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...technical rehearsals this week, the Shuttle Launch Experience begins with riders climbing an authentic looking gantry into a white "clean room" to board a model of a crew pod in the shuttle's payload bay. A real 8.5 min. vertical launch into orbit reaching a speed of 17,500 mph is compressed into a 5 min. jowl-rattling experience, including the key launch milestones of solid rocket-booster separation, main engine cut off and the external tank separation...
...Ironically, the carmaker at the forefront of hybrid technology, Toyota, was more keen on talking about its new full-size pickup, Tundra. The truck is launching next month and Toyota used its press conference to unveil the massive four-door CrewMax version, touting the vehicle's payload, towing capacity and other manly features (like really big brakes). In the evening, Toyota unveiled a hybrid concept sports car, FT-HS, a sculpted angular beauty with a scalloped hood and retractable roof panel. Considering the Tundra extravaganza, however, it seemed like an afterthought...
...always been the case that cutting-edge academic work comes with a built-in payload of controversy, often with political implications. But unlike their colleagues who work with stem cells, social scientists who investigate things like Islamic fundamentalism, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation (not to mention a treasure trove of combinations thereof), are increasingly finding themselves looking down the barrel of the U.S. government’s homeland security apparatus...
...potential ranges [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Scud B Scud C Nodong Taepo Dong-1 Taepo Dong-2 STATUS Developed Developed Developed Tested In development RANGE 200 miles 350 miles 800 miles 900 to 1,200 miles 3,000 to 3,700 miles PAYLOAD 2,200 lbs. 2,200 lbs. 1,650 lbs. 1,700 lbs. 2,200 lbs. POSSIBLE TARGETS Parts of South Korea South Korea, parts of Japan South Korea, most of Japan Japan Alaska, parts of Hawaii...
...with an "annihilating strike and a nuclear war" to any U.S. preemptive attack - won't do much to calm Washington's concern over North Korea's steady march to strategic nuclear capability. The Taepodong-2 is believed by U.S. intelligence to have three stages, which would could allow its payload to reach anywhere in the U.S. And that prospect has brought back into sharp focus the debate over U.S. missile defense, which had been largely obscured since September...