The newly-formed United Launch Alliance -- a partnership formed
between once-rivals Boeing and Lockheed Martin -- has offered a
relocation package to more than 900 displaced Boeing employees in
California. The company expects about a third of them to
accept jobs in Denver, CO.
The STS-116 crew spent Sunday preparing for the fourth spacewalk
of its mission, to complete the retraction of the P6 solar array
aboard the International Space Station. The extra spacewalk is
scheduled for Monday, and was authorized by NASA over the
weekend.
Scientists report carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are
helping to keep orbiting spacecraft airborne longer, by reducing
atmospheric drag. There's no such thing as a free lunch,
though... for the same effect also increases the threat that
space junk poses to satellites.
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