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Monday 25 January 2010

Looming Martian winter threatens Spirit rover

    NEWSALERT: Monday, January 25, 2009 @ 1645 GMT
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LOOMING MARTIAN WINTER THREATENS SPIRIT ROVER
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NASA Headquarters managers face an imminent decision to formally halt
further extraction maneuvers by the Mars rover Spirit to conserve
electricity and to save the rover's life while it remains stuck in a sand
trap 61 million miles from Earth.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/24spirit/


THIS WEEK IN SPACE WITH MILES O'BRIEN
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In the latest episode of This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien: a decision
nears from President Obama on the future of the manned space program, Elon
Musk of SpaceX vehemently denies his rockets will be unsafe for
astronauts, the clock ticks down to the launch of the shuttle Endeavour,
the rover Spirit moves (but just a little), and Miles checks out the
lunar-inspired artwork of moonwalker Alan Bean. You also can subscribe for
free to watch episodes from iTunes.

http://spaceflightnow.com

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OCEANS OF DIAMOND POSSIBLE ON URANUS AND NEPTUNE
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High pressure experiments that mimic conditions on the icy gas giants show
that chunks of diamond can float on a sea of liquid carbon.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1001/21diamond/

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