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Aviation industry slow to act on Swissair safety issues, investigators say
10 years after Swissair crash, TSB investigators still pushing for changes to regulations
(CBC) At the heart of the matter are “unsatisfactory” ratings the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has given the industry regarding action on two of its recommendations […]

Nasa reaches 50 with pioneer spirit lost
By Clive Cookson
Media commentary on the 50th anniversary (dated either to July 29, when President Eisenhower signed the law setting up Nasa or October 1, when the agency formally started work) shows a widespread feeling that Nasa has been in decline for almost 40 years.
Nasa, the US space […]

July 24
(George Monbiot) A cunning new loophole has wrecked the government’s Climate Change Bill.
The government has some good climate policies. It also has some bleeding disastrous ones, which appear to commit the United Kingdom to high carbon pollution for the entire period covered by the bill. A future Labour government would find itself snared by […]

July 10
After Applause Dies Down, Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete Goals
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
(NYT) The sobering reality behind the G-8 summit was that it ended without an agreement on firm targets on reducing greenhouse gases, some experts said.
Division at G-8 Over Climate Goal
RUSUTSU, Japan — Rich nations and emerging powers on Wednesday declared climate […]

Exploring Mars
Historic pictures sent from Mars
June 26
Martian soil appears able to support life
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “Flabbergasted” NASA scientists said on Thursday that Martian soil appeared to contain the requirements to support life, although more work would be needed to prove it.
Scientists working on the Phoenix Mars Lander mission, which has already found ice […]

May 22
MDA working with Mars spacecraft
(The Gazette) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said yesterday its engineers are supporting the Phoenix Mars spacecraft, expected to land Sunday on the red planet.
Engineers from MDA’s information systems group are working with the weather and robotics systems on NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft, which was designed and built by the Lockheed […]

AIRSHIP
George Monbiot in The Guardian
If there is a God, he’s not green. Otherwise airships would take off
Many will cite the Hindenburg, but flying without harming the planet is possible. These craft are worth developing
Of all the charges levelled against environmentalists, perhaps the most unfair is the accusation that we are opposed to technological […]

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It would appear that April is the cruellest month - at least for Air Canada passengers (though pets have won out - after a year!). And this used to be consistently voted one of the top airlines by passengers.
April 26 2008
Air Canada to charge $25 for […]

The disastrous events at Terminal 5 should be looked at in the light of an earlier (March 12) declaration from IATA:
Failure: UK Economic Regulation of Airports
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) blasted as a failure the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority’s decision to allow costs at London airports to rise by a massive […]

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Airlines Cut Profit Outlook 10% on Fuel, U.S. Economy
By John Hughes and Andrea Rothman
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Airline profits worldwide will be 10 percent lower than the industry’s previous 2008 forecast as fuel costs rise and the U.S. economy slows, a trade group said.
Carriers will earn a collective net profit of $4.5 billion, […]