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Preview of Official NASA Budget/Policy Events - Update

30 Jan 2010 04:20:09 PST

Written by Keith Cowing
3 Feb: Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee - Hearing: Key Issues and Challenges Facing NASA: Views of the Agency's Watchdogs: 10:00 am EST - hearing runs for two hours. You can expect Subcommittee Chair Rep. Giffords to pick up where she left off at a previous hearing wherein she will bash No...

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Endeavour to ferry last big space station component

29 Jan 2010 12:00:01 PST

The US space shuttle Endeavour will carry a the last major component needed to complete the International Space Station and a high-tech "sunroom" when it lifts off next week, officials said Friday.

Original story at PhysOrg.com .

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Pols, Media, Celebrate High Speed Rail Grant for California

29 Jan 2010 10:24:53 PST

Written by Elana Schor
U.S. High Speed Rail Association chief Andy Kunz praised the administration's decision to spread high-speed rail aid out among 13 different corridors, prodding states such as California to "get creative" and leverage other funding sources.

Original story at Streetsblog Los Angeles .

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Opinion: Central Valley leaders hatch plan for 'baby bullet' rail line

29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST

Written by tbizjak@sacbee.com (Tony Bizjak)
The group, headed by the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, would build the line to ensure compatibility with state high speed rail standards, and it would look to the California High Speed Rail Authority for some of the funding.

Original story at Sacramento Bee .

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Endeavour On Track for Feb. 7 Launch

28 Jan 2010 07:56:18 PST

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, launch countdown preparations ramp up as technicians at Launch Pad 39A continue to ready space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-130 mission. There are no issues at this time to impede an on-time liftoff to deliver Tranquility and cupola to th...

Original story at ISS Fan Club .

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Opinion: Going In Circles Again: America Will Abandon Human Lunar Exploration - And Much More

27 Jan 2010 21:29:28 PST

Written by Keith Cowing
Report: Obama Budget to Scrub Moon Mission, CBS News "Instead of blasting off to the moon, NASA's hopes for a manned mission there have been blasted to pieces, sources in the White House, Congress and NASA tell the Orlando Sentinel."... Report: Obama Budget to Scrub Moon Mission, CBS News

Original story at NASA Watch .

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Jetpack Future news and blogs - February 26, 2010

26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Jetpack Future news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Lawmakers gird for NASA cut battle -- from Science News - UPI.com
• New knowledge about the deformation of nanocrystals offers new tools for nanotechnology -- from Nanotechnology Now Recent News
• NASA Releases First Free E-Book, on History of X-15 Rocket Plane -- by Jason Paur from Wired: Wired Science
• NASA Provides Inside Look at International Space Station with Streaming Video -- from SpaceRef Top Stories
• NASA Tweetup Gives Public Birds-Eye View Of Space Shuttle Mission -- from ISS Fan Club - get in touch with the International Space Station
• Feds Give $2.5 Billion for CA High Speed Rail. FL, WI and the Northwest Also Winners -- by Elana Schor from Streetsblog Los Angeles
• 4000 Pounds Never Meant So Much -- from Space News From SpaceDaily.Com
• U.S. hands California $2.25 billion for high-speed rail -- from SacBee -- Transportation
• NASA Provides Inside Look at International Space Station with Streaming Video -- from NASA Breaking News
• Last Space Shuttle Night Launch Scheduled -- from Science - The Post Chronicle

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It’s official: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches Feb. 7

27 Jan 2010 12:17:01 PST

Written by robert block
CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA managers have cleared space shuttle Endeavour for launch on Feb. 7th on a mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:39 a.m. EST, making Endeavor’s liftoff the last the final scheduled space shuttle night launch before the program retires.

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Carbon nanotube dye may put a capacitor in your shorts

27 Jan 2010 07:39:00 PST

Written by casey.l.johnston@gmail.com (Casey Johnston)
Textile fibers are actually uniquely suited to transforming into electronics when combined with the seemingly ubiquitous carbon nanotube. Fibers made of cellulose, like cotton or polyester, are highly porous and can absorb large amounts of water and other polar solvents. When flexib...

Original story at arstechnica.com .

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Mars Rover Spirit is now a stationary explorer

26 Jan 2010 12:37:22 PST

NASA announced on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, that its Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will not be considered a fully mobile...

Original story at iTWire . Related stories include: NASA'S Mars Rover Spirit Topic Of Media Call Jan. 26 - NASA , NASA Schedules News Conference About Next Space Shuttle Launch - Space Ref and ... Space Ref

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Astronomers discover 'tilted planets'

22 Dec 2009 14:21:19 PST

Known as COROT-Exo-1b, the planet can periodically be seen from Earth by telescope, as it passes across the face of its star. The research team observed the ... and more »

Original story at PhysOrg.com .

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Eurostar service partially restored

22 Dec 2009 05:01:03 PST

Eurostar has resumed part of its high-speed rail service linking Britain,France and Belgium following a three-day suspension. About a thousand people lined ... Eurostar resumes service between Paris and LondonThe Associated Press Transport Briefing -The Press Association

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Three station fliers set off on flight to lab complex

20 Dec 2009 15:05:44 PST

Reuters A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three fresh crew members bound for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur ... Russian Rocket Blasts offABC News Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISSXinhua Astronauts blast off on Christmas space voyageAFP

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Astronauts set for Christmas space mission

19 Dec 2009 15:29:52 PST

After liftoff, the Soyuz will travel for about two days before docking with the space station 350 kilometers (220 miles) above Earth. ...

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Opinion: At Copenhagen, opening our wallets to the Third World

18 Dec 2009 18:11:24 PST

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research reported last April that the South Pole had shown "significant cooling in recent decades. ... and more »

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Arrowhead Announces $3.2 Million Private Placement - SYS-CON Media

17 Dec 2009 13:50:34 PST

Arrowhead Announces $3.2 Million Private Placement press release) value for shareholders through the progress of majority-owned subsidiaries and minority investments commercializing nanotech products and applications. ... and more »

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Hubble spies never-before-seen galaxies

08 Dec 2009 12:12:21 PST

AP WASHINGTON -- The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the oldest galaxies yet, scientists reported Tuesday. A newly installed wide field ...

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Film studio plans fading

02 Dec 2009 02:00:18 PST

UNIONS AND THE SPIRE: Garrett Kelleher, owner of the Chicago Spire site that's a hole in the ground at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, has been presenting local ... and more »

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Opinion: Darpa Spy Cams to Find Threats in ‘Weak Evidence’

24 Sep 2009 07:51:11 PDT

Written by Katie Drummond
How will the user know that those two vehicles highlighted were the probable attack vehicles in the suicide vehicle bombing? How will the user understand the significance of a highlighted facility which may represent a new meeting location for a terrorist group? Users should have full...

Original story at Wired .

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SPACE: Dead Man Floating

15 Jun 2009 02:12:50 PDT

WA today Manned space missions are at risk as well. The recent US Space Shuttle mission to fix the Hubble space telescope, faced a one in 229 chance of getting hit with space junk (that would have likely damaged the shuttle, and required a back up shuttle be ...

Original story at Strategy Page .

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NASA selects new Mars rover name

27 May 2009 09:08:59 PDT

UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg) | Enlarge PASADENA, Calif., May 27 (UPI) -- The US space agency says its new Mars rover finally has a name thanks to 12-year-old Clara Ma from a Lenexa, Kan., elementary school. The new National Aeronautics and Space ...

Original story at United Press International . Related stories include: Sixth-grader names Mars rover - Monterey County Herald , Kansas student names NASA's Mars rover - Hays Daily News and ... CBS 2 , NASA , New Scientist , Astronomy.com

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Hubble hookup, Kepler activation part of busy week for NASA

13 May 2009 14:06:57 PDT

By John Timmer | Last updated May 13, 2009 3:51 PM CT Earlier today, NASA scientist William Borucki said, "now the fun begins." The fact that he wasn't talking about the successful docking of the Hubble Space Telescope with the space shuttle should ...

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How To: Anti Gravity Water Magic Trick

11 May 2009 16:29:09 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (thomas02341)
Author: thomas02341 Keywords: antigravity water magic trick tutorial how to anti gravity tricks revealed The Anti-Gravity Water Magic Trick Revealed How To Do Floating Added: May 11, 2009

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Robo death match

20 Apr 2009 20:55:45 PDT

CA Lanza and other CSULB senior electronics engineering technology majors are looking to avenge the 2005 death of Stingray in this week's BattleBots Collegiate Championship — a fight-to-the-death tournament for robots — with a retooled fighter named ...

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Charles Platt takes a Zero-G flight

17 Nov 2008 11:43:00 PST

Written by Mark Frauenfelder
Together we are watching an orientation video screened by Zero Gravity Corporation, after which we will ride a bus to San Jose International Airport, where a modified Boeing 727-200 is waiting for us. In a suitably empty block of ...

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Opinion: Cold Fusion - Fire from Water (4 of 4)

28 Sep 2008 07:21:52 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (Chrisky81)
What is "cold fusion?" Is it real? What promises for humanity does it hold? What would happen if a free, non-polluting energy source was released into the world? How would our lives be different? What would be the reaction of the oil and nuclear industry infrastructure? Would it meekly st...

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