Friday, August 30, 2013
clippings-for-you: SKY IS NOT AT ALL THE LIMIT .. EVEN FOR INDIANS !!...
clippings-for-you: SKY IS NOT AT ALL THE LIMIT .. EVEN FOR INDIANS !!...: SKY IS NOT AT ALL THE LIMIT .. EVEN FOR INDIANS !!! NEXT DESTINATION .. MARS ---------------------------------------------...
SKY IS NOT AT ALL THE LIMIT .. EVEN FOR INDIANS !!!
SKY IS NOT AT ALL THE LIMIT .. EVEN FOR INDIANS !!!
NEXT DESTINATION .. MARS
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As the deadline for registration nears, over 8,000 Indians have so
far signed up for the one-way trip to Mars and settle down on the red
planet, as 'Mars One' project is planning to establish a colony there
in the next 10 years.
'Mars One', a not-for-profit foundation
intends to establish a permanent
human settlement on Mars in 2023 and is registering those interested to
make it up there. India stands fourth among other countries of the
world with 8,107 applicants, as on August 27.
The top 10 countries to enrol are the USA (37,852), China (13,124), Brazil (8,686), India (8,107), Russia
(7,138), Britain (6,999), Mexico (6,771), Canada (6,593), Spain
(3,621) and Philippines (3,516) as on August 22, Aashima Dogra
of 'Mars One' said.
With August 31 this year being the last date for registering, 'Mars One' has already received interest
from more than 1,65,000 people hoping to be the first humans on Mars.
"The Mars One Application Program
is turning out to be the most desired job vacancy in the world. People
from over 140 countries are looking towards the final frontier
and envisioning their life on another planet," she said.
Mars One believes that human settlement
on the red planet was possible with existing technologies and it plans
to integrate components that are well tested and readily available
from industry leaders worldwide.
"The first footprint on Mars and lives of the crew thereon
will captivate and inspire generations; it is this public interest that
will help finance this human mission to Mars," she said. DC
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Life on Earth was
kick-started thanks to a key mineral deposited by a meteorite from Mars,
according to a novel theory aired on Thursday.
The
vital ingredient was an oxidised mineral form of the element molybdenum, which
helped prevent carbon molecules — the building blocks of life — from degrading into a tar-like goo. The idea comes
from Steven Benner, a professor at the Westheimer Institute for Science and
Technology in Gainesville, Florida, who was to present it at an international conference of geochemists
in Florence, Italy.
“It’s only when molybdenum
becomes highly oxidised that it is able to influence how early life formed,”
Benner said in a press release.
“This
form of molybdenum couldn’t have been available on Earth at the time life first
began, because three billion years ago the surface of the Earth had very little oxygen, but Mars did.” In this
violent epoch of the Solar System, the infant Earth was pounded by comets and
asteroids.
Mars,
too, would have come under bombardment, and the impacts would have caused
Martian rubble to bounce into space, where they would have lingered until eventually being captured by Earth’s
gravity.
“The
evidence is building that we are actually all Martians, that life started on
Mars and came to Earth on a rock. It’s lucky we ended up here as Earth is life sustaining” said Benner. .. DC
Thursday, August 29, 2013
clippings-for-you: Mr. RATAN TATA on leadership in INDIA
clippings-for-you: Mr. RATAN TATA on leadership in INDIA: Mr. RATAN TATA on leadership in INDIA Where have the leaders GONE .. Delhi: Former chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tat...
Mr. RATAN TATA on leadership in INDIA
Mr. RATAN TATA on leadership in INDIA
Where have the leaders GONE ..
Delhi: Former chairman of Tata Group on Tuesday said that the leadership deficit in India is aggravating our economic crisis. Tata broke his silence in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN on the leadership deficit and economic crisis in the country.
Ratan Tata said that the country needed leaders who lead from the front and the Prime Minister's team and the political class needed to pull in one direction, and not pursue individual agendas above national interests.
"There are leaders whom I've respected all through my life for their public life. But something has happened that has diffused this leadership. We don't have leadership that we have been talking about, that is leading from the front," Tata said.
Meanwhile, he said that his respect for Prime Minister continues to be very high.
"My aspirations what he is able to do is very high. Perhaps the team is not leading in one direction, it was pulling in different direction. States are pulling in one direction, allies are pulling in different direction and many heads of the portfolios in the government are pulling in different directions," he said.
"We are not consolidating ourselves in the government. We are not any longer looking ourselves as one India. In a way we are Punjabis, Bengalis, Tamils first and Indians second. It's not the way we should be looking at our country," he added.
He said that the vested interests in the governments's policy have either delayed or manipulated that policy often in private sector.
"So for one reason or the other the government has swayed with those forces. If the policies implemented as those are written, would be good for the country, he told to CNN-IBN.
Meanwhile, he said that Manmohan Singh has held country's esteem high but at recent times we have lost that esteem. "We have lost the confidence of the world. We have been slow to recognize that in the government," he added.
However, Ratan Tata praised 's leadership in Gujarat but refrained from commenting on his bigger role in the national politics.
"I think in Gujarat he has proven his leadership and he has moved Gujarat into a position of prominence. I'm not in a position to gaze what he would do in a country," he said. CNN-IBN
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