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Data Clippers Set Sail To Enhance Future Planetary MissionsParis, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2010 A new golden age of sailing may be about to begin - in space. Future missions to explore the outer planets could employ fleets of 'data-clippers', maneuverable spacecraft equipped with solar sails, to ship vast quantities of scientific data to back Earth. According to Joel Poncy of Thales Alenia Space, the technology could be ready in time to support mid-term missions to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Poncy will be presenting an assessment of data clippers at the European Planetary Science Congr ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 An uncontrollable satellite drifting in orbit did not shut itself down as predicted and is a posing signal interference risk to other satellites, experts say. Intelsat's Galaxy 15 communications satellite, dubbed the "zombie satellite," lost contact with its controllers in April but is stuck "on" and continues to transmit signals as its operators on Earth work to avoid potential interfe ... more  
Flagstaff, Arizona (AFP) Sept 18, 2010It may not have all the creature comforts, but Aaron Hulse considers his space exploration rover a pleasant home away from home. That is crucial as he and other NATO experts spend days together in the Arizona desert, simulating the arid surface of some distant planet or asteroid - complete with a dormant volcano. "You just have to get comfortable with being close in here," Hulse said, s ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2010Scientists have warned for decades that humans are straining the Earth. The global population is increasing, economies are expanding and consumption doesn't appear to be slowing. While save-the-planet campaigns are asking people to save energy, conserve water, recycle and even go vegetarian, some scientists are thinking literally out of this world by suggesting that humans may eventually h ... more |
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NASA's LRO Exposes Moon's Complex And Turbulent YouthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2010 The moon was bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its youth, and its surface is more complex than previously thought, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft featured in three papers appearing in Science. In the first paper, lead author James Head of Brown University in Providence, R.I., describes results obtained from a detailed global topographic map of the moon created using LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). "Our ne ... read more |
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