Space and Science News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on January 15, 2003 at 11:09:12 PM
Well, this really doesn't have much/any science news, mostly just space. Space is awesome.
Columbia to lift off tomorrow, hopefully.
Watch out for geneticly engineered fish.
More on the downed comet satillite.
ISS building and cleaning.
Columbia to lift off tomorrow, hopefully.
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NASA said Tuesday it needed 24 more hours of engineering analysis before clearing the shuttle for liftoff on a science mission with Ilan Ramon, a colonel in the Israeli air force. A crack in another shuttle has had engineers working practically nonstop for the past month to make sure Columbia is ready for its scheduled launch.
Watch out for geneticly engineered fish.
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The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology questioned in a report the adequacy of FDA regulations in reviewing the risks that such transgenic fish might escape pens and taking over the habitat of nongenetically engineered varieties. Transgenic fish have genes that were added to make them grow large at a faster rate than normal fish.
More on the downed comet satillite.
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The world's largest and most ambitious comet mission, Rosetta, will miss its January take-off window and could be postponed for up to two-and-a-half years. The European Space Agency (ESA) hoped that the 1-billion-euro (US$1-billion) mission would land a probe on the comet Wirtanen in 2010.
ISS building and cleaning.
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With the completion of this 50th spacewalk at the orbiting outpost, station construction workers have logged 312 hours and 11 minutes performing assembly and maintenance operations. The next set of spacewalks at the ISS is planned for a targeted March shuttle mission in which the Expedition Six crew will be returned home and replaced by the Expedition Seven crew.