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the U N I V E R S E T O D A Y Space Exploration News From Around the Internet, Updated Every Weekday. August 28, 2000 - Issue #297 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com An HTML version of this newsletter including pictures is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html ************************************** Did you know that every week around 300 to 400 NEW SPACE JOBS are advertised throughout the industry? Subscribe to the free weekly Space Careers newsletter and be the first to know who is hiring in the space industry. http://www.spacelinks.com/SpaceCareers/newsletter.html?ut ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Light Pollution in Arizona Sparks Debate * Giant Radio Telescope is Nearly Ready * Iridium Receives Another Offer LIGHT POLLUTION IN ARIZONA SPARKS DEBATE ------------------------- Astronomers and residents in Arizona are clashing over the United States' stiffest county ordinances designed to limit the amount of light pollution around two nearby observatories. Local businesses and residents feel that any outdoor light limits will put people at risk to increased crime, while astronomers at Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins and the National Optical Astronomical Observatory on Kitt Peak want to keep the skies as dark as possible. Original Source: http://www.darksky.org/ Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/08/24/dimming.the.lights.ap/index.html http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/082800b.htm Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/environment.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/astronomy.html GIANT RADIO TELESCOPE IS NEARLY READY ------------------------- The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope is nearly ready to make contributions to astronomy. Located in Green Bank, West Virginia, the $75 million telescope is 150 metres tall, extremely powerful, and capable of being pointed to an accuracy of one arc-second - the width of a human hair 2 metres away. Although it's a precise instrument, SETI researchers have no plans to use it to search for extraterrestrial life - it's too specialized for scientific research. Original Source: http://www.nrao.edu/ Internet Coverage: http://www.msnbc.com/news/451139.asp http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/space/astronomy/news/2000/ds/20000825.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/radio.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/radioastronomy.html IRIDIUM RECEIVES ANOTHER OFFER ------------------------- Bankrupt Iridium, the doomed constellation of 88 satellites, has received a last minute bid to save the $5 billion satellite system from destruction. California-based CMC International has offered to pay $30 million to acquire the company's satellites and assets. It isn't clear whether Iridium is seriously considering the offer, since it's already been given court permission to destroy the constellation, by de-orbiting the satellites into the Earth's atmosphere. Internet Coverage: http://www.msnbc.com/news/451205.asp http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/082800e.htm http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/08/24a.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/iridium.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/satellites.html ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |