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Research discovers underground pockets of water, natural gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Look out below! That's the warning a University of Alberta geophysics researcher has for hydrocarbon and water drillers after discovering uncharted land forms beneath the surface of the province. Deep valleys, ...
2 Utah areas on list of West's 'imperiled' land
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A sportsmen's group has placed two Utah wildlife areas on a list of the West's 10 most imperiled places to hunt and fish because of threats posed by oil and gas development, the Deseret News said in a story published ...
Obama calls for new era of energy exploration
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a "new era of energy exploration in America" would ...
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Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System Began
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today begins testing elements of a power system that is a potential candidate to provide the energy needed to support a human outpost on the moon.
Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the rover to conserve its modest energy during the next few weeks.
China's Energy Demand Increases Global Pressure to Seek Out New Sources
Nov 28, 2008 |
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China’s escalating energy consumption places increasing stress on the world’s energy prices, leading to mounting global pressures to seek potential energy supplies through technology and exploration.
Spirit Gets Energy Boost from Cleaner Solar Panels
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian wind has blown away some of the dust ...
Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 08, 2008 |
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Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System HOUSTON -- Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does ...
Researcher designs robot that jumps like a grasshopper
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration.
Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the ...
European meeting in Athens fuels future space exploration missions to Mars, Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2007 |
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A European Science Foundation (ESF)-led workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) has enabled 88 scientists from 11 European countries to agree on science goals for future Europe's planetary exploration programme; ...
Questioning nuclear power's ability to forestall global warming
Apr 21, 2008 |
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Rising energy and environmental costs may prevent nuclear power from being a sustainable alternative energy source in the fight against global warming, according to a study in the April 1 issue of ACS’ Environmental Sc ...
Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year.
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