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Journal Journal: Official Launch Date Set For Rails For All

Journal by Robertonrails on Friday March 02, 2007 @05:16PM

March 15, 2007 - that is the official launch date announced today for the Rails For All web site. "We are excited about the upcoming launch," said Robert Dempsey, Founder and Director of Rails For All. "We felt it best to officially announce the launch of the site at the Orlando Ruby Users Group meeting, where I, along with Gregg Pollack, will be gi

Submission + - Astronaut Has 'Wasabi Spill' in Space

Submitted by Sda~ on Friday March 02, 2007 @05:14PM

Sda~ writes: Astronauts are always are on guard against toxic spills that could contaminate the international space station But there is nothing in their training manuals about how to clean up flying wasabi. The spicy greenish condiment was squirted out of a tube while astronaut Sunita Williams was trying to make a pretend sushi meal with bag-packaged salmon. The three space station crew members are given a certain number of bonus packs of their favorite foods to help endure their months in space where most meals are the equivalent of military MREs.

Submission + - Scientist: Sun is Warming Both Earth and Mars

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MCraigW

on Friday March 02, 2007 @05:05PM

MCraigW writes: "Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural — and not a human-induced — cause. Earth is currently experiencing warming, which climate scientists say is due to humans pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Mars, too, appears to be enjoying more mild and balmy temperatures.

In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.

Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of the St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun."

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