NASA's study of NEOs provides important clues to understanding the origin of our solar system.

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Data from NEAR could help answer questions about the origin and composition of asteroids, comets and the solar system, according to the mission managers at the Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

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The participants in the challenege will get a two month set of data from the National Airspace System, which includes a slew of data such as flight number, origin, destination, take-off time, arrival time, latitude and longitude at frequent interim waypoints along the journey and weather and wind data.

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The problem arises because the SPF system only works out if e-mail comes from its claimed place of origin.

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We can even credit the Greeks with establishing an appellation system to ensure quality and place of origin.

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Moreover, Vesta may have survived intact from the solar system's origin, despite having been pummeled by impacts so violent that they sprayed the solar system with buckshot blasts of debris.

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Attackers can still conceal their point of origin by looping or leap-frogging several computer systems in several countries before finally going into the system that is being attacked as well as those pursuing them.

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