Thursday, March 14, 2002

BBC News ENGLAND Dolphins face extinction, MPs told Hundreds of dolphins have been washed ashore The common dolphin could vanish from waters between England and France, MPs have been warned. Torbay MP Adrian Sanders said during a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday, record numbers of dolphins and porpoises had been found washed up on beaches in England and France since January. 7:16:46 PM    comment Yahoo! News Russian Co. Presents 'Space Plane' By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press Writer ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (AP) - Eager to open up a space tourism market, a Russian aerospace company presented a mock-up Thursday of a "space plane" that would give an adventurer willing to pay nearly $100,000 the chance to experience three minutes in zero gravity on the edge of space. Further Information BBC News - Russia unveils tourists' spaceship 1:26:55 PM    comment The American Experience Race for the Superbomb Nuclear Blast Mapper Map a Blast Would you survive a nuclear blast? Nuclear Blast Mapper will show you how terribly destructive thermonuclear weapons are. Step 1: Choose a Weapon... 1 Megaton Surface Blast: Pressure Damage Map The fission bomb detonated over Hiroshima had the explosive blast equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. Blast Mapper's hydrogen bomb, hypothetically detonated on the earth's surface at any location you choose, has about 80 times the blast power of that 1945 explosion. Further Information DOE Nevada Photo Library - Atmospheric Nuclear testing images 1:06:14 PM    comment CNN.com Future looks bright for new comet Comet Ikeya-Zhang might have last passed this way 341 years ago. Richard Stenger (CNN) -- An unexpected visitor to the inner solar system is brightening rapidly and could put on quite a celestial show as it approaches our planet, astronomers said. Discovered in early February, Comet Ikeya-Zhang has brightened more quickly than expected and is now visible to the naked eye, according to comet experts. 7:59:16 AM    comment BBC News SCI/TECH Russia unveils tourists's spaceship By Caroline Wyatt BBC Moscow correspondent A Russian company has unveiled the prototype of the world's first reusable spaceship, aimed at space tourists. C21 is fully automatic, and the idea is that even with very little training, one of the passengers could sit at the controls. 7:33:53 AM    comment ABCNEWS.com Wildlife Official Battled Hijackers Hero of Flight 93 Wildlife Official Took On Terrorists The Associated Press P O R T L A N D, Ore., March 14 — A former Oregon wildlife manager's law enforcement credentials, found near the wreckage of the cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93, suggest he was involved in the fight to retake the plane from terrorists on Sept. 11. 7:09:47 AM    comment

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