Endeavour Space Shuttle

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is getting prepared to blast off for space early Tuesday with seven astronauts on board. Led by commander Dominic Gorie, Endeavour's crew will install the first piece of Japan's three-part Kibo laboratory, assemble a monstrous, two-armed Canadian robot and deliver a suite of on-orbit experiments during their mission. The shuttle is counting down based on a plan to launch 2:28 a.m. on Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Gorie plans to spend 16 days staying on board their mission, which is the longest space station-bound flight NASA has ever launched. Not only that, the astronauts consider their mission as one of the most intense and complex, too. Endeavour has a 90 percent possibility of positive weather conditions at launch time, with the capability for thick clouds causing the only main threat. Hopefully, this shuttle will result as a success and make great history for NASA

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Meat Cloning

The Food and Drug Administration is sure to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their babies are safe to eat, increasing the question of whether Americans are ready to get comfortable to one of modern biology's most controversial issue to the dinner table. Hundreds of cloned pigs, cows and other animals are already living on farms around the country. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat, increasing http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/asection/2005-10-06/2.htmthe question of whether Americans are ready to get comfortable for one of modern biology's most controversial achievements to the dinner table.Hundreds of cloned pigs, cows and other animals are already living on farms around the country, as companies and livestock scientists experiment and wait for a decision from the FDA. Many in agriculture think such genetic clones are the next logical step in improving the nation's livestock. Consumer groups come to think that many Americans are likely be against by the idea of serving clone milk to their kids or throwing meat from clones onto the grill. This "yuck factor," as it's often called, has come to show repeatedly in public opinion surveys. Overall, meat cloning is a positive accoplishment that is proven to be benefical.


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