- Australia and New Zealand must cooperate with Latin-American countries to prevent The Pacific Ocean from being turned into a dumping ground for Space-garbage, Alexander Downer, Australia's Secretary of State, says.- The problem is excellently illustrated when the Russian space station Mir returned to Earth or rather to the sea,
WEEK 15 April 2nd to 8th
NO MORE SPACE GARBAGE
He's emphasizing the necessity of keeping The Pacific Ocean from becoming the garbage can of space exploration.
PROTESTING NORWEGIAN DOLPHIN-HUNT
The Norwegian embassy in Berlin is currently overrun with letters protesting the proposed dolphin-hunt in the North-Atlantic. The protests started Friday, after the web-edition of the German newspaper Bild-Zeitung ran an article called "Massacre in the North Atlantic".
The researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research want to kill 60 dolphins for research purposes only. They've sent an application to this affect to the Ministry of Fisheries. This has been condemned both in Norway and throughout the world as a true and typical example of bent science.
Entered 2001-04-06