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GOES-13 is America’s New GOES-EAST Satellite
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as GOES-13 became the official GOES-EAST satellite on April 14, 2010. GOES-13 was moved from on-orbit storage and into active duty. It is perched 22,300 miles above the equator to spot potentially...
Nigerian Community Demands $500m Compensation From Mobil
The oil rich Ibeno community in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, has given Mobil a two-week ultimatum to pay $500 million compensation for damages caused by oil spills between February 2008 and December 2009 Mobil, an affiliate of the United States oil firm...
Mobil Begins Clean Up of Oil Spill in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Area
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has started the clean up of the Atlantic shoreline after the December 4 crude oil leak from the Qua Iboe Oil fields which it operates in the Niger Delta. The oil firm had reported a leak on the pipeline on December 4, which...WWF Argues for a Temporary Fishing Ban for the Beleaguered Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF), the global conservation organization, is urging countries meeting in Brazil this week to agree urgently on a temporary fishing ban for the beleaguered Atlantic bluefin tuna, as an essential measure to avoid imminent stock...
Cameroon Fears Environmental Disaster After Ghanaian Oil Tanker Spill
Environmental groups fear that a Ghanaian oil tanker that caught fire on Wednesday and leaked 14, 000 tonnes of fuel into the Atlantic Ocean in south-west Cameroon could cause an ecological disaster in Cameroon’s territorial waters. There is growing...
NASA Successfully Tests An Inflatable Heat Shield
A successful NASA flight test on Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.“The Lord is My Shepherd” … And He’s Packin’ Heat!
I take some comfort in the ability of the BBC to give equal time to “news of the weird” coming from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. However, without trying to play up any nationalistic pride, when it comes to weirdness, I am willing...
NASA Reschedules Test of Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) Until At Least June 25
Because of delays completing preliminary tests at the launch site, NASA has rescheduled the test launch of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS,
