Latest Space News 2009-11-26 *Delivered Daily!*
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Internet routing blasts into space
www.networkworld.com
Cisco space router onboard Intelsat satellite to test orbital IP network
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www.abc.net.au
The CSIRAC – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research organisation Automatic Computer – is housed in the state’s museum and has today been granted heritage listing as part of its birthday celebrations.
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At last! The new Australian Government is “moving” on space – ed
Minister – Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
minister.innovation.gov.au
Noted industry leader and academic, Dr Rosalind (Ros) Dubs will chair the newly established Space Industry Innovation Council formed to advise the Australian Government on fostering a revitalised space industry sector.
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The Australian Echoes of Apollo team is looking for an Australian University (one or more) to work with us for a grant of money under the Space Research Program – $100k to $1M. It will be in Round 2 next year. Please contact robert.brand@echoesofapollo.com We have a number of education ideas that we would like to discuss – ed. www.innovation.gov.au
Round 1 of the Australian Space Research Program has opened. Applications can be submitted via email to space@innovation.gov.au before 3pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), Friday4 December 2009. …
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Making Rocket Science A Career Move
www.space-travel.com
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2009 – A nondescript sign along an anonymous road east of Dallas announces the location of bustling and urbane Caddo Mills Municipal Airport (former home of Southwest Soaring, phone number now obscured by time or paint). …
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Partial Gravity And The Moon
www.moondaily.com
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2009 – We’ve studied the human body in weightlessness for decades, and we now have a fairly good understanding of how it affects us. It’s important to know this. Weightlessness, or microgravity, can seriously influence the health and performance of astronauts.
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www.spacedaily.com
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 25, 2009 – Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That’s what NASA’s STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the solar tsunami.
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www.space-travel.com
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2009 – Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL-24) and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA-44) have sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama signed by 81 members of the U.S. House of …
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UCF Space Experiment To Fly On New Rocket Ship
www.spacedaily.com
Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 25, 2009 – A UCF physics experiment that could help explain the birth of the solar system has been selected to fly aboard a new generation of rocket ship.
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www.skynightly.com
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2009 – A new website will give everyone the chance to contribute to science by playing a ‘cosmic slot machine’ and compare images of colliding galaxies with millions of simulated images of galactic pile-ups.
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Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life
spaceflightnow.com
Compelling new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite is being elevated to a higher plane by the same NASA team which made the initial discovery 13 years ago.
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Wind sensor failure ends long-lived satellite mission
www.spaceflightnow.com
A spinning antenna on NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite has failed after more than a decade of operations, leaving weather forecasters without a critical tool to measure winds inside distant hurricanes and adding fuel to a political firestorm on a potential replacement.
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Stellar Fossils from Milky Way’s Past Revealed
www.space.com
An oddball cluster of stars was around when our galaxy was just forming.
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Telescope Buying Guide Part 1: What You Must Know First
www.space.com
Before you buy a telescope, here’s what you need to know.
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www.abc.net.au
Blue and fuzzy: The universe may have more of these small blue galaxies than larger spiral ones (Source: Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew Set to Land in Florida Friday
www.nasa.gov
Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Friday, Nov. 27, after an 11-day mission.
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Nasa proposes robotic rocket-plane to explore Mars
www.telegraph.co.uk
Nasa is proposing to build a robotic rocket-plane to explore Mars from the air, and has advertised for help building it.
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www.telegraph.co.uk
This new picture of the Crab Nebula, one of the most studied objects in the sky, has been released by Nasa.
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Over the past week, the astronauts stockpiled the outpost and performed maintenance that should keep it running for another five to ten years.
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www.physorg.com
The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Super Typhoon Nida early on Nov. 25 that shows a perfectly symmetrical storm and a clear eye, both hallmarks of a powerful typhoon. Credit: NASA MODIS Rapid Response Team
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“Jet Man” Yves Rossy Attempts First Intercontinental Flight, Ditches Into Atlantic
www.popsci.com.au
He started as the Jet Man and became a wet man. Just more than a year after becoming the first person to cross the English Channel using a jet-powered wing, Swiss adventurer (and former PopSci cover star) …
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www.physorg.com
(PhysOrg.com) — A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter jet engine mounted above a hybrid rocket, and will be built in Bristol, UK.
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Echoes of Apollo – Special Historic Feature:
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echoesofapollo.com
Apollo 12 Returns – T minus 40 Years
Despite the lightning strike that may have caused problems with the parachute, the Command Module Yankee Clipper
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