http://www.citytools.net Your news, your way. Stories on CityTools where either written by members or are existing stories shared by members. In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-10-12T10:02:33 2008-10-12T10:02:33 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/17F415BC-9792-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Reuters - Russian space authorities said on Saturday they had improved safety measures for spaceships returning to Earth from the International Space Station after a series of rough landings.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081011/sc_nm/us_space_kazakhstan">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/457A7A06-97EE-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Reuters - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott will blast off into space aboard a Russian spaceship on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081011/ts_nm/us_space_kazakhstan">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/8B159950-97B3-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The ongoing global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploration, Russia&#39;s space agency chief said Saturday....<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KAZAKHSTAN_RUSSIA_SPACE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/BF06AE3C-980F-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ A bug which lives entirely on its own without oxygen and in complete darkness could offer clues to life on other planets.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/7663927.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/09670602-9842-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it&#39;s still a top goal for next year....<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_GLOBAL_WARMING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">[original story]</a>