We were, by almost any measure of space or time, a group others would kill to become--affluent Americans in 2007.
The fiscal mandate Mr Osborne set himself in June 2010 stated that he had to get rid of the deficit on that measure in the space of five years.
The satellite launched by Seoul is designed to analyze weather data, measure radiation in space, gauges distances on earth and test how effectively South Korean-made devices installed on the satellite operate in space.
This massive separation will allow it to measure the distortion of space as a gravity wave passes by.
Riess and colleagues used the Hubble Space Telescope to measure supernovae that are very far away, showing that dark energy must be responsible for how the universe appears to expand faster and faster.
Like Kinect, these solutions will have a pair of 640 x 480 camera sensors to measure user position in 3D space, but don't expect them to have motorized tilt functionality or voice recognition -- PrimeSense said it won't be able to make those available for manufacturers, as they're all Microsoft ideas.
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Earth's magnetic field gives the planet and its inhabitants a good measure of protection, but with space agencies seemingly intent on sending astronauts to the Moon and even to Mars in the next few decades, there is a pressing need for a fuller understanding of the Sun's activity.
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The National Institute for Space Research has two programmes that measure deforestation.
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He may be a fan of low-budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which made headlines this spring when it announced that it was installing "pre-reclined" seats on some of its planes as a space- and cost-saving measure.
The US space agency satellite uses a laser altimeter to measure the elevation of the ice sheets.
The space travel and artificial intelligence of 2001 didn't exactly measure up to Stanley Kubrick's and Arthur C.
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We are also getting a number of design wins in avionics, and in one example the Japanese space agency is using an MRAM chip in a satellite launched into orbit early this year to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
In their glove, a total of 15 flex sensors in the fingers measure the degree of bending while a compass, accelerometer, and gyroscope determine the motion of the glove through space.
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