Apophis Mission Design Competition Rules

Prize offered to tag an asteroid

Apophis could become a testbed for future defence strategies

A $50,000 (£25,000) competition has been launched to find the best way to tag a 400m-wide asteroid.

The Apophis space rock is set to make a close pass of Earth in 2029 and scientists would like to confirm that it poses no danger to our world.

The Planetary Society will give a prize to the designers of a mission that would allow the huge asteroid's orbit to be tracked with the most precision.

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UntitledWorld Health Organization and partners unveil new coordinated approach to treat millions suffering from neglected tropical diseases

26 OCTOBER 2006 | WASHINGTON -- Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and a group of more than 25 partner organizations unveiled a new strategy to fight some of the most neglected tropical diseases that destroy the lives and health of poor people.

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Work must now begin in earnest to implement the practical guidelines in the manual and sustain the progress that preventive chemotherapy offers. The governments of the Member States of the United Nations have committed themselves to attaining the Millennium Development Goals. The application of preventive treatment for worm infections will make a significant contribution to overcoming the challenges set out for us in the Millennium Development Goals.

Should we think a space contribution in term of System of System???

WHO | World Health Organization and partners unveil new coordinated approach to treat millions suffering from neglected tropical diseases

EU FP7 approved by European Parliament ...

The European Parliament has approved a 54bn euro (£36bn) plan to boost science research in Europe. Framework Programme 7 (FP7) is designed to support several priority areas of research.
Of the different research categories, information technology gets the biggest chunk of funding, with a 9.1bn euro (£6bn) budget.
But research into climate change and energy has received a comparatively small amount of funding in the plan.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Green light for EU science plan

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Sustainability Competition - Science City in Zürich

Science City represents the vision of a university campus and an urban district that promote a thinking culture. The objective is to transform the ETH Hönggerberg location into an attractive urban district with a high quality of life where science and society come together on a daily basis. People in Science City shall not only teach, learn and conduct research, but also live, shop, meet, exercise, attend cultural events and much more. In realizing this vision, the concept of sustainability plays a central role.The "International Sustainability Competition Science City" will help guide the innovative development of a university campus that allows its users to live and work in a sustainable manner.On behalf of ETH Zurich, the competition is organized by Novatlantis - Sustainability at the ETH Domain.

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