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Cloud alliance sides with Optus on copyright

OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."

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Third flyby images more of unseen parts of Mercury

Science - Space

The NASA Messenger spacecraft has mapped another 6% of the surface of Mercury, leaving only the polar regions of the planet unseen by humans with the aid of spacecraft.


The November 3, 2009 media brief “Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed” by NASA states, “The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail.”

The spacecraft made a third flyby of the planet in order to accomplish its final goal of inserting itself into orbit about the planet in 2011.

The September 29, 2009 flyby of Mercury produced a mapping of another 6% of Mercury.

All that remains to be mapped is about 2%, which comprises the polar regions of the planet.

The 6% of the planet that was photographed during the flyby included a “… picturesque region pocked by impact craters and molded by volcanic activity.”

This region is shown within the article mentioned above.

Sean Solomon, principal investigator for the Messenger mission, stated, “The new images remind us that Mercury continues to hold surprises.”

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