Capital OTC Boeing Takes Lead to Build Space Taxi Wall Street Journal Boeing appears positioned to beat out two rivals for the bulk of a multibillion-dollar NASA contract to ferry astronauts to and from orbit. Email; Print; Comments. Facebook. Share. 0. Twitter. Google+. LinkedIn. smaller; Larger. By. Andy Pasztor. Andy. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Rosetta: Decision due on comet landing site BBC News The European Space Agency is about to release more details of its audacious bid to try to land on a comet. Since early August, its Rosetta probe has been in close proximity to 67P/C-G - a 10-billion-tonne mass of ice and dust some 400 million km from Earth. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Red card on environment for 'greenest government ever' BBC News The government is failing to reduce air pollution, protect biodiversity and prevent flooding, a cross-party body of MPs has said. The Environmental Audit Committee dished out a "red card" on these three concerns after examining efforts made since 2010. Flag as irrelevant
	Clarksville Online Boeing said to win NASA space taxi contract CNET According to the Wall Street Journal, the aerospace giant is likely to beat out SpaceX for the contract, said to be worth more than $3 billion. by Daniel Terdiman · @GreeterDan; 16 September 2014, 10:53 am AEST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. Flag as irrelevant
	Jewish Daily Forward Proposed Texas Textbooks Distort The Truth About Climate Change, Experts Say Huffington Post The Texas State Board of Education will vote on proposed social studies textbooks in November. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) | ASSOCIATED PRESS. Share · Tweet. Email. Comment. Share on Google+ · tumblr · stumble · reddit. The opposition to new social studies ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bangor Daily News Whale caught in fishing gear freed in Maine Boston Globe Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. Your e-mail. Print. Comments. BAR HARBOR, Maine — A 40-foot-long humpback whale that got caught in fishing gear off Mount Desert Island has been freed, according to the head of a whale-watching boat. The whale ... Flag as irrelevant
	SpaceFlight Insider Space goals can lift down-to-earth ones The Seattle Times Sometimes the news makes me want to get off the planet for a while, to go where, well, where each day is about new frontiers rather than old problems. I can't afford a lift on one of Virgin Galactic's space-tourism flights, but I can hook my imagination to real ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Rare Chinese Sturgeon Not Reproducing, Close to Extinction Newsweek A Chinese sturgeon, which was injured and rescued earlier, awaits for its release into the Yangtze river in Shanghai June 17, 2007. China Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDIC. Tweet. AA. Filed Under: Tech & Science, Endangered Species, China, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Rosetta: 'Audacious' comet landing site chosen BBC News Europe's Rosetta mission team, which aims to land on a 4km-wide comet later this year, has identified what they think is the safest place to land a small robot craft. Experts have chosen what they hope is a relatively smooth region on the smaller of the comet's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Headlines & Global News MIT's 'stealth' ROBO-CHEETAH is unleashed – and it's hopping mad Register Vid Academics at MIT have been showing off their latest attempt to build a robot cheetah that will run and jump across the landscape without the need for a power cord. Youtube video. The cheetah is of particular interest to robotics scientists since it's the ... Flag as irrelevant