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RADICAL ANTARCTIC TELESCOPE 'WOULD OUTDO HUBBLE'
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A novel Antarctic telescope with 16-m diameter mirrors would far
outperform the Hubble Space Telescope, and could be built at a tiny
fraction of its cost, says a scientist from the Anglo-Australian
Observatory in Sydney, Australia.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/17outdohubble/
GENESIS TEAM HOPEFUL ABOUT SOLAR WIND SAMPLES
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Genesis team scientists and engineers continue their work on the mission's
sample return canister in a specially constructed clean room at the U.S.
Army Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah. As more of the capsule's contents are
revealed, the team's level of enthusiasm for the amount of science
obtainable continues to rise.
http://spaceflightnow.com/genesis/040916update.html
INTELLIGENT TELESCOPES SURVEY THE VIOLENT SKIES
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British astronomers are celebrating a world first that could revolutionize
the future of astronomy. They have just begun a project to operate a
global network of the world's biggest robotic telescopes which will be
controlled by intelligent software to provide rapid observations of sudden
changes in astronomical objects, such as violent Gamma Ray Bursts, or
24-hour surveillance of interesting phenomena.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/17robonet/
TEETS: AMERICA MUST REACH FOR SPACE DOMINANCE
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On the anniversary of the first man-made object reaching the moon, the
Department of Defense's executive agent for space urged America to strive
for dominance in space.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/18teets/
WATERY LOAD FOR ARIANE 5
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When the Ariane 5 ECA qualification flight lifts off in October, one of
the 'passengers' will be 33.5 litres of water. Onboard will be the
experimental Sloshsat-FLEVO satellite, designed to help European
scientists find out more about the movement of water in microgravity and
its effects on satellites.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/18sloshsat/
NASA FACILITIES WEATHER HURRICANE IVAN
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Hurricane Ivan made landfall early Thursday morning near the
Alabama-Florida border, doing significant damage to coastal communities in
its path. NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the Michoud
Assembly Facility in New Orleans were west of the worst of the storm, and
initial reports indicate there is little or no damage to those facilities.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/16nasaivan/
COLORFUL THREADS AND SHADOWS OF SATURN
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Saturn's faintly banded atmosphere is delicately colored and its
threadbare rings cross their own shadows in this marvelous natural color
view from Cassini.
http://spaceflightnow.com/cassini/040916threads.html
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