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Life-Size Dinosaurs Reside in San Antonio |
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Everything Archaeology
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SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2005--The San Antonio Botanical Garden will present Dinosaurus Tex: A Giant Adventure. Approximately 60 life-size dinosaurs including some great insect friends will reside peacefully amid prehistoric plants at the 33-acre garden. The exhibit, presented by the SBC Foundation, will run from September 3 through December 4, 2005.
 | | Daspletosaur roams the San Antonio Botanical Garden. (Photo: Business Wire) |
Dinosaurs that will inhabit the earth for those three months will include the Texas state dinosaur Pleurocoelus; a Quetzalcoatlus perched in a forest of cycads and palms; a vicious Bambiraptors looking for prey in a tropical rainforest; the herbivorous 30-foot-long, duck-billed Kritosaurus; a mother Edmontosaurus carefully guarding her eggs; a 6' centipede; two 3' dragonflies; some 12" cockroaches, and of course, the giant, fearsome meat-eating T-Rex. An assortment of activities will enhance interest and educational opportunities every day. Casts of dinosaur footprints invite visitors to contrast size and stride with those of their own feet. A Dino Dig challenges aspiring paleontologists to dig for dinosaur "bones." Dinosaurus Tex Family Days include additional dino crafts, entertainment and activities: September 3, 4 and 5; October 8; November 5 and December 3. Opening weekend festivities will be highlighted by a visit from George Blasing "Dino George."  (2) Comments posted about this in the forum
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Locusts’ Built-In ‘Surface Analysis’ Ability Directs Them to Fly Overland |
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Everything Biology
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Swarms of millions of locusts have, since Biblical times and until our very own day, been considered a “plague” of major proportions, with the creatures destroying every growing thing in their path.
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Until now, it was thought that the directions of these swarms were predominantly directed by prevailing winds. Now, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have shown that a physiological trait of these grasshoppers – namely their polarization vision -- provides them with a built-in source of “surface analysis” – a discovery that could pave the way for efforts to effectively combat this periodic scourge by controlling their natural inclination to fly over land rather than water.
The desert locusts, known scientifically as Schistocerca gregaria, are able to swarm for great distances and in numbers measuring in the millions. During the locust invasion of November 2004 in Israel, it appeared that a swarm came in an easterly direction over Sinai up to the Gulf of Eilat, then turned northward without crossing the water. Only when the swarm reached the northern tip of the gulf did some of them turn again east in the direction of Aqaba and other areas of Jordan, as well as straight north over southern Israel.
This observation led to examination by scientists of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat to examine how the locusts were able to identify the gulf water and knew not to fly over it. The research focused on the ability of the locusts to identify polarized light. This is a trait which is lacking in humans but exists among other species, such as fish and insects.
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International Launch Services and Lockheed Martin Launch Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA |
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Everything Space
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2005--An Atlas V rocket sent a NASA spacecraft on its way to Mars this morning, scoring a double success for International Launch Services (ILS) and its parent company, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT).  | | ON THE WAY TO MARS -- An Atlas V launch vehicle lifts off from the Atlantic Coast Friday morning, carrying NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Lockheed Martin built both the booster and the spacecraft, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. International Launch Services of McLean, Va., managed the mission, which was the 77th consecutive successful flight for the Atlas family. (Photo: Business Wire) |
Liftoff of the 19-story launcher occurred at 7:43 a.m. from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral. After 58 minutes, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) separated from the vehicle, departing Earth orbit for a seven-month journey to the Red Planet. This was the fifth mission of the year for ILS, a Lockheed Martin joint venture that manages launches aboard the Lockheed Martin-built Atlas V vehicle. It was the first U.S. government mission as well as the first interplanetary mission using the Atlas V, which has had five successful flights for commercial customers. The Atlas family has achieved 77 consecutive successful launches spanning 12 years. Lockheed Martin also built the MRO spacecraft. MRO will advance exploration for evidence of water on Mars. It also will identify and evaluate potential landing sites for the next several Mars surface missions, leading to search-for-life and sample-return missions, and eventually a human Mars landing. "We're pleased that our first mission for NASA on Atlas V is such an exciting and important project," said Mark Albrecht, president of International Launch Services. "Atlas vehicles have carried 133 other NASA missions, to both Earth orbit and Deep Space. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will provide more new information about Mars than all previous missions to that planet combined." The MRO launch recalls another successful Mars mission that recently marked its 40th anniversary. Atlas launched the Mariner missions to Mars in the 1960s, and Mariner 4 provided the first-ever close-up images of another planet in our solar system during its Mars flyby in 1965. (2) Comments posted about this in the forum
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Smiths Selected by Boeing for X-45C Joint - Unmanned Combat Air Systems Work |
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Everything Space
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2005--Smiths Aerospace has been selected by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems to supply the Mission Management Processing System (MMPS) for the X-45C Joint - Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS). The initial program includes engineering and hardware to support the J-UCAS X-45C Concept Definition Phase (CDP) vehicles. Smiths anticipates further awards following a successful completion of the CDP.
 | | Smiths Aerospace provides the Boeing X-45C J-UCAS Mission Management system with enhanced capabilities for the network centric battlespace. (Photo: Business Wire) |
Dr. John Ferrie, President, Smiths Aerospace commented, "This is a significant win for Smiths. We bring to the unmanned vehicle market strategic technologies which provide enhanced capabilities for the network centric battlespace." (1) Comments posted about this in the forum
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