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• Mars science laboratory delayed to 2011
The Mars Science Laboratory mission, originally slated to launch next year, has been delayed until 2011, NASA announced today. "We will not be ready to launch by the hoped-for date next year," said NASA administrator Michael Griffin. A major review ...
• NASA delays robot Mars life-search mission
NASA said on Thursday that it will postpone by two years the planned launch of a major mission to study whether Mars was ever capable of harboring life, citing development and testing delays. NASA administrator Michael Griffin said the Mars Science ...
• Canadian carriers cram to obey obesity ruling
It’s not rocket science.” Peggy Howell of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance isn’t so sure that plan meets the spirit of the “one-person, one-fare” policy. “This shouldn’t mean that every fat person should get a free seat ...
• Pakistan police losing terrorism fight
The only way to save Pakistan is to think of extremism and insurgency in North West Frontier Province as a law-enforcement issue," said Hassan Abbas, a South Asia expert at Harvard University's Belfer Center Project for Science. "Rather than buying ...
• NASA delays Mars mission
LOS ANGELES - A NASA insider says the space agency is delaying launch of a giant Mars robotic mission. The Mars Science Laboratory was scheduled to fly next year. But the project has been dogged by cost increases and technical challenges. The launch ...