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Does this really surprise anyone that they couldn’t find a link between your little cell phone handset and cancer?

No Cell Phone, Brain Cancer Link

Sweet! This is great news for the local bike trails:

Congress OKs $16M For Triangle Roads, Trails

Hope this isn’t a repeat of two weeks ago.

London Tube Stations Evacuated

I just read about this at TiVoCommunity. It seems teh EPA is looking into whether there are issues with the chemicals DuPont uses in Telfon for non-stick cookware.

Teflon Safety Gets Closer Look

From NASA’s official return to spaceflight site:


Space Shuttle Program Deputy Manager Wayne Hale has announced more troubleshooting is necessary to determine why an Engine Cut-Off sensor gave intermittent readings during Wednesday’s attempted launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

The monitoring device protects a Shuttle’s main engines by triggering them to shut down in the unlikely event fuel runs unexpectedly low. NASA launch regulations require that all four sensors work properly for liftoff. (To view a graphic showing the sensor’s location at the bottom of the External Tank, click here.)

Hale predicted more information could be available Friday, after NASA and contractor engineering teams across the country have had more time to analyze data and come up with a more definitive plan.

The STS-114 crew will remain at Kennedy Space Center for the time being, continuing preparations, repeating some training and even taking some time to relax.

The good news is for the time being, the STS-114 crew is staying in FL, so there’s hope of a launch that isn’t too far in the future.

I’m getting excited about this afternoon’s potential return to U.S. Space Flight. I guess part of it is because Amanda and I were just out there at the Kennedy Space Center less than a week ago.

The official NASA site has some great stuff:

Return to Flight

Click on that night shot of Discovery and get a larger photo, suitable for wallpaper. Very interesting. I’m going to be watching that site all day and it I just found that NASA TV is being streamed today via RealPlayer. They’re currently at T-3 Hours (held clock). Launch is still set for 3:51pm. Hopefully, the weather will hold.

NASA TV Streaming for STS-114 (Return to Flight) Launch

This looks pretty cool. I think it’s nice that they stuck with the height of 1776 as well.

New WTC Tower Design Made Public

I wonder if this was a legit threat or not.

White House, Capitol Evacuated Briefly