COLORADO WORKERS ARE BEST EDUCATED
Denver Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO
July 23, 1999
The Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. released a report stating that Colorado workers are the best educated in the nation. States were evaluated in 17 areas; including education of the work force, investments by foreign companies, initial public stock offerings and digital government. While Colorado ranked highest in educated workers, Massachusetts ranked no. 1 overall, with California no. 2. It was noted that many of the educated employees in Colorado come from other states.
ANTI-SPYING AGENCY LIKELY
The Denver Post, Denver, CO
July 22, 1999
The U.S. Senate has voted to create an agency responsible for nuclear-weapons development and security that would largely bypass the Energy Department bureaucracy. The energy secretary will have the authority for overseeing the new "Agency for Nuclear Stewardship."
NEW X-RAY VISION WILL LET COPS SEE THROUGH WALLS
APBNews.com
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/xrayeyes.htm
July 21, 1999
Three high-tech labs are in the final stages of developing a new form of radar device that can see through walls by broadcasting radio signals across broad bands of the spectrum to pinpoint a hidden suspect. Based on military technology, the products still need government approval and won’t go on the market for at least a few more months.
"One of the exciting things about this is that it’s kind of like a force multiplier," said Elise Taylor, a spokeswoman for Time Domain, an Alabama company that developed a through-the-wall surveillance system called Radar Vision. "It allows you to tell what’s going on inside a building without actually having to look through a window or be inside the room."
WE MUST GO BACK TO THE MOON – AND BEYOND
The Wall Street Journal
July 20, 1999
Homer H. Hickam, a retired NASA engineer, says the next time we go to the moon, we should finally heed Werner Von Braun’s advice. And the first thing we need to do is build some of the big new rocket engines currently on NASA drawing boards in Huntsville, Alabama. These engines, which rely for power on fission, fusion, and antimatter, can be constructed using technologies currently available. Once in operation, they will put the moon and the rest of the solar system well within reach for all of us.
Why go to the moon (and beyond) at all? One reason is that the moon is covered with a magical isotope called helium-3 that is essential for fusion reactions, and thus likely to be a prime energy resource within the next 50 years. The principal reason, however, is that there are cultural, political, economic and social advantages that always accrue to countries that choose greatness. For the sake of our future, we must make that choice.
Mr. Hickam is author of "Back to the Moon" and "Rocket Boys," on which the motion picture "October Sky" was based.
NASA’S ROCKET-PLANE TAKES FIRST TEST RIDE
BBC News
http://www.sightings.com/ufo4/testride.htm
June 29, 1999
The X-34 rocket-plane made its maiden flight out of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in California, attached to the carrier aircraft. On this first flight, it remained connected to the L-1011 carrier aircraft. Later this year it will be released from the L-1011. Five seconds after release, the X-34 will fire a Fastrac rocket engine for two and a half minutes to launch itself into autonomous, computer-driven flight.
The X-34 prototype is about 58 feet long, with a 28-foot wingspan and was built to simulate the exact shape and weight of the final versions of the rocket-plane.
LINDBERGH’S KIN SUPPORTS SPACE TRAVEL
The Denver Post
July 2, 1999
Erik Lindbergh, a 34-year-old wood sculptor and grandson of legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, is lending the family name to the cause of space travel. Lindbergh is a member of the X Prize Foundation of St. Louis, an organization designed to encourage private construction of space vehicles.
E.T. TO BE ON U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
Linn’s Stamp News
April 26, 1999
Early next year the United States Postal Service will issue a postage stamp honoring E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The stamp will be one of 15 marking events that characterized the United States during the 1980s. They will be issued together on a single pane as the ninth in a series of Celebrate the Century stamps marking each decade of the 20th century.
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