Gyre.orgGyre.org is a database of links, resources, and citations that track and explain the next technological and military revolutions.A Canadian Gadget that May Save the World- June 27, 2008 A Canadian satellite, the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite, is designed specifically as an early warning system to pinpoint asteroids on a collision course with Earth. It will also detect space junk in the path of other orbiting satellites to prevent crashes that could shut down telecommunications - television, telephone, GPS and banking systems - around the globe.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5151 NASA Authorization Bill Mandates Plan for Asteroid Warning and Deflection- June 27, 2008 In recently passed H.R.6063, The U.S. House of Representatives would direct the NASA Administrator to develop plans for a low-cost space mission to rendezvous with the Apophis asteroid and attach a tracking device.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5150 Terrorists Ready to Launch Satellite Strikes by 2020- June 26, 2008 The Defense Intelligence Agency is worried that terrorists will be able to launch crude missile attacks (similar to China's test last year) against U.S. satellites by 2020. However, the article offers a few good reasons to doubt the intelligence communities track record on assessing military space threats.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5152 Climate Change Likely to Trigger Global Destabilization- June 26, 2008 Global warming is likely to have a series of destabilizing effects around the world, causing humanitarian crises as well as surges in ethnic violence and illegal immigration, according to an assessment released Wednesday by U.S. intelligence agencies.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5148 Nuclear Power Program Boosts Proliferation Threat, Experts Argue- June 24, 2008 A U.S. program to promote nuclear energy around the world without increasing the threat of proliferation would instead raise the likelihood that additional nations or terrorists might acquire a devastating weapon according to nonproliferation experts.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5149 Earth 'Not at Risk' from Collider- June 23, 2008 Our planet is not at risk from the world's most powerful particle physics experiment, a report has concluded. The document addresses fears that the Large Hadron Collider is so energetic, it could have unforeseen consequences.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5147 Nations Race to Produce ICBMs, U.S. General Says- June 17, 2008 A U.S. general said Sunday he sees nations such as Iran and North Korea racing to produce ICBMs that could carry nuclear warheads.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5143 First Space Ad Targets Hungry Aliens- June 12, 2008 An American snack-food company is beaming a commercial message towards a distant solar system. The publicity stunt is providing much needed funds to EISCAT European space station on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5141 Knights in Shining Armor- June 9, 2008 Interest in space solar power has grown in the last year, in large part because of a study of the concept performed by a Defense Department office. Dwayne Day argues, however, that this enthusiasm is largely misplaced, given the lack of clout possessed by this office as well as the significant technical challenges space solar power still faces.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5146 US Nuclear Weapons parts missing, Pentagon says- June 9, 2008 The US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report on nuclear safeguards.http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5145 |