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Navigator Technology Takes GPS To A New HighGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2010 GPS navigational devices are as ubiquitous as cell phones, freely used by commercial and government users alike to determine location, time, and velocity. These tools, however, are only as good as the signals they receive. Now, NASA engineers have found a way to improve the reception of those signals. GPS, which stands for the Global Positioning System, is a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS originally w ... read more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2010One of the hot issues within the space community is how to deal with orbiting debris. The first thing that we need to do is understand the problem. There are literally millions of pieces of orbiting junk that have been left in space by the world's space-farring nations over the past 50 years. Now we have a galactic mess on our hands. What do we do now? The first question is: Why do anythin ... more  
Reykjavik (AFP) March 22, 2010A small volcano eruption that forced more than 600 people to flee their homes in Iceland over the weekend could conceivably set off a larger volcano, experts warned Monday. "Historically, we know of three eruptions in (the large volcano) Katla linked to eruptions in Eyjafjallajokull," Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a professor of geophysics and civil protection advisor, told AFP, adding however th ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 22, 2010Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass. Rice researchers, in collaboration with a team led by Gyou-jin Cho at Sunchon National University in Korea, have come up with an inexpensive, printable transmitter that can be invisibly embedded in packaging. It would allow a customer to walk a cart full of groceries or othe ... more |
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Northrop Grumman To Supply Integrated Bridge Systems For New Indian Navy Fleet TankersCharlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 Northrop Grumman has been selected to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS) for two new fleet tankers being built in Italy for the Indian Navy. The IBS orders were placed with Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine unit by the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, which is under contract to build the two tankers at its shipyards in Liguria and Palermo. Terms of the contract for the IBS were not disclosed. Each of the ships will be fitted with a complete Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT IBS, incl ... read more |
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