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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In Washington, President Obama unveils cost cutting measures at the Pentagon. However, military space capabilities will be protected, he says. A recent China white paper suggests Beijing plans to rival the U. S. and China in space, according to a global news publication. India approves further work on a reusable space plane. Scientists say the Earth may have small unseen moons. NASA’s legal experts attempt to unravel the ownership of an auctioned Apollo 13 check list. Photos capture the International Space Station as it rises in Houston’s night sky this week. We may be more ordinary that we think. Some Kepler scientists search the Milky Way for habitable moons, rather than planets.
1. From Spacepolicyonline.com: President Obama joined with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday to loosely outline national defense priorities in an era of reduced spending. Among those areas that will be protected, however, are space capabilities. Details of the overall shift in focus were not provided and are likely to await the release of the 2013 federal budget in February.
http://bit.ly/wXIPaC
A. From the Washington Post: A broad look at plans for a learner military announced by President Obama during a visit to the Pentagon. More focus will be directed toward China and North Korea as well as the Middle East.
http://wapo.st/AkKVCF
2. From the Economist: China’s pre-New Year’s five-year space agenda suggests the Asian nation plans to rival the U. S. and Russia in space, according to the news magazine.
http://econ.st/wBlDYw
3. From India’s Daily News and Analysis: India’s National Review Committee approves plans by the India Space Research Organization to develop the prototype for a winged reusable spacecraft.
http://bit.ly/xPMeZb
4. From New Scientist: Astronomers suggest that the Earth may have more than a single moon. The large moon may be joined from time to time by small dim asteroids that become temporarily trapped the pull of the Earth’s gravity.
http://bit.ly/xC26ju
5. From the Orlando Sentinel: NASA’s legal office and the agency’s inspector general check the title of a in flight check list from the Apollo 13 mission that was placed for sale at a recent Dallas auction. Mission commander James Lovell presented an affidavit signifying his title to the check list before the now pending sale, according to Heritage Auctions.
6. From Spaceflightnow.com: The International Space Station crossed the night sky in the Houston area Wednesday evening. The pass appeared to take the station near the moon. Photos of the unusual sight:
http://bit.ly/A8fiht
7. From the Huffington Post: The more we learn about the universe around us, the more ordinary we seem. We may, in fact, be infinitely ordinary — and this universe as well.
http://huff.to/AtGnAw
8. From Space.com: Thanks to findings from NASA’s Kepler space telescope in 2011, scientists are taking a look at larger planets detected in habitable zones of other stars — worlds the size of Neptune and Jupiter. While those large planets may not be suitable for life, their moons may be.
http://bit.ly/xBQfKi
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