NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design

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In this artist rendition, Orion orbits the moon with disc-shaped solar arrays tracking the sun to generate electricity. WASHINGTON — NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday. Submitted by: sample4u | Visited 2 times | Comments 0

♦ NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design (AP)

1 vote	NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems... Submitted by: JeddahBikers - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses

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CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA told a Senate panel on Monday that it anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once the space shuttles stop flying in two more years, about half the cutback initially reported. Although as many as 6,000 to 7,000 shuttle jobs will be eliminated at Kennedy Space Center, about 3,000 positions will open up in the new exploration program... Submitted by: Ted_Lang - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA Moon Capsule Running Late, Full of Problems

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2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday. continue. associate administrator for exploration. a more complicated moon launch that also will involve unmanned rockets. an interview about an internal NASA report leaked to the Web site, Nasa Watch. financial and technical problems, which NASA says it can overcome. this early in the running, Cooke said. Submitted by: mvl - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ See a huge moon illusion

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The moon illusion, as it's known, is a trick in our minds that makes the moon seem bigger when it's near the horizon. The effect is most pronounced at full moon. Many people swear it's real, suggesting that perhaps Earth's atmosphere magnifies the moon. But it really is all in our minds. The moon is not bigger at the horizon than when overhead. Submitted by: Tropica - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Brisbane Web Developer

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♦ See a huge moon illusion

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The moon illusion, as it's known, is a trick in our minds that makes the moon seem bigger when it's near the horizon. The effect is most pronounced at full moon. Many people swear it's real, suggesting that perhaps Earth's atmosphere magnifies the moon. But it really is all in our minds. The moon is not bigger at the horizon than when overhead. Submitted by: noorol - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Volunteers hope to bring the Appalachian trail to Alabama

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PIEDMONT, Ala. — You can tell a lot about a hiking trail by its markings, and the abundance of blue splotches marking trees throughout the Alabama Pinhoti says plenty about the trail's ambitions. Blue symbols typically mark side trails. But the Alabama Pinhoti, running about 130 miles from central Alabama to the Georgia state line, is longer than most main trails. Until, that is... Submitted by: Vizon - Visited 16 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Somali pirates release aid ship

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A ship carrying food aid to Somalia which was seized a week ago by pirates has been released. The Jordanian-registered Victoria, carrying a cargo of 4,000 tonnes sugar donated by Denmark, was hijacked as it approached the capital, Mogadishu. The ship's local agent said the crew of about 12 was safe and the ship was now heading to Mogadishu with Somali soldiers onboard. Submitted by: mtime88 - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Patient Safety Authority Supports 'National Patient Safety Day'

1 vote	HARRISBURG, Pa., July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority today supports "National Patient Safety Day" which is a national effort to encourage patients and their families to participate fully in their healthcare by asking questions and learning everything they can about their surgery or illness. Submitted by: leti25 - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Hubble mission: Big on safety, pressed for time

1 vote	GREENBELT, Md. — The astronauts who will make the next space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope say safety upgrades at NASA will make their flight safer but their job harder. Since 2002, when the last mission to Hubble was flown, NASA has added more inspections and other safety measures to every shuttle flight... Submitted by: aly21 - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ The World According to Jack

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Edge sat down with Tretton earlier this week, as he talked about the future of PlayStation 3, PS3 and PSP as well as Sony Corp, competitors, the past, the media and the PlayStation community. Im very passionate about what I do and passionate about the company I work for. Im passionate about the industry and I like to talk about it. Submitted by: ToddMicheau - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Robotic Moon Excavation Teams Compete for NASA Technology Prize

1 vote	To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Sonja Alexander of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1202-358-1761, sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. Submitted by: yummytork - Visited 9 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA Workshop Attracts Educators From Federal Way, Washington

1 vote	To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: Chris Rink of NASA, +1-757-864-6786, +1-757-344-7711, christopher.p.rink@nasa.gov HAMPTON, Va., July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA's Langley Research Center hosted its fourth annual MY NASA DATA workshop June 22 to 27 attracting 21 educators from regions across America. Submitted by: mattkpeters - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Small pickups perform poorly in IIHS crash tests

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With the recent spike in fuel prices, many shoppers are now considering smaller, more efficient pickup trucks. However, a new report finds that small pickup buyers should be just as wary about safety as they are about fuel economy. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently tested small pickups for side-impact safety, and the results were not exactly as expected. Submitted by: QueenEve - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA Assigns Crew for Equipment Delivery Mission to Space Station

1 vote	To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: John Yembrick, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-3580602, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov, or Kylie Clem, Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-483-5111, kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov, both of NASA WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. Submitted by: GWebmaster - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ GPS on the moon

1 vote	Researchers at Ohio State University have been commissioned by NASA to provide a GPS like system for astronauts on the moon. NASA is planning to get its astronauts on the lunar surface by 2020. They know where the moon is... Submitted by: GloBleeOne - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses

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CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA told a Senate panel on Monday that it anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once the space shuttles stop flying in two more years, about half the cutback initially reported. Although as many as 6,000 to 7,000 shuttle jobs will be eliminated at Kennedy Space Center, about 3,000 positions will open up in the new exploration program... Submitted by: autodrawings - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA moon capsule plagued by budget problems

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WASHINGTON Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday. The agency should still be able to meet its public commitment to test launch astronauts in the first Orion capsule by March 2015, the official said, unless national budget stalemates continue. Submitted by: shirley2 - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Road safety drive targets parents

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Young drivers and their parents are being targeted in a year-long safety campaign designed to cut road deaths. Strathclyde Police hopes its "Drive 4 Safety" message will help parents to develop their child's driving and road safety awareness. In the last five years 89 young people, aged between 17 and 25, were killed in crashes on Strathclyde's roads. Submitted by: Cyberlord - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Water discovered on moon

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A new analysis of volcanic glass recovered from the moon in 1970s found the rocks contain traces of the constituents of water, challenging a long-held notion that the moon is perfectly dry. Their discovery suggests that water was present deep within the moon when the pebbles were formed during violent lunar eruptions 3.3 to 3.6 billion years ago. Submitted by: fastdomains - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment