Space Junk May Require ISS Maneuver In Advance of SpaceX's Dragon

SpaceX's Dragon capsule, loaded with food and scientific gear, is scheduled to launch toward the ISS tomorrow evening (with backup launch slots on each of the following two days). There's a last-minute wrinkle, though: Space.com managing editor Tariq Malik reports that a piece of space debris "will pass near enough to the space station on Monday morning (Oct. 8) to require an avoidance maneuver as a safety precaution, NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said in a briefing [Saturday]." Tomorrow's planned flight is to be the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era."

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[Sarten-X]

Feeding time.

Female non-Peace Nobel laureates: 28 (with two for Marie Curie)

Men publish more hard science than women: Not any more.

Women's chance to prove themselves: They did in antiquity but have more recently had their rights curtailed and are slowly getting them back.

Nice try, though.