Posts Tagged ‘orbit’

Earthquake Prediction Techniques for Greece and the World

Friday, February 15, 2008 13:00 2 Comments

Greece has been shaking up recently by earthquake after earthquake. Yesterday the 4th earthquake within 1.5 months (see previous 1, 2, 3), of a 6.5 magnitude had an epicenter south of the city of Kalamata.

This seismic activity has been scientifically predicted by the V.A.N team of Professor P. A. Varotsos of the University of Athens, [...]

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Virgin Galactic and SpaceShipTwo

Thursday, January 24, 2008 15:03 No Comments

A few hours ago eccentric billionaire Richard Branson (aka Mr Virgin) and Burt Rutan (airplane designer) presented officially their new space vehicle, SpaceSipTwo which promises to offer voyages in Earth’s orbit.
If all goes well the test flights will start in a few months. The space craft, will be able to carry 8 people (6 passengers [...]

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