At the Spacecraft Control Centre (SCC) at the ISRO Telemetry Command, Control and Tracking Network (ISTRAC), headed by S. K. Shivakumar at Bangalore, an air of professionalism and calmness flowed. Here, on Sunday morning, the commands were radioed by radio frequency specialists to the engine on board Chandrayaan-1 to fire.
It would be really nice to know that British kids are taking their Internet safety seriously as a latest survey has suggested that they want adults to supervise them every time they are surfing the web.
Out of the total children who were surveyed, near about 45% agreed that adults should sit next to them or at least be near so that they could see what is being surfed over the web.
Other than this, two out of three suggested that pornographic sites and chat rooms on the web should be blocked or filtered.
The current land speed record of 763 mph was set up by Richard Noble and Andy Green, who are now geared up to create a car, which they claim to break through the 1,000-mph barrier. If they are able to achieve the target, then this car would be more like a land rocket.
This car will also be equipped with piston, jet and rocket engines, and is expected to be more then 42 feet long. In just 40 seconds, this car is expected to make the run from 0 to 1,050 mph.
Recently, the developers were invited by Web portal major Yahoo Inc. to access in their tools and data and thus construct social network applications.
During the month of April, the Sunnyvale Company had committed to open some parts of its code for developers to contribute applications for their platform.
Jay Rossiter, Senior Vice President at Yahoo, wrote in a company blog entry, "The business hopes you'll enjoy some incredibly unique and creative new experiences that we would never have thought of."
Two new geological studies have suggested that the devastating ‘Tsunami’, which killed 230,000 people in 2004, was the largest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years.
Researchers said that long gap might clarify how enough geological pressure built up to power the massive undersea earthquake, which launched the killer waves over 100 feet high four years ago
Daily Kos/Research 2000's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 19 to October 21, shows Obama leading McCain by 8 % points — 50 % to 42 % among the likely voters nationally.
Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 19 to October 21, shows Obama leading McCain by 10 % points — 52 % to 42 % among the likely voters nationally.
Investors Business Daily/TIPP's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 18 to October 22, shows Obama leading McCain by 1 % — 45 % to 44 % among the likely voters nationally.