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Soot From Space Tourism Rockets Could Spur Climate ChangeWashington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2010 Rocket exhaust could become a significant contributor to global climate change in coming decades, according to a new study. The research finds that soot emitted by rockets - not their carbon dioxide emissions - has the greater potential to contribute to global climate change in coming decades. The researchers - funded by the Aerospace Corporation and NASA - assumed that a fast-growing suborbital space tourism market will develop over the next decade and examine the climate impact of soot and carbo ... read more |
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  ARTEMIS Spacecraft Believed Stuck By Object Flight Dynamics data from THEMIS-B (one of the two ARTEMIS spacecraft) indicated that one of the EFI (electric field instrument)spherical tip masses may have been struck by a meteoroid at 0605 UT on ... more | .. |
  A One-Way Trip To Mars Would Be Affordable For the chance to watch the sun rise over Olympus Mons, or maybe take a stroll across the vast plains of the Vastitas Borealis, would you sign on for a one-way flight to Mars? It's a question ... more | .. |
 Study: Space tourism could pollute skies A decade of space tourism flights would cause climate change by putting as much soot into the atmosphere as current global aviation does, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Runway unveiled for world's first 'tourist' spaceship The world's first commercial passenger spaceship moved a step closer to takeoff, as tycoon Richard Branson unveiled a new runway at a remote New Mexico spaceport. ... more | .. |
  LRO Supports Historic Lunar Impact Mission The lunar rocks brought back to the Earth by the Apollo astronauts were found to have very little water, and to be much drier than rocks on Earth. An explanation for this was that the Moon formed bi ... more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 22, 2010A couple of clicks of the mouse are enough to send the ExoMars rover with its six flexible metal wheels moving across the sand tank towards the first obstacle. Bernhard Rebele, Maximilian Apfelbeck and Sebastian Kuss from the German Aerospace Center Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics have built a challenging obstacle course, which really puts the rover to the test. Its middle wheels sc ... more  
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 22, 2010NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sophisticated suite of instruments have determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shaded soils on the Moon, according to a paper published in Science. The Lunar Crater Remote Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), which launched with LRO, was intentionally crashed onto the Moon's surface ... more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 22, 2010A newly installed webcam is giving the public an opportunity to watch technicians assemble and test the next NASA Mars rover, one of the most technologically challenging interplanetary missions ever designed. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, also known as the Curiosity rover, is in a clean room at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The webcam, affectionately called " ... more |
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The Continuing Controversy Of The Mars MeteoriteMoffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2010 The most illustrious meteorite in history continues to inspire heated debate. Does it carry microbial fossils from Mars or are its strange features just the product of some unique geochemistry? After almost 20 years, dueling papers are still coming out, and the opposing parties are no closer to a resolution. Most scientists agree that the meteorite ALH84001 is the oldest meteorite ever found to have come from Mars. "The meteorite is so old that if Martian life existed back then, it probably ... read more |
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