday's news conference, Barratt pointed out that he was for a time one of two physicians aboard the orbiting laboratory ... After that, it would rely on Russia to ferry U.S. astronauts to the station meaning fewer extra seats for trips to the orbiting lab ... He is the second of three Canadians to orbit the Earth in the same year. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Buzz Aldrin: A different kind of moon race Oct 13, 2009
The Moon's going to be forced from its orbit ... We could reduce the costs of payload to orbit from $11,000 per kilogram to $220 per kilogram. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Energy crisis postponed, new gas rescues world... Oct 13, 2009
The Planet is slowly expanding and has been since it first swung into orbit around the sun. See http://www. (The Drudge Report)
"Space Clown" Earthbound Once More Oct 12, 2009
Before leaving orbit Laliberte hugged goodbye the six crewmembers who stayed behind on the International Space Station ... "It will probably take three to four years before we have a chance for a Canadian astronaut to spend six months on the orbiting space lab," Marcotte said ... Laliberte blasted into orbit with Russian Maxim Surayev and American Jeffrey Williams on Sept. 30 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (CBS News)
Rupert Murdoch's Speech at the World Media Summit Oct 10, 2009
The sun does not orbit the earth, and yet this was precisely the premise that the press passively accepted, even though there have been obvious signs that readers recognize the reality that they should pay a price. There are many readers who believe that they are paying for content when they sign up with an internet service provider, presuming that they have bought a ticket to a content buffet. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lunar rocket strike doesn’t leave them starry-eyed Oct 10, 2009
The LCROSS spacecraft was equipped with nine instruments; another seven instruments are on board a NASA spacecraft in lunar orbit. The impacts were also observed by telescopes on Earth and in space. (Boston Globe)
Real Estate Roundup Oct 10, 2009
Orbit Medical Inc. leased 2,462 square feet at Scholls Business Center, 10150 S.W. Nimbus Ave., Portland, from Tigard Sub LLC. Jake Lancaster of Grubb & Ellis represented the tenant; Ben McInnis of Pacific Real Estate Partners Inc. represented the property. Bonneville Billing & Collections renewed its lease for 2,240 square feet at EastRidge Business Park, 12013 N.E. 95th St., Vancouver, with EastRidge Associates I LLC. Byron Roselli and Adam D. Roselli of Eric Fuller & Associates Inc.... (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Moon Shot Complete; Search on for Water Oct 10, 2009
By studying data collected by LCROSS, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Hubble Space Telescope and observatories on Earth, scientists hope to determine if there is ice in the moon's soil ... NASA officials touted loads of data from the probe and telescopes around the world and in orbit ... Nasa is trying to see if they can budge the moon's orbit in an attempt to gain control of of it. (CBS News)
NASA Probe Hits Moon's South Pole Looking For Water Oct 10, 2009
NASA officials touted loads of data from the probe and telescopes around the world and in orbit. But the crash photos and videos they offered at a morning news conference were few and showed little more than a fuzzy white flash. (W-USA News, DC)
Water Discovery on Moon Surface Spurs India's $2.5 Billion Lunar Ambition Oct 9, 2009
5 billion by 2015 to put a man into orbit and join China in the race to seek new sources of energy ... China sent its first man into orbit six years ago, and last year carried out the countrys first space walk ... Even South Korea, which failed Aug. 25 in its first attempt to put a satellite in to orbit, is planning to orbit the moon by 2020. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
