Read more:
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13776
A solar sail with positively charged wires might
be able to repel positive ions in the solar wind
and thus propel itself through space (Courtesy of
Pekka Janhunen) Tags :solarsailwindspace
Jul 29 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
is looking into reports of internet censorship for
journalists covering the Olympics.
As the Olympic Games approach, there are still
limits to the amount of internet access granted to
reporters.
China's foreign ministry says some websites will
remain blocked. Tags :chinahumanrightsolympicsamnestycnnnewsgooglecensorship
Aarushi and Hemraj's murder was the latest case
handed over to the CBI by a state government but
NDTV has learnt that the Centre now wants states
to stop publically talking about transferring
cases to the CBI especially since many cases don't
actually make it to the investigating agency. CBI
sleuths are the country's premier investigators
but for some time, they have become the most
wanted, especially among politicians. Tags :CBIprobeAarushiHemrajmurderNDTV24x7India
Now available from rocketrights.tv (usa) and .com
(rest of world) is this incredible DVD made by
Pioneer Productions for National Geographic's
"Naked Science" series.
How does science explore the solar system?
Robotic Space Probes have opened a whole new
frontier for Mankind. Naked Science will follow
the construction, journey, and eventual arrival of
the two biggest Probe missions ever to be launched
into our heavens. Both reached their destinations
in 2004 -- the We follow the real story of the
missions to send two robotic rovers to Mars The
Mars Exploration Rovers were sent to explore Mars
in our planetary backyard, whilst the and the deep
space probe Cassini Huygens was to travel across
our vast solar system to the ringed planet Saturn
and it mysterious moon Titan. We discover the
technological problems the teams had to overcome
to send these probes into space and learn about
the men who spend their lives creating these
robotic explorers. Tags :deepspaceprobesrocketrightsnakedscienceexplorationtvtrailer
US politicians claim the government could be
losing as much as $100 billion a year through
people using off-shore tax havens.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports on how they say
the practice amounts to 'massive cheating' placing
an extra burden on American already suffering in
the US economic slowdown. Tags :aljazeeraenglishtaxevasionrobreynolds
Background information on the Rovers' mission to
Mars and an interview with one of their creators.
Taken from the documentary: "FirstScience
presents: Deep Space Probes". Download legally in
full from:
http://www.firstscience.tv/sc/view/deep-space-prob
es-5firstscience-presents5-33.html Tags :marsmissionspaceprobenasaroverFirstsciencedocumentary