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Chaotic space traffic needs rules, less secrecy: US generalWashington (AFP) May 13, 2010 A top US general on Thursday called for international rules to control chaotic space traffic, warning satellites are increasingly at risk of collision. General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it was no longer possible for the United States and other countries to keep vast numbers of orbiting satellites a secret. "We're going to have get to some level of regulation. Nobody wants to do that," Cartwright told a conference sponsored by the Center for Strategic and ... read more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 12, 2010The 2010 Astrobiology Science Conference recently was held deep in the heart of Texas, near NASA's Johnson Space Center. The famous line "Houston, we've had a problem" could've been a tag line for the conference - except the "problem" in this case was not a wounded Apollo 13 spacecraft, but the puzzling and ongoing search for answers about the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the possib ... more  
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 12, 2010The countdown to liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission officially has started. Countdown clocks at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida were activated at 4 p.m. EDT, ticking backward from the T-43 hour mark. "Teams at the Kennedy Space Center and at other centers around the country have been working very hard to get this vehicle ready to fly, and I am happy to report e ... more 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 12, 2010NASA's space shuttle Atlantis will make its final flight May 14 carrying three University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists understand how and why slimy and troublesome clumps of microorganisms flourish in the low-gravity conditions of space. The experiments on biofilms - clusters of microorganisms that adhere to each other or to vari ... more |
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Mars500 European Crew Selected And Ready To GoParis, France (ESA) May 11, 2010 The simulated flight to Mars is almost ready to depart! Selection of the full crew is still under way, but the Europeans have now been chosen: Romain Charles and Diego Urbina. Two Europeans, three Russians and one Chinese will close the hatch of the Mars500 isolation modules in early June and start their record-breaking mission. The full crew will be announced later in May, but the European members have already been selected in order to allow them to visit family and friends before they are ... read more |
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