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 September 18, 2007 |
| MILTECH + Outside View: Vacuum-bomb warning  Moscow (UPI) Sep 17, 2007 - Russia has tested the world's most powerful vacuum bomb on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the horrendous Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Famous Russian author Anton Chekhov once wrote: "If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off." The latest vacuum-bomb ... moreMILPLEX + Outside View: Russia's Jakarta arms deal  Washington (UPI) Sep 17, 2007 - On his way back from an Asia-Pacific regional summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin took another step toward his goal of restoring the glory days of Russia's arms export business by inking a $1.2 billion line of credit with Indonesia. The deal will provide the chance for Indonesia to buy 22 Russian-made helicopters, 20 tanks and two submarines. No actual contracts for arms ... moreTERROR WARS + Analysis: Berlin debates anti-terror moves  Berlin (UPI) Sep 17, 2007 - Germany is still heatedly debating tougher security measures roughly two weeks after authorities arrested three terror suspects who planned to carry out massive bombings against U.S. institutions and other targets. Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, sparked the latest disagreement within Germany's grand coalition government when he told a ... moreNUKEWARS + US believes NKorea talks will take place next week  Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2007 - US officials believe the next round of talks with North Korea over its suspect nuclear program will only be delayed by a week, the State Department said Wednesday. US envoy Christopher Hill "expects to travel to an envoys-level meeting of the six-party talks probably next week. We'll see. We'll see if it's next week," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. South Korean ... moreNUKEWARS + US pledges to reduce plutonium weapons stockpiles  Vienna (AFP) Sept 17, 2007 - The United States is removing nine tonnes of plutonium, enough to make over 1,000 nuclear weapons, from its weapons stockpiles in a nonproliferation effort, US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Monday. But the plutonium, which is currently a bomb component, will sit for a while before being converted into nuclear reactor fuel, as it "will be removed in the coming decades from retired ... more | NUKEWARS:  MILTECH:  APPOINTMENTS:  IRAQ WARS:  |
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| CAR TECH + China to hold first-ever 'no car day' on Saturday  Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2007 - China will initiate its first-ever nationwide "no car day" this weekend in an effort to promote environmental health and alleviate increasingly gridlocked urban roads, state press said Monday. Residents in 108 cities will be urged to take public transport, ride bikes or walk on the nation's first "no car day" on Saturday, the China Daily reported. "The move is an attempt to raise ... moreENERGY TECH + Construction Begins On First-of-Its-Kind Advanced Clean Coal Electric Generating Facility  Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 18, 2007 - Officials representing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Southern Company, KBR and the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) broke ground to begin construction of an advanced 285-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility near Orlando, Fla. The new generating station will be among the cleanest, most efficient coal-fueled power plants in the world. Southern Company ... moreENERGY TECH + EOS Estate Winery Converts Entirely To Solar Power  Franklin TN (SPX) Sep 18, 2007 - The EOS Estate Winery has announced plans to convert its facility entirely to solar power. The $3.8 million project, including the installation of more than two acres of ground-mounted tracking solar arrays that will provide all of the electrical power needs for the winery and tasting room, will make EOS the largest winery in California's Central Coast to run completely on alternative energy. ... moreENERGY TECH + Maxwell Technologies Introduces 75-Volt Ultracapacitor Module For Renewable Energy Industrial Applications  San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2007 - Maxwell Technologies is introducing a 75-volt BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor module to provide a scaleable, cost-effective, low-maintenance solution to meet the backup power and power quality requirements of wind turbines and other renewable energy generation and industrial equipment applications. Maxwell developed the new module, which will be generally available early in the fourth quarter, in ... moreNUKEWARS + NKorea bought materials used to build centrifuges: report  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 17, 2007 - North Korea has told the United States that it procured aluminum pipes, which can be used to build uranium-enriching centrifuges, from a third country, a report said Monday. But Pyongyang stopped short of admitting that it had begun the process of uranium enrichment, Japan's Kyodo News said quoting unnamed diplomatic sources. The revelation was made by Kim Kye-Gwan, North Korea's chief ... more | ENERGY TECH:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  ENERGY TECH:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  |
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| SPACEWAR + Security, life threatened by space junk, weapons: report  Vancouver, Canada (AFP) Sept 14, 2007 - Human security and technologies from cell phones to weather forecasts are more at risk than ever from anti-satellite weapons and space junk, said a research report released Friday. An anti-satellite test by China in January, and increased US opposition to restrictions on space weapons, were cited as two main global threats by "Space Security 2007," the fourth annual report by the Space ... moreROCKET SCIENCE + ATK wins USAF space propulsion contract  Minneapolis (UPI) Sep 14, 2007 - Alliant Techsystems has won a U.S. Air Force contract to develop a propulsion system for small spacecraft. Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, said in a statement Tuesday that the USAF Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., had given it a $3.3 million contract, with options worth an additional $4.7 million, "to develop a multi-mode propulsion system for small spacecraft ... moreSOLAR SCIENCE + New Film Opening In Boston Gives First 3D Look At The Sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2007 - NASA's STEREO Mission, the scientists involved and the vital information that they gather and study, is being presented in a new digital 3D film titled "3D Sun." 3D Sun will bring these images to the world in a way that has only been imagined before. 3D Sun opened at the Boston Museum of Science the first week of September. "3D SUN" audiences will experience the Sun in a breath-taking 3D High ... moreSPACEMART + Indian Institute Of Space Science And Technology (IIST) Inaugurated  Thiruvananthapuram, India (SPX) Sep 17, 2007 - Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), an institute of excellence being established with the objective of offering high quality education in space science and technology to meet the demands of Indian Space Programme, was inaugurated by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO, today (September 14, 2007) at Thiruvananthapuram. Dr B N Suresh, Director, IIST, Prof D Samchandran ... moreMOON DAILY + Japan says lunar orbiter launch a success  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2007 - Japan's first lunar orbiter successfully blasted into space Friday on the most extensive mission to investigate the moon since the US Apollo programme began nearly four decades ago, officials said. A domestically developed rocket launched with no glitches from a small island in southern Japan at 10:31 am (0131 GMT) carrying the country's hopes of restoring pride in its troubled space ... more | SPACE TRAVEL:  MARSDAILY:  SPACE TRAVEL:  LAUNCH PAD:  |
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