The Offworld Report April 04: Weird Science

Hello planet Sedna, Hong Kong gets a robot cop, why Yellowstone National Park may be about to exterminate all life in North America, the Rosetta probe heads for its comet and the Pentagon's new stealth bomber-like submarine. The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's flying sub, anyone?

No More Cryogenics
Freezing astronauts for space travel? No flipping way.

Boom Boom
X Prize contender SpaceShipOne seriously breaks the Mach barrier on her maiden test flight.

Martian Salt
Did Mars really once have a salty sea?.

The Martian Beachfront
Why NASA is getting worked up about Meridiani Planum.

Sailing on a Photon
Why solar sail starships are the most romantic way to cruise the void.

Seeing Sedna
Our cold new planet, Sedna.

New planet's Moon
Apparently Sedna may have a moon (or two).

Death from Space
Why the British government is ignoring the seriousness of meteor and comet strikes.

Io's Lava Lakes
Why Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, resembles an early Earth in its behaviour.

Tomorrow's Bots
What the robots of tomorrow will look like.

Darpa Dreams
Darpa, the Pentagon's tech organisation, is showing off its bizarre new research

Paul Allen Funds SETI
Billionaire Paul Allen gives $13.5 million to support the next stage of SETI.

Robot Racers
Looks at the Darpa-funded robot vehicles challenge.

Hubble on Creation
Pics from Hubble show some really ancient galactic activity.

The Little Things in Life
Article on the elusive promises of nanotechnology.

Wing Sub Flys
Why the U.S. Navy's new submarine glider is more stealth bomber than sub. They're obviously big fans of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's flying sub.

Red Alert
Why the Earth was nearly put on high alert for an atomic-sized asteroid strike.

Falling Sky
Asteroid hunters record the nearest near-miss yet of a space rock.

Collision Asteroids Not SF
Why scientists are taking asteroid threats a lot more seriously these days.

Strike Two
Was it one asteroid that did for the dinosaurs, or a two strike ELE?

Indian Space fire not Terrorism
India's Space Command rule out sabotage at its main astro base.

Destination Comet
Animated guide to how the ESA's Rosetta is planning to dock with a comet.

ESA's Rosetta Stone
The European Space Agency's spacecraft heads out for its comet.

Harpooning the Comet
Why the European Space Agency is planning to harpoon a comet.

Rosetta Launches
Europe's comet-chaser is off.

Beagle's Death Drop
Beagle 2 could have smashed into Mars because the atmosphere was less dense than anticipated.

The Yellowstone Continent Killer
Yellowstone National Park science team deny that an eruption that could eliminate North America is imminent.

Mars on Earth
NASA simulates a Mars base in our driest desert.

Chinese Robocop?
Hong Kong police use Robotcop III to teach school children to fight crime.

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