Catastrophe

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Haiti Text Message Donations Top $US10 Million

12:08AM January 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

In an “unprecedented mobile response,” mGive and the Red Cross have collected over $US10 million in relief for Haiti. More »


Science

NASA’s New Ejector Seat Borrows Tech From Yesterday’s Apollo Program

6:00AM November 24, 2008 | Jack Loftus

If something goes wrong with the upcoming space shuttle replacement program, and we hope it does not, this is what could save the astronauts’ lives. As they hurtle hundreds of miles per hour into the heavens, and their ship begins to break apart, mission control will scream “ABORT!” (or perhaps something a bit more technical), and the astronauts will be ejected from the capsule with a force that’s actually much greater than the g’s they’ll experience during launch.

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