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Showing posts with label Kennedy Space Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kennedy Space Center. Show all posts

Friday, April 16, 2010

Iceland Volcano: WHO issues health waring – UK undermines it.

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Iceland Volcano
Scottish health authorities as well as WHO (World Health Organisation) has issued health warnings. Saying that the ash falling to the ground in the northern Britain could cause serious respiratory and lung problems. Primarily, people suffering from asthma are more likely to be at risk. So WHO is trying very hard to collect information and the kinds of health risk the ash cloud might pose.

However, the British health officials have underplaying the health hazard, saying that only a “small faction of Iceland volcanic plume” would be falling on the ground level. Starting this evening in Scotland and then it will move over to the south of UK according to the Health Protection Scotland. Though the concentration of the particles reaching the ground is likely to be very low and shouldn’t cause any kind of serious harm, still people are asked to stay indoors.

People outside might experience eyes getting itchy and irritation, with runny nose and sore throat and dry cough. Also if they smell sulphur, rotten eggs they should get indoors. Already due to the smoke and ash clouds along with Britain seven other European countries have closed their airspace. According to the weather experts, the ash cloud is expected to move both Eastwards into Russia and Southwards over Europe at a speed of a slow moving car.

Source : http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/iceland-volcano-who-issues-health-waring-%E2%80%93-uk-undermines-it-2010041746730

Monday, April 5, 2010

Kennedy Space Center

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Kennedy Space Center showcases wildlife


It is the night before our morning launch and the Corsair team is preparing for an all-nighter of shuttle and astronaut observation. As this blog is being composed the shuttle’s external hydrogen tank is being filled in preparation for the vessel’s 13-day interstellar mission.

During our time here we’ve been able to catch glimpses of the diverse habitat that is the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is a part of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The 140,000-acre refuge was established in 1963 and is home for 1,500 species of plants and animals. According to the Kennedy Space Center website, the federally protected environment is made up of coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods and hardwood hammocks. Canals along the sides of NASA Parkway were loaded with alligators, great white herons, turtles and other aquatic life.
The result of nearly half a century of wild growth intermingled with mankind’s space-bound contraptions creates an interesting contrast. If only other segments of our highly-developed society could co-exist with nature in such a seemingly harmonious manner. 
 Source : http://ecorsair.com/?p=4214