March 11, 2002
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'Lifters': An Idea in the Clouds - By Michelle Delio,
WiredNews, Antigravitational devices developed by a computer geek
could eventually change the world as we know it. Or they may just blow a
few holes into some barn roofs...
March 28, 2002 -
First Earth images from "green eye"
- NewScientist.com news service, Europe's giant
Earth-monitoring satellite Envisat has beamed back its first images one
month after launch. They highlight the changing environment of our
planet. One picture shows the break-up of the huge Larsen B ice shelf in
Antarctica. Another depicts a bright green bloom of phytoplankton off
the coast of Mauritania. These were captured using two of Envisat's 10
instruments...
March 19, 2002 -
Asteroid
takes Earth by surprise - Close call went undetected until after it happened,
By Alan Boyle, MSNBC — An asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747
narrowly missed Earth this month — and we never knew it was coming.
The case of asteroid 2002 EM7 has drawn attention to the gaps in the
planet’s infant system for monitoring potential threats from space...