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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark for treatmentCopenhagen (AFP) June 15, 2010 Denmark will allow Australia to ship thousands of tonnes of toxic waste here to be disposed of since it does not have the technology to carry out the work, officials said Tuesday. Australia does not have the proper technology to deal with the 10,000 tonnes of HCB, or hexachlorobenzene, which is produced through the manufacturing of chemical products and explosives. Danish environment minister Karen Ellemann said her country had to act because of treaty obligations. The shipment and treatment of ... read more |
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Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2010SpaceX is now targeting Friday, June 4th for its first test launch attempt of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The primary schedule driver for the first Falcon 9 test launch has been certification of the flight termination system (FTS). The FTS ensures that Air Force Range safety officials can command the destruction of the vehicle should it stray from its designated flight path. The suc ... more  
Schriever AFB CO (AFNS) Jun 03, 2010Airmen from the 2nd Space Operations Squadron and from the 19th SOPS took control of the Air Force's newest GPS satellite following its launch into orbit May 28 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The GPS IIF SV-1 satellite represents a substantial upgrade for the GPS constellation. Thanks to improvements with the cesium-based atomic clocks used for timing, the satellite is expecte ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 03, 2010The U.S. Marine Corps Harvest Hawk aircraft will soon be equipped with Northrop Grumman-built Viper Strike stand-off precision guided munition as part of an effort under way to bring greater utility to the Marines' KC-130J refueling and cargo aircraft. Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman will deliver 65 Viper Strike munitions beginning this year to the Joint Attack Munition S ... more |
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Google Maps directions lead injured walker to courtSan Francisco (AFP) June 1, 2010 A woman hit by a car while walking on a route provided by Google's online mapping service is suing the Internet colossus for not recommending a safer path. Lauren Rosenberg of Los Angeles is asking a US District Court to order the California-based firm to pay her "in excess of" 100,000 dollars for injuries and emotional suffering caused by the accident on January 19, 2009. Rosenberg used Google Maps on a Blackberry smartphone to chart an approximately two-mile (1.2 kilometer) course from one add ... read more |
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