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Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, October 14, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- The Apollo Moonwalks: Now on DVD for the First Time in new digital transfers. Only from Spacecraft Films. See the complete catalog at: http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/ -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Little Astronaut Set Science/Astronomy: * Scientists Disagree over How, When Life Began on Earth * Black Hole Hunter: High-Energy Integral Telescope Set to Launch * Mercury in the Morning: See the Planet of Extremes Now SpaceFlight: * Mission Atlantis: New Radiator Panel Deployed * Russian Cosmonaut to Take Lance Bass' Seat on Soyuz * Firm Moves Closer To Commercial Zero-Gravity Flights * CIA and NASA Linked During Cold War Space Race Business/Industry: * StarBand CEO Says Company Will Break Even by 2003 Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Little Astronaut Set http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ Ready for Halloween? The Little Astronaut Set includes a full body astronaut suit and a realistic space helmet. The suit comes complete with genuine NASA, American flag and Space Shuttle patches. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Scientists Disagree over How, When Life Began on Earth http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/generalscience/oldest_life_021014. html Does the first evidence of life date to 3.85 billion years ago (Ga), or 3.65 Ga? A 200-million-year discrepancy may seem trivial almost 4 billion years after the fact. And yet scientists continue to debate whether some of the oldest rocks ever found date to 3.85 Ga, or "just" 3.65 Ga. * Black Hole Hunter: High-Energy Integral Telescope Set to Launch http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/integral_telescope_021014.html Gamma ray news has been a little slow since the Compton Observatory was de-orbited and burned up in Earth's atmosphere in June 2000. But on Oct. 17, the European Space Agency will launch the most sensitive gamma ray observatory ever built, one designed to help astronomers understand more about some of the most extreme and violent events in the universe, from supernovae to black holes. * Mercury in the Morning: See the Planet of Extremes Now http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mercury_morning_021011.html If there ever was a planet that has gotten a bad rap for its inability to be readily observed it would have to be Mercury, known by some as the "elusive planet." ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Mission Atlantis: New Radiator Panel Deployed http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/ A new heat-dispelling radiator panel was successfully extended at the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday, a good start to a busy day that is to see the final planned spacewalk of Atlantis' STS-112 mission. * Russian Cosmonaut to Take Lance Bass' Seat on Soyuz http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/soyuz_021013.html Rather than sending up a cargo container in the place of 'N Sync singer Lance Bass, the Russians are flying a cosmonaut to the International Space Station at the end of October. * Firm Moves Closer To Commercial Zero-Gravity Flights http://www.space.com/news/wsc_zeroG_1014.html A group of entrepreneurs, including former NASA officials, claims to be only a few months away from offering commercial airplane flights that mimic NASA's famous Vomit Comet, allowing passengers to experience weightlessness without the expensive rocket ride. * CIA and NASA Linked During Cold War Space Race http://www.space.com/news/wsc_cia_1014.html A space history sleuth has documented cooperative ties between NASA and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the heated U.S.-Russian space race in the late 1950s through the 1960s. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * StarBand CEO Says Company Will Break Even by 2003 http://www.space.com/spacenews/spacenews_businessmonday_021014.html StarBand Communications Inc. is on track to break even by early 2003 and does not plan to depend on additional investments as it looks to emerge from bankruptcy protection, according to the U.S. satellite Internet provider's top executive. ------------------------------------ * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * SpaceWatch: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Space Age Jobs http://www.spacejobs.com/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (October 14, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be predominantly low through Wednesday, though achance for isolated moderate activity still exists. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled through Wednesday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 167, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 357 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 18.2 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/ ------------------------------------- Feedback We welcome your comments and suggestions at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Share Your Space Forward this newsletter to your friends! ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. 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