From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 07:39:32 PDT
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Subject: Amateurs to help find more planets / Quasars put in their place
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AMATEURS TO HELP DISCOVER EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS
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Astronomers at NASA and the University of California at Santa Cruz
have launched a Web-based project that has amateur astronomers lining
up to have a chance to discover extra-solar planets that 'transit' or
pass in front of their parent stars.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/06planets/
TEAM TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ELECTRIC POWER FOR SPACE
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A team of government, industry and academia, under the leadership of
The Boeing Company, has been awarded a NASA contract to meet the
challenge of developing nuclear electric power for deep space
exploration.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/06boeingpower/
ASTRONOMERS PUT QUASARS IN THEIR PLACE
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A team of UK astronomers has made a decisive step toward resolving an
argument that has rumbled on in the astronomical community for
decades. The scientists from the University of Nottingham have been
investigating the properties of quasars and nearby galaxies.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/05quasars/
NASA HOPEFUL FOR MONDAY SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH
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NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston has taken back command of
the international space station from Moscow following last week's
hurricane alert. At Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis remains in good
shape for launch Monday. The weather forecast, however, is somewhat
iffy.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/status.html
ARE LANDCOVER CHANGES ALTERING EARTH'S CLIMATE?
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While many scientists and policy makers have focused only on how
heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide are altering our global
climate, a new NASA-funded study points to the importance of also
including human-caused land-use changes as a major factor
contributing to climate change.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/05landcover/
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The links below make it easier for AOL users to reach our stories.
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/06planets/">AMATEURS TO
HELP DISCOVER EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/06boeingpower/">TEAM TO
DEVELOP NUCLEAR ELECTRIC POWER FOR SPACE</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/05quasars/">ASTRONOMERS
PUT QUASARS IN THEIR PLACE</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/station/status.html">NASA HOPEFUL
FOR MONDAY SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/05landcover/">ARE
LANDCOVER CHANGES ALTERING EARTH'S CLIMATE?</a>
<a href="http://astronomynowstore.com">ASTRONOMY NOW STORE</a>
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