Crater jumper: Hopping probe may hunt for ice on the moon

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NASA's new crew vehicle and launch system might return astronauts to the moon by 2018, but the agency is worried about finding water ice in the permanently shadowed crater basin at one of the moon's poles. NASA is planning to launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in 2008, which would carry a radiometer to measure surface temperatures, an ultraviolet detector to look into the shadowed crater basins and laser altimeter and camera to map the polar regions and to scout possible landing sites.

Observations, Discovery and exploration, Craters, Orbital transfer (Space flight), Impact craters

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Fly me to the moon

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The has declared that it would return astronauts to the moon by 2020 and the fundamental goal is to expand the human presence in space. However, critics in Congress doubt that can send to the moon under the proposed budget, given the uncertainty of the lunar initiative and some researchers are wondering if the gains to science would outweigh the losses.

Science & research, Research, Bush, George W., Astronauts, Space policy

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Saving gas and lives

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The article states that better safety regulations are required to improve the U.S. fuel economic system.

Motor Vehicles and Equipment, Energy policy, Environmental aspects, Transportation equipment industry, United States. Congress, Energy efficiency, Automotive industry

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