1st August, 2005
Airport Noise Program Firm Out
Jul. 30--Tulsa airport trustees voted unanimously Friday to shut down the five-year-old $40 million aircraft noise mitigation program and seek new management with lower administrative costs.
Airports Director Jeff Mulder said 1,672 homeowners in neighborhoods mostly south of the airport who are participating in the current noise mitigation program are ......
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1st August, 2005
Astronauts Practice Repairs in Space; Putty Knives Used to Spread Caulk on Tiles
SPACE CENTER, Houston - Two spacewalking astronauts armed with caulking guns, putty knives and foam brushes practiced fixing deliberately damaged shuttle heat shields Saturday, as NASA extended what could be its last trip to the space station for a long while.
With future shuttle flights grounded because of Discovery's fuel- ......
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26th July, 2005
U.S. Navy Announces Plans to Convert Fleet to 'Paperless' Navigation
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The U.S. Navy today unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet.
The Navy's plans were presented at a ......
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26th July, 2005
NASA Prepared to Ignore Red Light
Jul. 26--NASA is set to launch the space shuttle Discovery at 10:39 a.m. today -- with officials prepared to fudge a safety requirement that forced the agency earlier this month to scrub the launch after the crew was already strapped in and ready to go.
After 10 days of study ......
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22nd July, 2005
Wal-Mart Tests Environmentally Friendly Designs
Jul. 21--MCKINNEY, Texas -- From rubber sidewalks made with recycled tires to energy provided by wind turbines, solar panels and recirculated water, Wal Mart is experimenting with environmental sustainability.
The retailer this week opened its first experimental store in McKinney, Texas. A second is planned by October in Aurora, Colo. ......
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13th July, 2005
BUGA cylinders convert mechanical door locks to card-based readers
Imagine replacing only the cylinder inside your existing door mechanical door locks and converting them into electronic access control devices. That is the concept behind products from BUGA, a German company, that is turning traditional key-based locks into prox and contactless readers that integrate into wider access and security systems.
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13th July, 2005
Detroit's Gung-Ho for Hybrids
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Ford Motor executive Mary Ann Wright looks exasperated.
She's trying to hawk a new Mercury gas-electric hybrid SUV to the most eco-friendly of crowds, attendees of a clean-ocean fundraiser, including such Hollywood celebrities as supermodel Cindy Crawford and comedian Martin Short. Yet many guests seem unaware ......
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11th July, 2005
VEMAS to leave Middlebury for permanent space in Poultney
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Electro-Mechanical Assembly Services (VEMAS) will be leaving its leased space in Middlebury’s industrial park for a new, permanent space it will own in Poultney.
Jon Leber, president of VEMAS, said the computer board assembly company and its more than 45 employees will relocate to the former Williams Machine ......
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11th July, 2005
Risks reduced, shuttle ready to fly
NEW YORK On Wednesday, barring weather delays or a mechanical problem, NASA's long wait will end, and the space shuttle Discovery will roar toward orbit once again.
The launching comes two and a half years after the loss of the shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven astronauts. Since ......
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8th July, 2005
Dennis May Delay Shuttle Launch
With a slightly more easterly path, Hurricane Dennis could push NASA's planned return-to-space shuttle flight back two weeks.
Shuttle program managers hope to send Discovery into orbit Wednesday, but that date could slip into the last week of July should Dennis threaten Cape Canaveral with hurricane-force winds and make officials ......
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