From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 10:23:54 PST
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Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, April 3, 2003
Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, April 3, 2003 -- http://www.space.com/
In today's issue:
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The Apollo Moonwalks: Now on DVD for the First Time in new digital transfers, only from Spacecraft Films.
See the complete catalog at: http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/
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Featured Products
* The Space Store
Investigation Columbia: Newest Developments in Shuttle Inquiry
http://www.space.com/columbiatragedy/
Spaceflight:
* X-Prize Competitor Unveils Manned Space Capsule
* Engineers Identify Debris from Columbia's Left Wing
* Russian Rocket Launches Molniya Satellite from Plesetsk
* Inside Iraq: New Images of Baghdad from April 1
Science/Astronony:
* How the Sun Shines: New Evidence Pins Down Elusive Core Action
* Astronomy: Censored in Science Education
* New Study: Some Asteroids are Like Onions
* Hubble Pictures Too Crisp, Challenging Theories of Time and Space
Technology:
* Military Space: Securing the High Ground
* Robots on Display in Japanese Exhibition Not Just For Show
* Tech Today: A Better, Flatter, Lighter TV
Recent Headlines:
* Primer May Have Weakened Shuttle Wing
* Astronaut, Cosmonaut Named For Space Station Mission
* Engineer: NASA May Have Eyed Options
* Astronotes: Brightest Space Burst Ever Recorded Signals Birth of Black Hole
* What is a Moon? Definition Lags Behind Soaring Satellite Tally
Plus...
* SpaceTV, SpaceWatch
* Solar and Space Weather
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
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* Featured Products: The Space Store
http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/
Visit the Space Store for a full selection of space-themed toys, gifts, and clothing.
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Spaceflight:
* X-Prize Competitor Unveils Manned Space Capsule
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/starchaser_capsule_030403.html
A group of British engineers and scientists unveiled their first manned space capsule during a presentation at a Hyde hotel today, the latest accomplishment in a global competition to loft a privately developed craft on a suborbital hop.
* Engineers Identify Debris from Columbia's Left Wing
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_debris_030402.html
Debris from shuttle Columbia's left wing has been positively identified by engineers at the Kennedy Space Center as coming from an area on the space plane that is at the center of the accident investigation.
* Russian Rocket Launches Molniya Satellite from Plesetsk
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/molniya_launch_030402.html
A Russian Molniya-M rocket has successfully orbited a military communications satellite, officials reported Wednesday.
* Inside Iraq: New Images of Baghdad from April 1
http://www.space.com/zoomview/
New April 1 satellite image zooms in on Downtown Baghdad.
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Science/Astronomy:
* How the Sun Shines: New Evidence Pins Down Elusive Core Action
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/sun_shine_030403.html
It might surprise you to learn that scientists don't know exactly what makes sunshine.
* Astronomy: Censored in Science Education
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_devore_astro_030403.html
Teachers from across the nation converged on Philadelphia for the annual National Science Teachers Association's meeting, March 26 through March 30. NSTA convenes the largest meeting of science educators in the world, and this year more than 13,000 people attended.
* New Study: Some Asteroids are Like Onions
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/onion_asteroids_030402.html
A new study of several meteorites collected on Earth and thought to have come from the same large asteroid reveal the structure of the parent space rock to have been something like an onion, with layer upon layer of differing structure.
* Hubble Pictures Too Crisp, Challenging Theories of Time and Space
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/quantum_bits_030402.html
Clarity is what astronomers and the public have come to expect from the Hubble Space Telescope. But the sharpness with which Hubble photographs distant galaxies has scientists pondering why the pictures are not blurry, as some new calculations suggest they should be, and whether some basic assumptions about space, time and gravity might have to be rethought.
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Technology:
* Military Space: Securing the High Ground
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/higher_ground_030402.html
To secure and own the realm of space -- the ultimate high ground.
* Robots on Display in Japanese Exhibition Not Just For Show
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/japan_robots_030402.html
>From a reptilian-looking machine to a sphere on wheels, the robots on display here aren't just toys or scientists' showpieces -- they're heading for consumers' homes as companions, house-sitters and messengers.
* Tech Today: A Better, Flatter, Lighter TV
http://www.space.com/techtoday/tech_today.html
Comparing a flat-panel LCD to a regular TV is like comparing washboard abs to a beerbelly. We all know which of the two we'd rather have.
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Recent Headlines:
* Primer May Have Weakened Shuttle Wing
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_primer_030401.html
* Astronaut, Cosmonaut Named For Space Station Mission
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/iss_exp7_030401.html
* Engineer: NASA May Have Eyed Options
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_rocha_030401.html
* What is a Moon? Definition Lags Behind Soaring Satellite Tally
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_definition_040103.html
* Astronotes: Brightest Space Burst Ever Recorded Signals Birth of Black Hole
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
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http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/
* SpaceWatch:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/
* Uplink: Share your opinion!
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SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (April 3, 2003)
3-Day Solar Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be low through Friday.
3-Day Aurora Forecast
Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels. A high speed stream will pass by sometime Thursday.
Solar Data
The current sunspot number is 161, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 502 kilometers per second.
The solar wind density was 4.5 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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