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17 Nov 2010, 1:00 pm
These flights will provide a yearly, multi-instrument look at the behavior of the rapidly changing features of the Greenland and Antarctic ice.Data collected during IceBridge will help scientists bridge the gap in polar observations between NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) -- in orbit since 2003 -- and ICESat-2, planned for late 2015. [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 11:41 am
by Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz with the blog faculty Source: Space News By Turner Brinton WASHINGTON — The heads of the U.S. and Australian defense departments on Nov. 8 signed a pact in Melbourne to cooperate on space situational awareness activities, which may include placing U.S. radars in Australia to track satellites and debris in low Earth orbit. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 3:14 am
.), someone pointed out to me even more planets orbiting the contract sun. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 12:39 pm
We have satellites in orbit that have both physical and software filters that constantly search for the signature of burning missile fuel. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 4:30 pm
And while we're at it, why don't we ask them what the optimal thrust to payload ratio is for a solid fuel booster placing an object in a geostationary orbit? [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 9:42 am
Blogs NASA Administrator Statement On China Visit – Red Orbit Debating space in Alabama – Space Politics A Holding Pattern in Space – All Things Nuclear US Warns PRC of Anti-Sat Debris – DoD Buzz British Officials Reopen Probe of Google Street View – Law and Technology Cooperating On Earth Observation – EARSC What the Election Means for NASA – Space Policy Online What’s Up: A New Visual Database of Satellites and Debris – All Things… [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 8:03 am
Our (anti)hero is Megamind, a would-be Superman whose jettisoned orb is knocked out of orbit by another space immigrant to Earth's survival orb. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 6:51 am
Blount with the blog faculty Source – Discovery News: Commercial Space Travel Rules of the Road Irene Klotz By Irene Klotz Fri Nov 5, 2010 07:00 AM ET Fast-forward 10 years and in addition to flying cars and unmanned aircraft, there are suborbital rocket rides launching from New Mexico, astronauts getting ready for a taxi ride to the space station, and people living in privately owned outposts in orbit. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 5:05 pm
“In the short term, quite frankly, it doesn’t matter whether we’re sending astronauts up into orbit,” he said. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 10:00 am
During the 11-day mission, Discovery and its six crew members will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, to the orbiting laboratory. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 6:35 am
., in May—as a demonstration of intent, and although China has proposed to stop the “weaponization” of space, these proposals encompass only weapons on-orbit, not ground-launched systems or orbital sensors…more [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 7:13 am
There are now around 21,000 pieces of space debris in various Earth orbits – in other words, about 6,000 metric tons of debris orbiting the Earth. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 1:00 pm
All of the planets in the study orbit close to their stars. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 5:06 am
SpaceX, run by PayPal founder Elon Musk, has successfully placed a dummy payload into orbit and has contracts to lift satellites next.Other firms, including Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif., and Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, are testing systems that would carry unmanned payloads to space.Amazon.com Inc. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 11:00 am
Since then, 200 explorers have visited the orbiting complex, 15 nations have contributed modules and hardware, and more than 600 experiments have been conducted aboard the station. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 9:05 am
He said that it primarily services geosynchronous orbit. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 12:00 pm
Kepler, an observatory launched in March 2009, is designed to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. [read post]
WAS MOORE’S LAW INEVITABLE? “They could not believe their eyes. The curve said they could have mach…
24 Oct 2010, 5:03 am
The curve said they could have machines that attained orbital speed… within four years. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 1:00 pm
Sun and Moon On Oct. 7, 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, observed its first lunar transit when the new moon passed directly between the spacecraft (in its geosynchronous orbit) and the sun. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 8:50 pm
– Canada and US positions (ipblog.ca) Global – Copyright Former music label boss: beat piracy by selling albums for £1 (Ars Technica) Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 172 – Final text ACTA, Irish Court on three strikes etc (Plagiarism Today) Pirate Parties plan to shoot torrent site into orbit (TorrentFreak) Global – Patents Micron’s $200 million licensing windfall (IAM) Walker Digital patents being offered again – but not by ICAP Ocean Tomo (IAM)… [read post]
