From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 10:23:13 PDT
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Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, September 10, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/
In today's issue:
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Featured Space Store Product
* Apollo Rescue Paperweight
Science/Astronomy:
* Planet Building: Volcanoes No Longer Rule, But They Still Rage
* Don't Take This Extrasolar Planet Off the List Just Yet
* New Image Gallery: Planet Building in Action
* ISS Spotting: Space Station Offers Brilliant Morning Views
SpaceFlight:
* TRW/Ball Aerospace Awarded Next Generation Space Telescope Contract
* Japan's H-2A Launcher Successfully Orbits Pair of Satellites
* Contour Loss Viewed By U.S. Military Sensors
* Russia Withdraws Lance Bass' Name from October Soyuz Mission
Business/Industry:
* Officials Say No Solution in Sight for Galileo Dispute
Plus...
* SpaceTV, SpaceWatch
* Solar and Space Weather
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
* Space Age Jobs
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Featured Space Store Product
* Apollo Rescue Paperweight
http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/
It's a paperweight with a Navy ship in the background and the Apollo astronauts and the Apollo capsule floating following splash down. They are floating in a blue liquid simulating the ocean.
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Today in Science/Astronomy:
* Planet Building: Volcanoes No Longer Rule, But They Still Rage
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planet_building_020910-1.html
Our solar system has reached middle age, and so have the planets in it. Like any middle-aged thing, activity levels are not what they used to be.
* Don't Take This Extrasolar Planet Off the List Just Yet
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/planet_maybe_020909.html
A Swiss planet hunter does not agree with research revealed last week suggesting a previous finding of an extrasolar planet involved star spots instead.
* New Image Gallery: Planet Building in Action
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/
Volcanic activity is one way a planet or moon transforms it surface. It's also key to recycling elements and, some scientists believe, helping make life possible.
* ISS Spotting: Space Station Offers Brilliant Morning Views
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/spot_iss_020905.html
Now might be a good time to go out and watch a sunrise. Those who get up early -- or go to bed very late -- could be rewarded with an extra special view of the International Space Station (ISS), which is visible over most of the United States in the pre-dawn sky.
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Today in SpaceFlight:
* TRW/Ball Aerospace Awarded Next Generation Space Telescope Contract
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/ngst_trw_020910.html
NASA today selected TRW of Redondo Beach, Calif., to build a Next-Generation Space Telescope (NGST), the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
* Japan's H-2A Launcher Successfully Orbits Pair of Satellites
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/h2a_launch_020910.html
Japan's latest H-2A rocket lifted off from a remote launchpad Tuesday carrying two satellites and the nation's hopes of competing in the commercial rocket launching business.
* Contour Loss Viewed By U.S. Military Sensors
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/contour_update_020909.html
U.S. military space assets were likely looking in on the now lost-to-space Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) probe when it fired its solid-propellant rocket motor on August 15.
* Russia Withdraws Lance Bass' Name from October Soyuz Mission
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bass_update_020909.html
The Russian space agency notified NASA on Sept. 9 that it is withdrawing its nomination of Lance Bass as a space flight participant due to continued non-payment, according to NASA spokeswoman Debra Rahn.
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Today in Business/Industry:
* Officials Say No Solution in Sight for Galileo Dispute
http://www.space.com/spacenews/spacenews_businessmonday_020909.html
Six months after European governments gave their approval for a $3 billion satellite navigation system similar to the one operated by the United States, these governments are no closer to settling their differences on how the money will be spent, European government and industry officials said.
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* SpaceTV:
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/
* SpaceWatch:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/
* Space Age Jobs
http://www.spacejobs.com/
* Uplink: Share your opinion!
http://uplink.space.com/
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SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (Septemebr 10, 2002)
3-Day Solar Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate.
3-Day Aurora Forecast
Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled.
Solar Data
The current sunspot number is 180, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 497 kilometers per second.
The solar wind density was 1.5 protons per cubic centimeter.
(Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the day.)
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html
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