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Extrasolar planets: Vulcan’s mates

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

The search for other Earths is hotting up

KEPLER, America’s planet-hunting space probe, is now really getting into its stride. The craft, which is armed with a telescope that can track more than 100,000 stars simultaneously, looks for slight diminutions of light caused by planetary transits. These transits are mini eclipses—the passage of the planet in question through the line of sight between its parent star and Kepler’s telescope. Transit detection can pick up much smaller planets than previous methods based on gravity-induced wobbles in the stellar parent. The hope is that, soon, it will find one as small as Earth.

On February 2nd America’s space agency, NASA, which controls Kepler, announced the latest results from the probe. So far, it has seen transit-like dips in the light from more than 1,000 stars. In the case of 170 of these the pattern of dips suggests at least two planets; for 45 stars it looks as if there may be at least three planets; in eight cases there may be four planets; in one case, five; and in one other instance, six. …

Spammers Grab IP Space Assigned to Egyptian President’s Wife

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Spamhaus reports that spammers have hijacked IP addresses assigned to the wife of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. – Spammers have
control of thousands of IP addresses assigned to the wife of Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak and the science center that bears her name.
According to the Spamhaus Project, spammers
hijacked IP addresses assigned to Suzanne Mubarak and the Suzanne Mubarak
Science Exploration Cente…

Space Shuttle Discovery Reaches Launch Pad: NASA

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

NASA readies the space shuttle Discovery for its scheduled launch on Feb. 24. – The space shuttle Discovery reached Launch Pad 39A following its 3.4
mile trek on the crawler-transporter from the Vehicle Assembly
Building, NASA reported, noting the first motion began Jan. 31.
The space agency reported the rotating service structure was closed
around Discovery the morning of …

NASA Marks Day of Remembrance for Challenger, Columbia, Apollo Disasters

January 29th, 2011 | No Comments

The space agency and President Obama pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. – Throughout the storied history of the U.S.
space program, which put a man on the moon, sent unmanned satellites into the
farthest reaches of our solar system and inspired generations with the heroic
deeds of dozens of astronauts, there have been moments of heartbreak. In 1967,
three astronauts w…

US lifts 12-year export controls on Indian space, defence cos.

January 25th, 2011 | No Comments

The United States Monday lifted a 12-year-old export control ban on nine Indian space and defence-related companies, removing them from the so-called Entity List in a move expected to drive hi-tech trade and forge closer strategic ties with India. The companies removed from the export control list for sensitive items – mandatingput export-licence requirements on [...]

Reflex Systems Announces Expansion in Federal Government Space

January 24th, 2011 | No Comments

The company announces an expansion of its virtualization and cloud offerings in the government IT space. – Reflex Systems, a provider of virtualization systems management solutions,
announced it is expanding its federal government initiative to meet growing
demand for Reflex Virtualization Management Center (VMC).
Reflex whose offerings include VMC, vTrust Security,
vWatch Monitoring and vProfile Con…

NASA Plans for Final Shuttle Launch of Atlantis in June

January 21st, 2011 | No Comments

NASA works to gather financial support for a final space shuttle launch tentatively planned for late June. – As the space agencys storied space shuttle program winds down, NASA announced it has Â“baselinedÂ” the STS-135 mission for a target launch date of June 28. The mission would see space shuttle Atlantis deliver supplies to the International Space Station, including a replacement for a malfunctioning pum…

Planetary rovers: Space hopping

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

How to bounce across a planet’s surface

ROBOT vehicles which drive across a planet’s surface have proved a great success. Spirit and Opportunity, two solar-powered rovers that landed on Mars in 2004, were built for a mission intended to last 90 days. Spirit, though, kept going until it got stuck in sand in 2009—and Opportunity is still motoring, having now clocked up more than 26km (16 miles). They are not, however, perfect. Besides being slow (top speed 0.2kph) and at risk of sand traps, wheeled rovers like Spirit and Opportunity have other limitations. They cannot, for example, cross rocky terrain or ravines. But a new type of exploration vehicle, called Talaris, should be able to get round such problems. Or, rather, over them. For it is, literally, a space hopper.

Sadly, it looks nothing like the famous toy from the 1970s. Instead of a friendly orange blob, it resembles something that has escaped from a medieval torture chamber. It is the brainchild of a group led by Bobby Cohanim at the Draper Laboratory, an independent research centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Students from the nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology are also working on the vehicle, which is due to attempt its first hop outside a laboratory this spring. …

Hyflux +3.0%; Well placed in China water space: OCBC

January 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Hyflux (600.SG) +3.0% at $2.41, vs STI +0.1% with just over half its 50-day average volume traded already, after the water treatment firm says it won deals to develop 3 water projects at Hechuan Industrial Park in Chongqing City, China.

Hyflux will invest around US$45 million ($58.3 million) in 3 BOT (Built-Own-Transfer) projects, which it will fund via internal resources and will operate the plants (2 wastewater treatment and 1 potable water treatment) over a 30-year concession period.

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Further Delayed, Tank Work Continues

January 9th, 2011 | No Comments

Discovery’s long-delayed launch is pushed back again as NASA officials address cracks in the space shuttle’s external tank. – NASA managers are evaluating potential launch dates for space shuttle Discovery in late February and working to see if International Space Station orbit operations would allow a launch as early as Feb. 24.

The space agency said more would be known next week and managers hope to set a launch date…

Jan. 5, 1972: Nixon OKs â€˜Low-Costâ€™ Space Shuttle

January 5th, 2011 | No Comments

1972: President Richard M. Nixon announces that NASA will develop a space shuttle system, touting its reliability, reusability and low cost.

Jan. 3, 1957: Electric Watch Debuts, a Space Age Marvel

January 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

1957: The Hamilton Electric 500 is announced at a press conference. It is the first battery-operated electric wristwatch and the first to never need winding.
The 500 was made by the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which began developing the timepiece in 1946. Eleven years later, that development was not yet complete but the company, [...]

Shuttle Cracks Won’t Delay Launch: NASA Report

December 31st, 2010 | No Comments

The long delayed final launch of the space shuttle Discovery will move ahead as planned, despite evidence of new cracks. – The launch of the space shuttle Discovery remains on track for early
February, despite the need for additional repairs to the shuttle’s fuel tank,
according to NASA officials. The 26-year-old Discovery, which has been in orbit
38 times and is the senior citizen of the U.S.
space program, is to b…

NoseDial app, AppLink lands for Ford Sync, Space tech uses iPhone headphones to check heart rate

December 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

If you live where gloves are required when you go outside you have undoubtedly had a hard time using your iPhone at some point. A new app called NoseDial has surfaced that lets you dial your phone and navigate contacts using your nose. If you own a 2011 Ford Fiesta, you are the first to [...]

Delete Duplicate Files to Free Up Disk Space Posted By : Liz Conrwell

December 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Duplicate files tend to accumulate over time and take up a lot of disk space. Learn how to delete them and make your computer run faster.

NASA Discarding Computers Still Containing Space Shuttle Data: Audit

December 10th, 2010 | No Comments

According to an internal audit at four NASA facilities, inspectors found that equipment was being sold without verifying that all data had been removed, in violation of existing data security requirements. – Personnel at NASA failed to remove data from obsolete
computers before selling or discarding them, according to a NASA Office of
Inspector General audit report released Dec. 8.
Titled quot;Preparing for the Space
Shuttle Program’s Retirement, quot; the audit focused on the disposal
procedures …

NASA Delays Final Flight of Discovery Until February

December 4th, 2010 | No Comments

The space agency on Dec. 3 postponed what was to be the final launch of Discovery until after the holidays. – NASA is not taking any chances with the 26-year-old Space Shuttle
Discovery, which has been in orbit 38 times and is the senior citizen
of the U.S. space program.

The agency on Dec. 3 postponed for the third time what was to be the
final launch of Discovery until after the holidays. It origina…

Quickoffice Packs Power in a Small Space

December 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

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Cache Logistics top pick in industrial space: CIMB

November 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Cache Logistics Trust (K2LU.SG) most attractive among Singapore industrial REITs given highest-in-sector 9.7% yield, lease term to expiry of more than 6 years vs industry average of 5 years, says CIMB.

Rates at Outperform, target $1.30. Adds, valuations undemanding with REIT trading near book value, while potential acquisitions in near term likely to be debt-funded, hence no dilution risk.

Space Station Crew Arrives Safely Back on Earth

November 26th, 2010 | No Comments

After six months on board the International Space Station (ISS), Expedition 24 and 25 crews return safely to Earth. – The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 25 landed safely in Kazakhstan just before midnight on Thursday (Friday morning Kazakhstan time). The trio — Doug Wheelock, Shannon Walker and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin — undocked in the Soyuz TMA-19 at 8:23 p.m. ending their fiv…