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Offworld Report: Weird Science: September 2004
01/09/2004 . Source: Jessica Martin 
The latest tiny flying robot, why Martian astronauts may need replacement body tissue, harvesting helium-3 from the Moon, the threat to humanity from giant tsunamis and super volcanoes, and the possibility of life on Venus. This
month's worthy content roundup of all the stuff found 'offworld the 'Nest from
the world of online space science, cutting edge research and ... well, just plain
weird stuff. Jessica Martin is your web scout for September.
Teleportation
Arrives
Physicists teleport particles of light over 600m
5
new moons for Neptune
Five new'uns have been found orbiting Neptune.
Flying
Bots
The new new thing in miniature flying robots.
We
can Rebuild You
Why Martian astronauts will need replacement body
tissue by the time they arrive at the red planet.
Extraterrestrial
Relay
The first extraterrestrial satellite constellation between Mars
and Earth.
Heavy
Lift Needed?
Looks at the heavy-lift concept and ponders if this is
an idea whose time has passed.
Tile
Repair
The next shuttle flight will test NASA's ability to repair
tile damage.
Space
versus Eggs
Are space exploration budgets destroying our finances
for third world development?
Moonrush
The proposals to harvest helium-3 from the Moon and the rationale for going there
in the first place.
NASA
saves Hubble
NASA wants to repair Hubble now.
Japan's
Solar Sail
Japan has now unfurled its first solar sail in orbit.
Mankind
Doomed
Why mega tsunamis, super volcanoes and earthquakes may kill
us long before the terrorists get around to it.
Inhabited
Venus?
How Venus went from a wet Earth-like planet similar to today's
burnt-out furnace. Could life have existed there once?
Soyuz
Moon-bound?
How to turn Soyuz missions into a circumlunar spaceship.
Humanity
Rules
Forget robots - human spaceflight is inevitable.
The
vision thing
Why the American economy and national security depends
on the space race.
Space
Prize Challengers
A Canadian team challenges for the Ansari X-Prize.
Star
Cowboy
Why a West Texas telescope has begun chalking up discoveries
of extrasolar planets.
Einstein
Test
NASA's Gravity Probe puts the old fellow's theories to the test.
Vulcans
on the Red Planet
Why Mars has been volcanically active more recently
than previously thought.
Mercury
Here We Come
The Mercury Messenger probe gets under way.
Microwave
the Bad Guys
New weapons that use microwaves to paralyze humans and
shoot down aircraft.
Polystyrene
Palace
Rebuild Afghanistan with polystyrene?
Mercury
Liftoff
More on the Messenger craft to Mercury.
SpaceShipOne
gets Ready
SpaceShipOne want the X-Prize by September.
Suborbital
Barnstorming
Is an era of suborbital space tourism around the corner?
Space,
the final classification
Why should space be classified under science
or technology, rather than as a region?
The
Martian Imagination
Amateur astronomers are poring over pictures of
Mars, says Wired magazine.
Nano's
Law
Better regulation needed for nanotechnology.
China
needs (space)women
China wants female astronauts.
Eating
Cloned Meat
Chewing down on cloned animals is perfectly safe, apparently.
Carbon
Store
Ways to store carbon dioxide underground and use coal to plug
the energy crisis.
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