welcome back now here's a recap of the top stories on our team nato countries have thrown their full support behind the uprisings in libya and are now threatening military intervention warships are assembling in the mediterranean leading to speculation of an imminent invasion to stabilize africa's most of the oil rich nation. and all north africa shrugs all the decades old regimes through revolutions with world wide support look at how democracy isn't always welcomed by major powers not the case

with the boss which was denied international legitimacy for its opposition to certain interests. and outrage after allegations that a u.s. psychological warfare unit had been ordered to use mindfreak some visiting senators to secure more cash and troops for the war. and next to me look at space exploration and how would could help prevent earthquakes and he talks to alan smith from the wall or space science lab or treat in london that interview is up next. well this year we're celebrating fifty years since year ago guarin became the first man in space and you are presenting a new project i don't project between russia and the united kingdom could you tell us briefly about that when said project for those who don't know what it is the project would involve as it as a name implies two spacecraft which would which would operate the earth about four

hundred kilometers apart and they will be they will have information on board which was started the on a sphere from above and what we're looking for is the signal signatures in the on the sphere which are precursors to earthquakes phenomena and volcanic eruption phenomena what would happen would be that after twins out there would there would be a mission which would be an earthquake prediction program and the data from that would be correlated on the ground and what you'd have is something like a website or something which gave the earthquake probabilities. around the world what we would produce is some sort of indicator which is like up. a likelihood of an earthquake indicator and that would be derived from all the data available but it would be a short term so if that indicator went into the red the in a particular area the local authority in that area would take action and they might

have up to ten days notice that there's a very high chance that there's going to be an earthquake in that area within the next ten days and they would do whatever they they could to mediate the damage caused by the earthquake so you'd have less collateral damage less loss of life the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual earthquake itself it's usually the fires and. that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of that if you know if you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn off the electricity. to reduce the likelihood of fire and just to prepare people for the likelihood of an earthquake so you will save a lot of lives that way and you will reduce the impact so we can't prevent earthquakes and we will lose a lot of infrastructure but perhaps we can save half the cost is it just the earthquakes and tsunamis i mean is that the say snick of timothy does it affect anything else there is if it's any think there's major movements of the earth's.

eruptions also in that and in fact they might even be easier to detect in norway. and of course there's a there's a whole different issue associated with welcoming eruptions as we've seen recently in iceland where. civil aircraft has been has been affected so once again we're kind of. time frames to get it we will we will look for launch in about twenty fifteen view from we would expect a launch and the mission as a three year mission so by the end of. twenty eighteen we should be in a position to get to know where to go why are you chosen russia as a partner we had some russian scientists visiting us in the u.k. and they were talking about a single satellite mission that they had in mind and we had in the u.k. . some ideas for a small satellite which will follow

a larger satellite around the sky and bringing the two together look like a really good mission and we've built on that's absolutely true that russian has a huge heritage space act so that counts a lot because you're working with people who is within that it's their culture their way of life and so that's fine and that makes them a very credible partner to work with well this is not the first time you're working with the russians you've also worked on as they used spacecraft what can you tell us about your experiences back and well there was back that was back in the eighty's i worked on. instrumentation for seven in the mir space station and it it was interesting and different we didn't really know very much about the spacecraft it was very difficult to get information about the spacecraft that we provided instruments to i think these days things are much more open and it's a much easier relation. at the level that we're working out at the moment things

are very open but even then and now the relationship with the science level is very good it's very open very friendly very positive. and i really do enjoy working in that sort of situation so i'm looking forward to it you were talking about the eighty's but from your experience how much difference is there between the soviet space science and the russian space science there's more of an emphasis now on commercial space in russia than the was in the past the launch vehicle particularly of a very very impressive launch vehicle program i think there's been an emphasis in that sense. there's been i think there was a time when russian space science that diminished a bit but i think we're seeing russians for a science complex interplay particularly in earth related areas i mean that's observation which is what this is all about let's now talk about mars five hundred our ground based experiment simulating manned flight to mars how realistic would

you say it is after all there is no weightlessness and it's just a warehouse with a scientific laboratory going to mars is a very complex endeavor and we can't simulate it in one go so what we have to do is separate out the various different difficult aspects of it and then try to isolate those aspects and then understand those aspects so they one of the real problems in going to markets is getting people to get on with each other for that period of time and still be effective when they then six or eight months later on a service and when they come back again so it's not meant to be a perfect. simulation. it's meant to just tease out some of the real issues and some of the issues are things like the difficulty communication and the growing time lag in the communications and the sense of general sense of isolation the fact that they have only

a limited amount of supplies etc so all those things that mean well simulated. the it's never going to be possible to simulate you know gravity or the actual sort of weightlessness of the trip but i think hopefully this will go on for the next generation of simulation which will be. north of dallas which will mean that they will be using equipment on their mars sandpit which is more likely quitman that they would be using when would you say we would be able to travel to mass if ever if we decided to go to mars tomorrow we could be there in ten years. and it's. a matter of political determination just like going to the moon or something like that why did the americans then stop their moon program in a way you see america. wanted to first ok my view is that man on the moon. first but was so done that i took that box carry the question then was what was the purpose of future missions and the lunar science was never the main reason for

going to your misery because apollo wasn't really a scientific program they did some good science but there's an awful lot more that could have been done if there'd been a couple more missions they canceled the last missions on apollo and those were the science missions the real ones so i think that what happened is the box was text and political imperative going away how much in your view does the politics today affect pure science is not so much these days about national pristine it's more about national economics these days we have to work together because it's just all too expensive to do it on your own and when we do work together we try to maximize the benefits around the nation and scientists of course are irritated by this put the politicians are likely to bear that in mind so the politics is there it's economics more than politics and one thing that the scientists are doing. is

trying to encourage public interest because without public interest we're not going to get funding and so we need to be relevant we need to show how or going to mars benefits. the the nations that are going finally let's turn to the subject that is really of interest to many space tourism it may seem like a far away dream at the moment but are we going to get to the point when it's going to be open to the public but there's there's enough activity going on at the moment that means that that will be in only a few years time you would if you are well enough if you're rich enough you could you could buy a trip into space and see the black stone. space hotels and things i think are probably far away than going to mars but i think that the public will have the possibility whether we can. get some a sub orbital flights which will get us from europe for

a string now or something like that. maybe maybe it is really not that much as it's not so much technical feasibility all these things are absolutely technically feasible is whether or not you can get the investment to do it so how much do you think it would cost at the moment i mean virgin galactic will charge more ten thousand pounds for a clue it's in space i think that number could come down to earth and also if there's a large enough market because ultimately what you're looking at is a piece of technology that's not much more sophisticated than other major. what do you think would be the restrictions for those people who want to know why it wouldn't be a particularly comfortable ride you're going to suffer what listeners and g. forces so that but i don't think they're that bad i think that. an ordinary person healthy person even a person in their eighty's can travel in space it's not that it's not that bad.

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and seeing from the streets of janet after a mug shot up for asians are all of that. need to countries have thrown their full support behind the uprisings in libya and are now threatening that military intervention warships are somewhere in the mediterranean leading to speculation of an imminent invasion destabilize our because those blue mesa. and while more powerful go shrugs off decades old regimes through revolutions with world wide support look at how democracy isn't always welcome to by major powers well that was the case with hamas which was denied international legitimacy for its opposition to certain their interests. and the outrage after allegations that

a huge psychological warfare unit had been ordered to use mind tricks on visiting senators to secure more cash and troops for the war. i'll be back with more news in about fifteen minutes time but first it's a sports update with azure. hello there thanks for joining me and this is what we've got coming up the. defending champs act bars margins of the last eight a big pile. plus in the clay rooney sets a place in manchester united against chelsea after avoiding a disciplinary action in the usa. and. the cargo pools charge past which is to stay in the hunt for top spot in. the first three i saw. champions i pause brings into the garden cup quarter finals

following a forward saying when i can't take sides but a stanley salad called grabbing a place that i thought was has like stan is the man from design secured i formulated in their best of seven series also through a sound about a life and once again french the best was the final score the time not alexander to be told with but with a double to his name i won that's alert and regular champions of on guard plates their respective seats to the wall. nascar became the first side to go into the next round on sunday action from that head in a four three when it's last like the most and by side and then much of three no time in the series say they need nothing but they're going to step on to seek open the spot fourth spot in seven minutes to get them in the software not to be outdone they went on to win by two goals to one still and yet it into law this is an affront i well you know and i said next to twice and the second time in me they say

the rule is how it's like getting inside the wrong. spots it's proved to be in vain is proof of playing the second of the night against the grain and that first and that sequence of the last eight. meanwhile former ice hockey great. shaq says russia has every one to fear the upcoming world championship in april and may including nations as a legendary soviet netminder spoke at a press conference slovakia them to say in north africa a month ago. you know whichever side plays it always plays up to celts the fans are to read it you should think our cultures will cause let me just make believe which returns come true you hear it like it's not a good crowd to force the schoolbooks to go out especially against russia just because russia can be one of the golden moments despite these nasty spinal richey

we want to play a key bridge construction which we're prepared for this. every single game so people out of control you can still see the fans. moving over to the english premier league football west brom have moved out of the relegation zone after getting a late equaliser against last night roy the last hard puts that has that substitute tallest bellaver brought home with ten minutes to go full of baggies and got any qualified the next asteroid hodgson's men another mignonne star because it was just a point ahead of the stoke ten so this is. the bottom of the table so we can profit up but it's a start does anything that west time of all to play upon twenty eight points and then just a point above them. and at the top man united lead the way they play fifth place chelsea this evening for a terribly fifteen points off for thanks to all freezing conditions calls against them to spend ten weeks ago in chelsea startle push has all but frozen over since

the blues deficit united has increased their from three points to fifteen with twelve games to play and united are the premier league top scorers with an average of over three goals a game however chelsea have lost to the red. that will discount the break from my snow yes i'll have the divisions best defensive threshold of the night defeat this season will be the knife by defending champions and please manager caught on a lot and like i said i switched from many european aspirations. i want to mr winners as my united front runner then i'll be that don't say that we are all we have to believe but obviously and objectively we have to you have to. to be honest now it's very difficult for us to both pick up a lot of other games in the premier league that we want to arrive in the first place of the table. this is

a lot of money i want to. pull form isn't the only problem mentioned off he has been facing his left back ashley cole was in the headlines this week but accidentally shooting a work placement employee with an air rifle at that training ground but the manager denies it's a problem with this it painted a cloud. offering that from outside nobody can say that here is all done i'm told because we haven't got another these should blame we would take it this year we don't want to speak on the side with this usually take. so as important is not true that he had that is not the supreme good i think that a player on the beach are short and and so you can't judge you can judge the player on the pitch the player on the pitch will show him a player showing obvious but forgot i thought i was showing a respect voted. for the fans. this is what you have to judge. while talking disagreements united wayne rooney

will not face action from the football association are preparing to elbow another player he clash with we're going to feel it james mccarthy at the weekend referee mark clattenburg did not send rooney off and still believes made the right decision which in turn prevents the f.a. taking the matter. but also born around here to moscow have appointed a new head coach to try to revive their fortunes lithuanian specialist jonas this taking up the hot seat until the end of next season the fifty six year old is stepping into a paste into really trying to make the shift cool and his last two years is expected to bring lots of experience to the club and that is something he has in abundance having worked in both sides back with national teams such as the twenty and china kinds grid so the task of bringing tears scarves back to their former glory is now awaiting him after the russian passed by all to qualify for the euro league's top six think that's the first time in forty years let's switch the n.b.a.

where the chicago bulls have painted up the battle for the number one seed spot in the east l.a. to speak i washington is their third in a row one hundred five to seventy seven the final score monday night and derrick rose school twenty one points at places the bullets flew in and staying with the miami heat in the midst of conference right however had nine assists as well and nice to know if we don't get the calls i had like twenty four place in the hole in the rankings of plays on the seven out of the last i can. finally temperatures of minus twenty two had didn't prevent thousands of spectators tearing out to watch them flying ice skaters here in moscow and our own constantly top of the cul. an impressive three hundred fifty needle or nice trick was the right to a woman's keep working must go to host the crucial third stage of the question i swell championship and the downhill internationalized getting only from twenty four countries where we get to put this to the test at the toughest been you in the

history of these two sports. it's the most difficult track it's not very fast it's thirty challenging as there are many obstacles coming one after another that's why there are so many holes and it's very hard to prepare for all those tricky obstructions despite the freezing cold with temperatures dropping as low as minus twenty two degrees thousands of spectators to live to ten live events and no one was disappointed they had action out of the ice and oh i swore on the track. russians and new to this kind of i scored but a king to learn quickly and available was hoping to gain some points of home world and he sticks to major playing for a place in the final but failed to progress at the last hurdle in it and you might feel prosperous feel unfortunately i was just you know science was good i was eager to get used have best results but my legs just wouldn't go there hard to get prepared for such events it's difficult to stay in top form. and so the

final turn out to be a few years you'll between currently yours are to belie anyone feel and can win this child cork's all the flying feeling picked up where he'll lift off from the previous man the many older ones and be lining easily storm to his second successive weeks with extending his lead at the top of the rankings i prepped for me and i managed to do almost five clean runs i have will problems in the final after the steep part but i like really i got my bus back i got a slow start again against an awful start all night i like a little bit beat up. but i can't breathe i get on the ice and just like a little. understands and there are still are going to settle for it before and decisive stage in quebec so it sounds fight to the finish this one to one. isn't dissipated on the nineteenth of march think of oak are cheap. stuff and outside

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