Boeing Completes Software Preliminary Design
Review of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 25 May 2012 08:16:41 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Houston TX (SPX) May 25, 2012
Boeing has completed the software Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev-2) initiative on May 18. CCDev-2 is part of NASA's Space Act Agreement. Software competency is essential to all operational aspects of Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft, including launch, orbital maneuvering, docking with and separating from the International S

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Forget Fukushima, its the smokes thatll nuke you

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 25 May 2012 04:59:06 AM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

Tobacco firms have failed to act on radioactivity in cigarettes. According to cancer researchers: “Cigarettes deliver dangerously concentrated doses of radioactivity directly into the lungs. When smokers inhale, the radioactive particles damage lung tissue, creating ?hot spots? of damage. They add that: “Other [toxic] chemicals in cigarette smoke damage the lung?s cleaning systems, which would [...]

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All the water on Earth

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We’ve all seen the graphic, now here comes a video to show all the water on Earth, the drop that is the freshwater and the droplet that is the available fresh water. And to think it could all be evaporated in an instant by a burst of energy from an exploding star or more tangibly [...]

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Tsunami Makes Waves in More Than Just the Ocean

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GPS technology helps scientists track tsunamis and improve future warning systems.

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Why Manufacturing is the Right Career Choice-
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Is now the right time for you to start your career in U.S. Manufacturing? (The phrase "get in on the ground floor" comes to mind...)I found this chart on Global Macro Monitor Blog on WordPress. They look at it for their purposes. Let's look at it for ours.I started my manufacturin

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1/3 of U.S. Homes Now Have Smart Meters

From Latest Items from TreeHugger: A new report highlights the quick roll-out of smart meters by utilities, stating that half of homes will have them by 2015. Read the whole article

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