[FPSPACE] SPACEDAILY HEADLINES - Jan 11, 2001

[Simon Mansfield]

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     SPACEDAILY HEADLINES  - Jan 11, 2001

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QUICK SPACE

- Politics, not pragmatism, drives China's manned space programme
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110122606.cxgr6u3n.html

- Boeing Delta IV to Deliver Defense System Satellite in 2003
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/delta4-01a.html

- Ariane rocket puts Turkish satellite in orbit
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110232124.iu8yn5qq.html

- Arianespace makes big loss in 2000 on rocket upgrade
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110112055.8g3l81p5.html

- New Planetary Systems Are The Most Bizarre Yet
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/exoplanet-01a.html

- Researcher Validates Discovery of Planets' Gravitational "Dance"
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/exoplanet-01b.html

- Watery Evidence Suggests Hospitable Young Planet
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-01a.html

- Drought could free vast amounts of carbon gases in peatlands: study
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110190339.t4ohid09.html

- Sea of Japan faces slow death, says researcher
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110190100.1si6c688.html

- Drilling for Martians
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-01a.html

- UK Satellite Captures Lunar Eclipse
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/microsat-01b.html

- Get Ready For Mir The Sequel
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mir-01b.html

- NEAR Shoemaker Primed For Final Flyovers Ahead of Controlled Descent
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/near-01a.html

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SPACEMART

- Boeing Delta IV to Deliver Defense System Satellite in 2003
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/delta4-01a.html

Huntington Beach - Jan. 10, 2001 - Boeing will launch a U.S. Air Force 
defense satellite aboard a Delta IV rocket in 2003.  The satellite, 
DMSP-17, will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and is part of a 
22-launch U.S. government manifest for payloads aboard Delta IV rockets.

- Ariane rocket puts Turkish satellite in orbit
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110232124.iu8yn5qq.html

- Arianespace makes big loss in 2000 on rocket upgrade
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110112055.8g3l81p5.html

- Politics, not pragmatism, drives China's manned space programme
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110122606.cxgr6u3n.html

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SPACE SCIENCE

- New Planetary Systems Are The Most Bizarre Yet
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/exoplanet-01a.html

San Diego - Jan 9, 2001 - A team of planet-hunting astronomers announced 
today (Jan. 9) the discovery of two multi-planet systems that are among the 
most bizarre planetary systems found to date.

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SPACE SCIENCE

- Researcher Validates Discovery of Planets' Gravitational "Dance"
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/exoplanet-01b.html

Berkeley - Jan. 9, 2001 - A team of planet hunters today announced a 
discovery that will help  researchers better understand planet migration 
and how planets'  gravitational pulls influence each other. The discovery 
was announced  at the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego.

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TERRADAILY

- Watery Evidence Suggests Hospitable Young Planet
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-01a.html

Washington - Jan. 10, 2001 - Geological evidence suggests that Earth may 
have had surface water -- and thus conditions to support life -- billions 
of years earlier than previously thought. Scientists reconstructed the 
portrait of early Earth by reading the telltale chemical composition of the 
oldest known terrestrial rock.

- Drought could free vast amounts of carbon gases in peatlands: study
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110190339.t4ohid09.html

- Sea of Japan faces slow death, says researcher
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/010110190100.1si6c688.html

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MARSDAILY

- Drilling for Martians
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-01a.html

London - Jan. 10, 2001 - Engineers have developed a new tool to help them 
hunt for signs of life on Mars. Their metre-long, white-hot spear can melt 
its way through soil and rocks to depths where evidence of past life may be 
lurking.

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TECH SPACE

- UK Satellite Captures Lunar Eclipse
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/microsat-01b.html

Guildford - Jan. 10, 2000 - A British minisatellite, UoSAT-12, built by 
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has imaged a cloudless Lunar 
eclipse from a 650km low Earth orbit.

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STATION NEWS

- Get Ready For Mir The Sequel
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mir-01b.html

Moscow (AFP) Jan. 10, 2001 - Russia's Space Agency, creators of the 
14-year-old Mir, announced Wednesday it plans to replace the 
soon-to-be-destroyed station with a new one, the ITAR-TASS news agency 
reported.

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SPACE SCIENCE

- NEAR Shoemaker Primed For Final Flyovers Ahead of Controlled Descent
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/near-01a.html

Laurel - Jan. 10, 2001 - The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft - the first to orbit 
an asteroid - embarks on a series of low-altitude passes over 433 Eros this 
month in a prelude to its daring February descent to the surface of the 
rotating, 21-mile-long space rock.