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Water-propelled jetpack hits the market for $99,500 (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A water-propelled jetpack called Jetlev R200 is possibly the most fun-looking water activity yet. The Florida-based company Jetlev Technologies, Inc., working with German company MS Watersports ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication

Direct communication between Earth and Mars can be strongly disturbed and even blocked by the Sun for weeks at a time, cutting off any future human mission to the Red Planet. An ESA engineer working with engineers ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 18

NASA study of Haiti quake yields surprising results

(PhysOrg.com) -- The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused more than 200,000 casualties and devastated Haiti's economy in January resulted not from the Enriquillo fault, as previously believed, but from slip ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone

An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Sls avionics test paves way for full-scale booster firing

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the solid rocket booster avionics for the first two test flights of the Space Launch System, America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle. This avionics system includes ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

ESA designs its smallest ever space engine to push back against sunshine

(PhysOrg.com) -- This month an ESA team is preparing to test the performance of the smallest yet most precisely controllable engine ever built for space, sensitive enough to counteract the force of incoming ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Quake prediction model developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The third in a series of papers in the journal Nature completes the case for a new method of predicting earthquakes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Expect a tough round of climate talks in Durban: S.Africa

The upcoming UN climate talks in South Africa will be "tough" despite progress in moving toward a new round of Kyoto Protocol commitments, South Africa's foreign minister said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

WHOI experts stress lessons From Japan earthquake

While Japan's 8.9-magnitude earthquake and accompanying tsunami represent a devastating natural disaster for the country's residents, scientists should also seize upon the massive temblor as an important learning tool for ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Second firing test for Vega's Zefiro 9A solid rocket motor

On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe’s new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0