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Musk goes public on divorceWashington (AFP) July 8, 2010 Elon Musk, the Web entrepreneur behind PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, published a lengthy account of his messy divorce proceedings on Thursday, saying he wanted to correct the record. "Given the choice, I'd rather stick a fork in my hand than write about my personal life," the South African-born Musk said in a nearly 1,500-word blog post submitted to The Huffington Post. "Unfortunately, it seems that I don't have any other option," Musk said. "Several awful things have been widely reported tha ... read more |
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Denver CO (SPX) Jul 07, 2010The Orion crew exploration vehicle has successfully completed the Phase 1 Safety Review of NASA's Human Rating Requirements for space exploration in low Earth orbit and beyond. The NASA/Lockheed Martin Orion team earned the approval from NASA's Constellation Safety and Engineering Review Panel (CSERP) upon completion of the review, an essential requirement for the Orion program to move for ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 6, 2010NASA has abandoned plans to return to the Moon but videogamers can explore the lunar landscape with a free new online game released by the US space agency. "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join an exploration team in a futuristic 3D settlement on the south pole of the Moon. "In Moonbase Alpha, you assume the exciting role of an astronaut working to further human expansion and research, ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) July 5, 2010Japan's space agency said Monday it has found "minute particles" of what it hopes is asteroid dust in the capsule of the space probe Hayabusa which returned to Earth last month. Scientists hope any dust samples from the potato-shaped asteroid Itokawa could help reveal secrets about the origins of the solar system. "We have started the opening process of the sample container of Hayabusa ... more |
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Three Legged Dogs Boost Robot ResearchLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2010 The new research looked at walking and running techniques in dogs with fore-limb or hind-limb amputations, using a treadmill and a set of high-tech infra-red cameras. The scientists found different coping techniques or "compensation strategies", depending on which limb was missing, with absent fore-limbs proving more complicated. The study, part of an EU project to improve robot efficiency and usability, is intended to help develop robots that can adapt in the event of an "injury". The ... read more |
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