NASA's Satellite Goes Down

After NASA launches a satellite, minutes later it comes down with a boom. NASA's program manager said the launch was a failure because lack of force need to move it. If it was a success it would have indicated the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. the payload fairning wasn't active which cause a malfunction for it to work properly. Scientists are still unsure what the cause was, but investigations are active. Multimillionaire satellite was built for the purpose of a solution to the greenhouse effect which as carbon dioxide traps heat such as a greenhouse acts. The OCO would serve as many other machines. Since it took 8 years to develop, it was a great loss.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/24/nasa.launch/index.html

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Saturday night, two men from Elizabeth were arrested for possession of cocaine, marijuana, and a loaded handgun during a traffic stop, police announced. Officers became suspicious after realizing that the vehicle had tented windows. According to the investigation, police determined that the two young men were carrying more than 50 grams of cocaine and fewer marijuana. Josue David, who has a record of a felony, was found additionally with a 9mm loaded hand gun. The two man are both on holding at Union County jail with numerous charges such as possession of cocaine, marijuana, and a handgun, possession within thousand feet of a school zone, possession with unlawful purpose, and intent to distribute. David's bail calculated to $150,000, opposed to Jonathan Nunez-Nolberto with a bail of $75,000.



http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/two_arrested_in_elizabeth_on_d.html#more

Early Whales Gave Birth On Land

Based on a analysis on a fossil found in a Pakistani dessert, early whales have been discovered to have given birth on land. The fossil was categorized to ancient amphibious whales named Archaeoceti. Philip Gingerich was intrigued by the features and body structure of the fossil. The head-first position of the fetus generally gave away the fact that is was a land mammal. The fossil was said to be classified as family to another early whale species, Rodhocetus and Artiocetus. Fossils have indeed helped evaluate whale evolution, but there yet to learn. Paleontologists have proven that whale have evolved through 3 stages to arrive at the modern whale we see today. whales started with a backbone and hind legs but then they began consistently losing them. a recent adult whale fossil has proven that the fetus had fully grown teeth getting the baby ready to support it self after birth. Hopefully paleontologists willy finally discover the whale evolution.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090203-pregnant-whale-fossil.html