From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 19:36:19 PDT
HEADLINES IN BRIEF
Apr 7, 2003
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LUNA SPACE
- Indian Scientists Hold Initial Talks On Unmanned Lunar Mission
http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/030404125354.jkuj6vn7.html
Bangalore (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 - Indian scientists Friday held a three-hour meeting to prepare a blueprint for an unmanned moon mission, an official said. "This is a routine meeting held before we (the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO) decide on any project," said K. Krishnamurthy, spokesman for ISRO. "The core team made a presentation.
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MARSDAILY
- Nozomi Swings By Earth
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-nozomi-03a.html
Tokyo - Apr 07, 2003 - The Japanese Mars exploration mission Nozomi launched on July 4, 1998, is now cruising in interplanetary orbit, and on target for a final flyby of Earth ahead of insertion into Mars orbit at the end of 2003.
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EARTH OBSERVATION
- NASA Striving To Improve Earth Science Mission Planning
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/eo-03v.html
Moffett Field - Apr 07, 2003 - NASA scientists are developing a new planning and scheduling system for Earth observation satellites (EOS), designed to acquire and integrate data from multiple complementary Earth-sensing instruments, enabling them to build complex models of the Earth's ecosystem.
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COSMOLOGY
- Rare Nuclear Fusion Detected That Violates Charge Symmetry
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/physics-03d.html
Bloomington - Apr 07, 2003 - Scientists at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility in Bloomington have made the first unambiguous detection of a rare process, the fusion of two nuclei of heavy hydrogen to form a nucleus of helium and an uncharged pion.
- NASA Researchers Put New Spin on Einstein's Relativity Theory
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cosmology-03j.html
Pasadena - Apr 07, 2003 - Albert Einstein might be astonished to learn that NASA physicists have applied his relativity theory to a concept he introduced but later disliked namely that two particles that interact could maintain a connection even if separated by a vast distance. Researchers often refer to this connection as "entanglement."
- SETI@home Completes Stellar Countdown
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/seti-03b.html
- Astronomers Deal Blow To Quantum Theories Of Time, Space, Gravity
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cosmology-03i.html
- Hubble Watches Light From Mysterious Star Reverberate
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spaceart-03a.html
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