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...latest breakdown occurred in computers built and supplied by Russia. The idea that the problem affects the air and water systems sounds scary, but the fact is the station carries at least a 56-day reserve supply of oxygen, and while it doesn't keep as much water on board, there's more than enough to keep anyone from going thirsty for a good while. "We have plenty of resources so we have plenty of time to sort this out," said NASA?s Mike Suffredini, a manager of the space station program...
...That maverick streak comes naturally to the driven Yamanaka. Many Japanese scientists, even the best ones, can seem detached and dreamy. Though he has only worked in academia, Yamanaka by contrast has the no-nonsense air of the hybrid researcher/entrepreneur, a type that plays a big role in American stem-cell science. "He used to be an orthopedic surgeon, so he has a good sense in connecting his research to a practical application," says Yoshiki Sasai, a stem-cell scientist at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe. "He's like a venture [capitalist]. He couldn...
...grandiose rides and spectacles--it once featured a Lilliputian village populated with 300 midgets--were a must-see, even for A-list tourists like Charles Lindbergh and Sigmund Freud, who supposedly declared Coney Island the only part of America that interested him. In the decades that followed, TV and air travel provided other options for escape, as parts of the neighborhood were razed for public housing. Revival-minded artists have partly displaced the crime, drugs and prostitution that took hold in the '60s and '70s, but vacant lots, boarded storefronts and school- bus depots still lap up against Coney Island...
...aviation system and facilities used by corporate jets. By one estimate, various fees and taxes paid by commercial passengers have totaled $104 billion over the past decade. Corporate jets, on the other hand, pay only about 6% in taxes and fees for flying and for using the federal Air Traffic Control (ATC) system...
...spokeswoman Laura Brown. "Business jets are an important part of the general aviation category and under the current structure [they] don't pay for the financial system." Commercial airlines and their passengers pay about 95% of the taxes but only account for 73% of the costs of the air traffic system, according to FAA administrator Marion Blakey. The idea coming before Congress is to overhaul the current system in favor of satellite GPS technology and aviation-funding strategies that would also include a new user-fee system to bring the amount that corporate fliers contribute in line with their...