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SpaceDaily Express - October 7, 1999
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SpaceDaily Express - October 7, 1999
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+ World's Largest Impact Found In South Africa
+ Possible Pluto Debris Spotted
+ Delta Races Against Bad Weather For Launch Today
+ Army Readies Laser Tests
+ Martian Meteorite Dated To 3.9 Billion Year Old
+ MCO Investigation Head Named
+ Cometary Puzzle Points To Distant Large Object
+ A Galactic Wide Dark Secret
+ Ground Scope Spys Asteroid With Moon That Could Be Ice
+ Trimble Expands GPS Standards For GIS
+ There's A New Echo In Orbit
+ Satellite TV For Your Private Jet
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PLANETARY TRASH
World's Largest Impact Found In South Africa
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/spaceguard-99g.html
Johannesburg (AFP) October 5, 1999 - South African
geologists have identified a crater in central
Free State province to be the oldest and largest
in the world caused by the impact of a comet or
an asteroid, scientists said.
Possible Pluto Debris Spotted
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/pluto-99c.html
Boulder - October 6, 1999 - Planetary astronomers
working in the Space Studies Department (Boulder)
of San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute
(SwRI) suggest that some Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs)
may be leftover shards from the giant collision
that created the Pluto-Charon system.
+ ESA Finds Comet Twins
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/comet-99a.html
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LAUNCHER
Delta Races Against Bad Weather For Launch Today
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/gps-99y.html
Cape Canaveral - October 7, 1999 - The much weather
plagued launch of GPS satellite was still on for
today (at the time of going press) despite only a
60% chance of acceptable condition The 15-minute
launch window opens at 8:51am EDT.
+ Defense Weather Sat Launch Delayed
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/dmsp-99b.html
+ Garuda-1 Readied For Proton Launch
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/proton-99j.html
+ Be A Weekend Rocket Scientist!
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/rv-99a.html
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MILSPACE
Army Readies Laser Tests
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/laser-99d.html
Redondo Beach - October 6, 1999 - TRW has delivered
to the US Army the pointing and tracking system for
the world's first laser-based air defense system for
testing at White Sands.
+ Defense Weather Sat Launch Delayed
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/dmsp-99b.html
+ US Shoots Down ABM Treaty?
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/bmdo-99l.html
+ China Plans South China Sea Pad
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/china-99h.html
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MARS INVADES EARTH
Martian Meteorite Dated To 3.9 Billion Year Old
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-meteor-99a.html
Houston - October 6, 1999 - A new study of the
carbonate minerals found in a meteorite from Mars
shows they were formed about 3.9 billion years ago.
Some Scientists believe the planet had flowing
surface water and warmer temperatures then, making
it more Earth-like. Giant meteorites were blasting
huge craters in its surface.
+ MCO Investigation Head Named
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/tourism-99b.html
+ Mars: The Ultimate Theme Park
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/oped-99m.html
+ Are Martian Microbes A Danger?
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-mco-99e.html
+ New Mars Desktop Click Here
http://www.spaceart.com/desktops/arsiamons-desk.jpg
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SPACE SCIENCE
Cometary Puzzle Points To Distant Large Object
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/comet-99b.html
Cambridge - October 7, 1999 - Intrigued by the fact
that long-period comets observed from Earth seem to
follow orbits that are not randomly oriented in space,
a scientist at the Open University in the UK is arguing
that these comets could be influenced by the gravity
of a large undiscovered object in orbit around the Sun
some 300 billion miles out give or take a few million
kilometers.
A Galactic Wide Dark Secret
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/bigbang-99l.html
Vancouver - October 6, 1999 - Canadian scientists
think the answer to one of astronomy's most perplexing
questions: What is the galaxy made of? and where's all
the mass. The answer,.. a galaxy full of dead dwarf stars
that lost all their heat and essentially "dark matter."
+ Io's Alien Volcanoes
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/galileo-99i.html
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TECH SPACE
Ground Scope Spys Asteroid With Moon That Could Be Ice
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/asteroid-99j.html
Boulder - October 7, 1999 - An international team of
astronomers has discovered a moon orbiting the asteroid
(45)Eugenia using new distortion correction techniques
for ground based telescopes. Initial observations suggest
the asteroid's moon is either a porous clump of rubble
or a sizable chunk of ice.
+ Space Debris Conference
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/debris-99c.html
+ A Close Inspection of NanoCarbon Tubes
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/carbon-99c.html
+ Seakr To Market Rugged Data Storage
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/seakr-99b.html
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GPS UPDATE
Trimble Expands GPS Standards For Geographic Information System
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/gps-99z.html
Sunnyvale - October 6, 1999 - Trimble introduced today the
GeoExplorer 3 data collection and maintenance system, the
industry's most rugged and technologically advanced handheld
Global Positioning System (GPS) for Geographic Information
System (GIS) applications.
+ Making Sure Love Is Never Lost
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/gps-99x.html
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GEO NEWS
There's A New Echo In Orbit
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/lm-99s.html
Littleton - October 6, 1999 - EchoStar reports that
its fifth direct broadcast satellite has reached its
final orbit at 110 degrees West Longitude as assigned
by the FCC.
+ Satellite TV For Your Private Jet
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/sat-tv-99a.html
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