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According to a new NASA study, when America goes back to the moon and on to Mars it will do so with hardware that looks very familiar. NASA has decided to build two new launch systems - both of which will draw upon existing Space Shuttle hardware. One vehicle will be a cargo-only heavy lifter, the other will be used to launch the Crew Exploration Vehicle. The Plan NASA has essentially completed its Exploration Systems Architecture Study - also known as the "60 day study". Briefings of the study’s conclusions and recommendations will be conducted by Doug Stanley. Stanley led...

/begin my translation Lawmaker, "N. Korea's SDV may be Responsible for Cheonan's Sinking" (Seoul=Yonhap News) Kim Jung-eun = Park Sun-young, a Liberty Forward Party's legislator at National Assembly, claimed on Apr. 7 that 'it is very high in probability that Cheonan's sinking is a work of N. Korea's 3-man naval commando team using SDV(Seal Delivery Vehicle.)' In a telephone conversation with Yonhap News, she said, "I was told about this by multiple intelligence sources." She said, "SDV is an underwater attack vehicle pioneered(?) by N. Korea and it is the most stealthy pinpoint naval infiltration vehicle. Its frame is in...

Outsiders often view SEALs as supermen. Perhaps they are in the sense of infused commitment to both achieving the objective and never quitting. But ordinary, according to insiders, in the sense that they are just highly trained men doing extraordinary things. “Definitely not Supermen, my classmates particularly,” says Worthington. “One guy, however, could hold his breath five minutes. Another was a two-pack-a-day smoker who still survived BUDS. “BUDS, incidentally, is between your ears. Sure, you have to make times on the O-Course [obstacle course], the four-mile run, etc., but the kid who sticks in there, survives. It’s a mindset of...