7 Mar 2009, 1300 hrs IST, REUTERS Text: TOKYO: Japan is considering putting a robot on the moon by 2020 and an astronaut by 2030, a report from a government office showed on Friday, amid fears that the country will be left behind in Asia's space race. The plans follow China's first space walk and India's launch of their first unmanned moon mission last year....
President faces a Kennedy decision on space
MSNBC
MSNBC
NBC Newsupdated 3:14 p.m. ET June 23, 2009 Jay BarbreeCorrespondentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When the Soviet Union was beating America’s pants off heaving cosmonauts into orbit, a young president named John Fitzgerald...
'Beyond Time' Exhibition by OMEGA & Hong Kong Space Museum Engages, Captivates Local Crowds
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Hong Kong Celebrities Turn Out to Meet the Man on the Moon During OMEGA Speedmaster 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Moon Landing
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
HONG KONG, June 23 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Michael Wong, Simon Yam, Qiqi, Richie Ren, Kam Kwok-leung, Perveen Crawford and Dr. Rebecca Li were just a few of Hong Kong's familiar faces who joined OMEGA to celebrate the 40th...
Why the collapse of a pagoda would unnerve Myanmar’s junta
Taipei Times
Taipei Times
It cannot have pleased Myanmar’s ruling family: the collapse of a 2,300-year-old gold-domed pagoda into a pile of timber just three weeks after the wife of the junta’s top general helped rededicate it....
An Ancient Pagoda's Collapse Turns Myanmar's Gaze to the Stars
The New York Times
The New York Times
BANGKOK - It cannot have pleased Myanmar's ruling family: the collapse of a 2,300-year-old gold-domed pagoda into a pile of timbers just three weeks after the wife of the junta's top general helped rededicate it. There...
Indonesian Officials Visit Australia Seeking Fire Fighting
Voa News
Voa News
A wind change opens up a 10km firefront which has ripped through nearly 6,000 hectares of the pristine Wilson's Promontory national park southeast of Melbourne, 14 Feb 2009A senior Indonesian delegation is visiting...
Nostradamus died at the age of 62 in 1566
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print Nostradamus: portrait painted by his son, Cesar. July 2, 1566: Michel de Nostredame dies at the age of 62. We usually refer to him by his Latinized name, Nostradamus. He was an apothecary or...
Pelosi Statement in Recognition of Juneteenth
The Examiner
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE WASHINGTON (Map) - WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in recognition of Juneteenth: "On June...
VIASPACE CEO to Discuss Giant King Grass as Renewable Energy Crop in Biofuels Presentations in China and Indonesia
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Cites July 2009 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Cover Story on Grassoline as Next-Generation Biofuel IRVINE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a clean energy company providing...


