Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) $75 million to develop a revolutionary launch escape system that will enable the company’s Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts. The Congressionally mandated award is part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) initiative that started in 2009 to help private companies mature concepts and technologies for human spaceflight.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
German scientists and industry had been hoping that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could help the transition to a low-carbon future. But a new bill drawn up by the German government has put the brakes on the technology before it was even properly tested. Read More
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Tanzania will take sometime to develop and implement Spatial Data Storage Infrastructure (SDIs) in municipal councils, private firms and even government departments due to lack of supportive technical framework from the central government, it has been learnt. A research carried out by a senior lecturer in Geomatics at Ardhi University, Dr Martin Hagai, on SDI implementation
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
That was the reaction this week from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in its latest report on the post 2013 CAP, which has slammed the European Commission’s proposed sweeping reforms of the CAP that would see the current complex and bureaucratic system of direct payments replaced by one that could be even worse. The
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Joint with Russia programmes in the aerospace industry will only strengthen Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych during his working visit to Donetsk region past weekend. He noted that during a recent visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Ukraine the issues were discussed on joint development of the aerospace
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Several interesting presentations and discussions emerged from the conference and a summary list of observations and conclusions are presented. The event had 94 contributions from 34 organizations attending from 13 different European countries. A CD was produced containing 13 abstracts and presentation as well as 2 sessions with presentations, 2 technical/marketing presentations (Astrium and GIZ),
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
During the spring melt or extended rainfall, many municipalities in Europe struggle against flooding on a regular basis. Insufficient drainage systems, intervention in river landscapes, increasing urbanization, and the threat of climate change increase the risk of floods. Coastal countries and municipalities are reinforcing their protective walls by building higher and higher dikes, but the
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Spatial Information Solutions, Inc. (SIS) has released version 3 of Accuracy Analyst, the flagship product in Map Accuracy Tools. In releasing Accuracy Analyst 3.0 (AA 3.0), SIS President, Dr. Charles O’Hara, said “We listened to our customers, added the capabilities they requested, and delivered a product that meets their needs.”
Monday, April 18th, 2011
The findings of a study published today in Nature Climate Change indicate negative effects on the growth of a long-lived south-east Australian and New Zealand inshore species – the banded morwong. Scientific monitoring since 1944 by CSIRO at Maria Island, off the east coast of Tasmania, showed that surface water temperatures in the Tasman Sea have risen
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Airports are changing around the globe. New technologies and economic pressures are causing them to evaluate their operations and to become more responsive and efficient. Geographic information systems (GIS) are helping to meet that challenge, proving to be helpful throughout airport operations both inside and outside terminals and including air operations. Vector1 Media editor Jeff
