UFO watchers have a new topic for their internet forums. The FAA
has ruled a 16-inch-long piece of metal, which fell from the sky in
Delaware Monday, was not part of an airplane.
NASA senior managers Tuesday completed a detailed review of
space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight, and gave approval
for an October 23 launch date. Commander Pam Melroy and her six
crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 1138 EDT on the STS-120
mission to the International Space Station.
The Energizer Bunny has BUPKUS on the Mars Rover team.
Bupkus!
NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars
Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The decision keeps the
trailblazing mobile robotic pioneers active on opposite sides of
Mars, possibly through 2009. This extended mission and the
associated science are dependent upon the continued productivity
and operability of the rovers.
As a result of its first investigation of an accident involving
an unmanned aircraft (UA), the National Transportation Safety Board
has issued a total of 22 safety recommendations to address what
NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker said were "a wide range of safety
issues involving the civilian use of unmanned aircraft."
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