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Will We Be Able to Deflect an Earthbound Asteroid? Space.com For any single human being, there are bigger things to worry about than death by space rock. For the long-term survival of humankind, on the other hand, asteroids pose a real danger. A 6-mile-wide asteroid that struck off the coast of present-day ... See all stories on this topic »

San Mateo County buys Pillar Point Bluff from open space group San Jose Mercury News The Peninsula Open Space Trust transferred the 140-acre Pillar Point Bluff property to San Mateo County. The county purchased the land for inclusion in the James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve with a $3 million grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board. ... See all stories on this topic »

Space radar captures sound of Perseid meteor shower SlashGear The USAF Space Surveillance Radar in Texas has recorded the echoes of the shooting stars as they plummet through the atmosphere and burn up. The sound they actual make is more like a whistle or a warbling musical note. It reminds me more than a little ... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

Space Boat: A Nautical Mission to an Alien Sea Popular Science If the space agency green-lights the mission, the capsule will lift off in 2016. By 2023, TiME will be about 800 million miles away in Titan's north-polar region, home to its biggest lakes and seas. The capsule will take photographs, ... See all stories on this topic » Popular Science

Futron Corporation Releases Fourth Annual Space Competitiveness Index San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Futron Corporation, a US aerospace, satellite, and telecommunications consulting firm, is pleased to release its fourth annual Space Competitiveness Index. Futron's Space Competitiveness Index (SCI), an independent study, compares 10 leading ... See all stories on this topic »

Selling Space Flight To Everyday Earthlings Fast Company BY Nidhi Subbaraman Today Early in August, Seattle's Space Needle and Space Adventures launched a scheme that promised to let one lucky earthling cozy up with the stars, offering a trip to space as the prize in a contest open to the public. ... See all stories on this topic » Fast Company

World Surveillance Group Confirms Initial Yuma Flight Testing Schedule for ... MarketWatch (press release) Under a contract from Space Florida, an independent special district, body politic and corporate, and subdivision of the State of Florida, following the conclusion of the Yuma flight test exercises, the Company will present the results of the Yuma ... See all stories on this topic »

Lake Powell on the rise, seen from space KOLD-TV AP Entertainment News Video By Erin Jordan - bio | email (NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY) - Lake Powell, a key reservoir in the water supply system for the American Southwest, has been low for more than a decade. Drained by severe drought and by increasing ... See all stories on this topic »

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