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Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, May 21, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- The NEW Pentium(r) 4 Processor-M designed for notebooks. Experience accelerated video, multimedia and gaming. http://mds.centrport.net/mdsefc?a27250041;MIHC107C1782P80586B80587S0;B80 587;1 -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Classic NASA Videos Science/Astronomy: * The Search for the Scum of the Universe * Solar Eclipse June 10 over North America * Plotting the Rocky Re-Entry of NASA's Largest Satellite * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Arsia Mons Missions/Launches: * International Space Station Oxygen Generator Back in Action But Glitches Remain * Poll: America's Wealthy Willing to Pay Top Dollar for Spaceflight * South African Space Tourist Hopes to Fly Into Space Again * NASA Security Comforts Israeli Astronaut Business/Industry: * Bill Would Require DoD To Oversee Air Force Acquisition of Space Hardware Plus... * SpaceTV, Space Age Gear, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs * SPACE.com Affiliate Program ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Classic NASA Videos http://www.space.com/nasavideos/ Buy one or build a collection of the best NASA videos in the galaxy ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * The Search for the Scum of the Universe http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/odds_of_et_020521-1.html The odds for extraterrestrial life on Earth-like planets will be put at 1-in-3 in a soon-to-be published report in the journal Astrobiology, but the smartest earthlings have no clue what that life might look like or where to find it. * Solar Eclipse June 10 over North America http://www.space.com/spacewatch/eclipse_2002_020520.html One of Nature's most interesting sky shows, an eclipse of the Sun, will be visible to most North Americans on Monday, June 10, weather permitting. * Plotting the Rocky Re-Entry of NASA's Largest Satellite http://www.space.com/news/uars_update_020520.html NASA is studying what may happen when the agency's largest satellite, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), makes an uncontrolled re-entry through Earth's atmosphere about a decade from now. * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Arsia Mons http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_daily_020520.html This THEMIS visible image shows a portion of the summit region of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant volcanoes in the Tharsis region of Mars. This volcano stands more than 12 miles (20 km) above the surrounding plains, and is approximately 280 miles (450 km) in diameter at its base. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * International Space Station Oxygen Generator Back in Action But Glitches Remain http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/iss_repairs_020520.html Two days after International Space Station (ISS) engineers coaxed equipment that generates oxygen into working again, a problem was detected Sunday as the cooling system automatically prompted computers to turn off power throughout the outpost. * Poll: America's Wealthy Willing to Pay Top Dollar for Spaceflight http://www.space.com/news/space_poll_020520.html Rocketing into space isn't yet as affordable as jetting off to Cancun for your holidays, but a new survey of the United States' wealthiest citizens shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that those who can afford to go, want to. * South African Space Tourist Hopes to Fly Into Space Again http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/shuttleworth_returntrip_020517.html South African space tourist Mark Shuttleworth said Friday that he hopes to travel into the cosmos again as he participated in a triumphant farewell ceremony at Russia's elite space compound. * NASA Security Comforts Israeli Astronaut http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/israeli_astronaut_020517.html Israel's first astronaut said Thursday that he feels safe with all of NASA's security precautions and does not consider himself a terrorist target -- or even an added risk to his space shuttle flight this summer. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Bill Would Require DoD To Oversee Air Force Acquisition of Space Hardware http://www.space.com/spacenews/index.html The Pentagon's office of the secretary of defense would have to maintain oversight of the U.S. Air Force's acquisition of space hardware, according to legislation introduced in Congress on May 15. ------------------------------------ * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * Space Age Gear: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html * SpaceWatch: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Space Age Jobs http://www.space.com/php/careers/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (May 21, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate. Sunspot Region 9957 is capable of producing a major event. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 155, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 477 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 5.8 protons per cubic centimeter. (Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the day.) http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html ------------------------------------- Sign up to become part of the greatest search in history! Join TeamSETI: http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_science_page.html Be a desktop astronomer! Starry Night is the world's leading astronomy software -- choose between Beginner, Backyard, or Pro! http://www.starrynight.com/index.html NEW! Join the SPACE.com affiliate program. 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