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Bigelow inflatable modules testing soon.
Largest asteroid may contain more water than Earth.
Nuclear stockpiles could make many bombs.
Review posted: »http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=178
Bigelow inflatable modules testing soon.
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The one-third scale version of a larger Bigelow inflatable module is dubbed Genesis. It will be lofted into space atop a Dnepr booster under contract with ISC Kosmotras, a Russian and Ukrainian rocket-for-hire company. A second Genesis module is also slated to be orbited, perhaps later next year too. Both inflatable structures are to circle Earth for several years and be thoroughly evaluated.
Largest asteroid may contain more water than Earth.
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If this mantle is composed of at least 25 percent water, Ceres would have more fresh water than Earth, according to a statement released by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates Hubble for NASA and the European Space Agency.
Nuclear stockpiles could make many bombs.
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The total amount of plutonium, which is created in nuclear reactors, is increasing by 70 tonnes per year, the report says. Most of it is combined with radioactive waste in spent fuel, and is hence relatively difficult to access. But ISIS points out that 238 tonnes has been extracted by reprocessing plants, and that this total is expected to rise to 286 tonnes by 2010. The largest stockpile - 90 tonnes - will be owned by the UK, followed by Japan (62 tonnes), Russia (50), France (48) and Germany (27).