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NASA administrator visits Ala. space center
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was in Huntsville on Wednesday to take part in meetings and to visit four schools. Bolden was visiting Lincoln Elementary School, Columbia High School and Huntsville Center for Technology, and Horizon Elementary School in Madison. He also planned to sit in on meetings at Marshall Space Flight Center. Marshall spokeswoman June Malone says the meetings will focus on Ares, the rocket program slated to replace the space shuttle. Bolden, a former Marine Corps major general, will take part in the Wernher von Braun Symposium and dinner held at the Von Braun Center.
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The world is coming to an end. In, like, 4 billion or 5 billion years. The sun will get old and cranky and eventually immolate the entire planet. The world, however, is not coming to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, contrary to the viral Internet rumor propounded by pseudo-scientists, hoaxers and Hollywood movie promoters. The notion that 2012 heralds the End of Time has something to do with a mysterious Planet X that will supposedly hurtle into, or perhaps merely perturb, Earth. Also, there might be geomagnetic storms, a Pole Reversal and a newfound unsteadiness in the planet's crustal plates. All of that, or variations thereof, can be studied in depth in scores of books now jostling for eschatological primacy with such titles as "Apocalypse 2012," "The World Cataclysm in 2012" and "How to Survive 2012." This is no joke to David Morrison, senior scientist for NASA's Astrobiology Institute. He's counted 200 different books for sale about 2012. As the a
Indian Space Research Organization rules out threat after NASA spy arrest
NEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Wednesday asserted that the United States space scientist, who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly spying for Israel, was not "a reason for concern" even though he had played a key role in India's maiden moon mission. "Senior American space scientist Daivd Nozette visited Bangalore and interacted with scientists there but had no access to critical ISRO establishments during the visits and there was no concern about loss of data," ISRO chief spokesperson S Satish told the media in the southern city of Bangalore. "Not a matter of concern as all security protocols had been followed," he added. The 52-year-old scientist, Nozette, was arrested by the FBI and charged with espionage for attempting to deliver classified defense document to an Israeli intelligence officer, the U.S. authorities said.