RESOUR> Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, February 4, 2003
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Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, February 4, 2003 -- http://www.space.com/
All of us at Space Holdings grieve for the tragic loss of the brave men
and women of STS-107.
Our hearts go out to their loved ones and the entire NASA family. The
tragedy reminds us of the
heroism inherent in space flight and of the wonders of space that
motivated the crew to dare to follow their dreams.
In today's issue:
Special Report: Continuing Coverage of the Columbia Disaster
http://www.space.com/
Headlines:
* Searchers Find Shuttle Nose Cone in Texas
* Space Nuclear Power Viewed as 'Must Have' Technology
* The Investigation: NASA to Re-Examine Debris Impact from Columbia Launch
* How Asteroids Trigger Volcanos
* NASA Discounted Damage to Shuttle Tiles
* NASA Assures That Teachers Will Fly in Space
* NASA Requests Money for Shuttle Upgrades, New Mars Mission, Nuclear
Propulsion
Recent Features:
* Columbia FAQ: Your Questions, the Latest Answers
* SPACE.com TV: In Their Own Words... Remembering Columbia's Crew
* Space Shuttle Interactive Tour
* The Crew of the Columbia: Astronaut Biographies
* STS-107 Story Archive
Recent Headlines:
* Sensors Showed Extreme Heat on Shuttle Columbia
* Space Station Crew Grieves for Lost Comrades, Soldiers On
* NASA Options to Save Doomed Columbia Varied
* NASA: Remains of Some Astronauts Found
* Shuttle Endeavour Flight Preparations Continue
* $100 Million Commercial Science Lab Lost on Columbia Was lnsured
* World Leaders Send Regrets Over Shuttle
* NASA Warns Public Not to Sell Space Shuttle Debris
* ISS After Columbia - Soyuz Option Politically Loaded Solution
Plus...
* SpaceTV, SpaceWatch
* Solar and Space Weather
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
* Space Age Jobs
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Headlines:
* Searchers Find Shuttle Nose Cone in Texas
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/columbia_nosecone_030204.html
Investigators have made an important discovery in their hunt for rubble
from space shuttle Columbia, locating the spacecraft's nose cone in a
heavily wooded area of eastern Texas.
* Space Nuclear Power Viewed as 'Must Have' Technology
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/staif_day1_030204.html
While saddened by the loss of Columbia and its crew, engineers,
scientists, and technologists are committed to regrouping and moving
forward on new approaches that could revolutionize robotic exploration and
allow astronauts to reach destinations beyond Earth orbit, anywhere,
anytime.
* The Investigation: NASA to Re-Examine Debris Impact from Columbia Launch
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_updateAM_030204.html
Shuttle engineers plan to repeat from scratch their analysis of the damage
a piece of falling debris from Columbia's external tank might make on the
orbiter's heat protection tiles, program chief Ron Dittemore said Monday.
* How Asteroids Trigger Volcanos
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroids_volcanoes_030204-1.html
Large asteroid impacts have nasty side effects, as any dinosaur could have
told you were she not obliterated by one of these calamity combos 65
million years ago. The ground shakes. Fire arcs across the sky and beyond
the horizon. Clouds of debris race around the planet and blot the Sun out
for months.
* NASA Discounted Damage to Shuttle Tiles
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_updatePM_030203.html
While Columbia was still in orbit, NASA's "best and brightest'' minds
analyzed the potential damage done to its thermal tiles by a piece of
debris during liftoff and concluded that the flight was in no danger,
agency officials said Monday.
* NASA Assures That Teachers Will Fly in Space
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/space_educator_030203.html
The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia will not stop NASA from putting
teachers in space the way a similar disaster did 17 years ago.
* NASA Requests Money for Shuttle Upgrades, New Mars Mission, Nuclear
Propulsion
http://www.space.com/news/budget_nasa_030203.html
NASA's budget request for 2004 -- finalized weeks before the launch of
Columbia's fatal mission and released without fanfare today -- seeks a
$700 million increase for the space shuttle program. The increase is part
of a $15.469 billion budget request NASA and the White House drew up under
different assumptions than they face today.
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Recent Features:
* Columbia FAQ: Your Questions, the Latest Answers
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/columbia_questions_answers.html
There are many questions about the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the
future of human space flight. Here are some of the most common questions
and the answers, as best we know them right now
* SPACE.com TV: In Their Own Words... Remembering Columbia's Crew
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/
A tribute to the Crew of the Columbia Mission
* Space Shuttle Interactive Tour
http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/interactiveshuttle.html
A behind the scenes look at the innerworkings of the Space Shuttle.
* The Crew of the Columbia: Astronaut Biographies and SPACE.com TV
Interviews
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_bios.html
SPACE.com TV Interviews the STS-107 Crew before the recent mission
* STS-107 Story Archive
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_storyarchive.html
A complete archive of stories relating to the STS-107 Shuttle Columbia
Disaster
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Recent Headlines:
* Sensors Showed Extreme Heat on Shuttle Columbia
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_updateAM_030203.html
* Space Station Crew Grieves for Lost Comrades, Soldiers On
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_exp6_030202.html
* NASA Options to Save Doomed Columbia Varied
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_options_030202.html
* NASA: Remains of Some Astronauts Found
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_remains_030202.html
* Shuttle Endeavour Flight Preparations Continue
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/usa_endeavour_030202.html
* $100 Million Commercial Science Lab Lost on Columbia Was lnsured
http://www.space.com/news/spacehab_columbia_030202.html
* World Leaders Send Regrets Over Shuttle
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/world_response_030202.html
* NASA Warns Public Not to Sell Space Shuttle Debris
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_debris_030202.html
* ISS After Columbia - Soyuz Option Politically Loaded Solution
http://www.space.com/news/soyuz_iran_030202.html
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* SpaceTV:
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/
* SpaceWatch:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/
* Space Age Jobs
http://www.spacejobs.com/
* Uplink: Share your opinion!
http://uplink.space.com/
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SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (February 4, 2003)
3-Day Solar Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be mostly low, but there is a fair chance
for an isolated M-class event from Region 276 sometime during the next
three days.
3-Day Aurora Forecast
Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be mostly unsettled to active
during the next 24 hours, but there will probably be some periods of minor
storm levels as the current disturbance persists partway into the first
day. A decrease to mostly unsettled is expected for the second day. An
increase to unsettled to active is anticipated on the third day in
response to a favorably positioned coronal hole.
Solar Data
The current sunspot number is 61, and the solar wind speed recently
clocked in at 475 kilometers per second.
The solar wind density was 6.7 protons per cubic centimeter.
(Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the
day.)
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html
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