REAL Human Hybrid

Scientists have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories.

The hybrids have been produced secretively over the past three years by researchers looking into possible cures for a wide range of diseases.

The revelation comes just a day after a committee of scientists warned of a nightmare ‘Planet of the Apes’ scenario in which work on human-animal creations goes too far.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is currently considering whether donors can be paid for their services

Last night a campaigner against the excesses of medical research said he was disgusted that scientists were ‘dabbling in the grotesque’.

Figures seen by the Daily Mail show that 155 ‘admixed’ embryos, containing both human and animal genetic material, have been created since the introduction of the 2008 Human Fertilisation Embryology Act.

This legalised the creation of a variety of hybrids, including an animal egg fertilised by a human sperm; ‘cybrids’, in which a human nucleus is implanted into an animal cell; and ‘chimeras’, in which human cells are mixed with animal embryos.

Scientists say the techniques can be used to develop embryonic stem cells which can be used to treat a range of incurable illnesses.

Three labs in the UK – at King’s College London, Newcastle University and Warwick University – were granted licences to carry out the research after the Act came into force. 

All have now stopped creating hybrid embryos due to a lack of funding, but scientists believe that there will be more such work in the future.

The figure was revealed to crossbench peer Lord Alton following a Parliamentary question.

Research centre: Warwick University has been growing animal human hybrids over the last three years

Last night he said: ‘I argued in Parliament against the creation of human- animal hybrids as a matter of principle. None of the scientists who appeared before us could give us any justification in terms of treatment.

‘Ethically it can never be justifiable – it discredits us as a country. It is dabbling in the grotesque.

‘At every stage the justification from scientists has been: if only you allow us to do this, we will find cures for every illness known to mankind. This is emotional blackmail.

‘Of the 80 treatments and cures which have come about from stem cells, all have come from adult stem cells – not embryonic ones.
‘On moral and ethical grounds this fails; and on scientific and medical ones too.’ 

Josephine Quintavalle, of pro-life group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, said: ‘I am aghast that this is going on and we didn’t know anything about it.

‘Why have they kept this a secret? If they are proud of what they are doing, why do we need to ask Parliamentary questions for this to come to light?

‘The problem with many scientists is that they want to do things because they want to experiment. That is not a good enough rationale.’ 

Test centre: Newcastle University was another site where human animal hybrid testing was being undertaken

Earlier this week, a group of leading scientists warned about ‘Planet of the Apes’ experiments. They called for new rules to prevent lab animals being given human attributes, for example by injecting human stem cells into the brains of primates.

But the lead author of their report,  Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Medical Research Council’ s National Institute for Medical Research, said the scientists were not concerned about human-animal hybrid embryos because by law these have to be destroyed within 14 days.

He said: ‘The reason for doing these experiments is to understand more about early human development and come up with ways of curing serious diseases, and as a scientist I feel there is a moral imperative to pursue this research.

‘As long as we have sufficient controls – as we do in this country – we should be proud of the research.’

However, he called for stricter controls on another type of embryo research, in which animal embryos are implanted with a small amount of human genetic material.

Human-animal hybrids are also created in other countries, many of which have little or no regulation.

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Nasa | Animation Asteroid Retrieval Initiative | Another Great Mission

NASA's FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. 

Performing these elements for the proposed asteroid initiative integrates the best of NASA's science, technology andhuman exploration capabilities and draws on the innovation of America's brightest scientists and engineers. It uses current and developing capabilities to find both large asteroids that pose a hazard to Earth and small asteroids that could be candidates for the initiative, accelerates our technology development activities in high-powered solar electric propulsion and takes advantage of our hard work on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, helping to keep NASA on target to reach the President's goal of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s. 

When astronauts don their spacesuits and venture out for a spacewalk on the surface of an asteroid, how they move and take samples of it will be based on years of knowledge built by NASA scientists and engineers who have assembled and operated the International Space Station, evaluated exploration mission concepts, sent scientific spacecraft to characterize near-Earth objects and performed ground-based analog missions. 

As early as the 1970s, NASA examined potential ways to use existing hardware to visit an asteroid to understand better its characteristics. On the International Space Station, scientific investigations and technology demonstrations are improving knowledge of how humans can live and work in space. The agency also has examined many possible mission concepts to help define what capabilities are needed to push the boundaries of space exploration. 

The Long and Storied Path to Human Asteroid Exploration

During the early space shuttle flights and through assembly of the space station, NASA has relied on testing both in space and on Earth to try out ideas through a host of analog missions, or field tests, that simulate the complexity of endeavors in space. 

Through 16 missions in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's underwater Aquarius Reef Base off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., aquanauts have tested techniques for human space exploration. These underwater tests have been built upon the experience gained by training astronauts in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to assemble and maintain the space station. The NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 15 and 16 missions in 2011 and 2012, respectively, simulated several challenges explorers will face when visiting an asteroid, including how to anchor to and move around the surface of a near-Earth object and how to collect samples of it. 

NASA also has simulated an asteroid mission as part of its 2012 Research and Technology Studies ground test at Johnson. During the simulation, a team evaluated how astronauts might do a spacewalk on an asteroid and accomplish other goals. While performing a spacewalk on a captured asteroid will involve different techniques than the activities performed during recent analog exercises, decisions made about ways to best sample an asteroid will be informed by the agency’s on-going concept development and past work. 

Scientific missions also have investigated the nature of asteroids to provide a glimpse of the origins of the solar system. From the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, which in 1972 was the first to venture into the Main Asteroid Belt, to the Dawn mission, which recently concluded its investigations of asteroid Vesta and is on its way to the dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's forays help us understand the origins of the solar system and inform decisions about how to conduct missions to distant planetary bodies. Scientists both at NASA and across the world also continue to study asteroids to shed light on their unique characteristics.

As NASA ventures farther into the solar system, the agency continues to simulate and evaluate operations and technical concepts for visiting an asteroid. 

N.A.S.A

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UFO Ball Falls Into a Remote Area of Brazil | Brazilians are Shocked

Space ball: UFO shocks Brazilians (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The sphere fell on Wednesday in a village of Riacho dos Poços in Brazilian 

Maranhão state. No casualties were reported apart from an unfortunate cashew 

tree that was severed by the object as it plunged to the ground, according to MR 

Notícias, a Mata Roma news site.An unidentified metal sphere has plunged from the 

sky on unsuspecting villagers in northern Brazil, causing an uproar. According to 

eyewitnesses, the UFO weighs about 50 kilograms and measures roughly one

 meter in diameter.

Valdir José Mendes, 46, told police the sphere landed several meters from his house leaving a one-meter-deep hole in the yard.

"I heard the noise and I went out to see what caused it. I thought it was a plane that had fallen, or an earthquake," he said.

The noise was such that Mendes was too scared to go outside. However, curiosity got the better of him and he headed outside to find the cashew tree’s trunk snapped in half by a mysterious metal sphere lying in a hole nearby.

Some 20 villagers joined Mendes to help him extract the object from the ground and examine it. Mendes says the sphere is hollow and if shaken some sort of liquid can be felt swishing inside. Locals quickly spread the news, as they reached the town of Mata Roma over 2,000 people flocked to see the “UFO”.

"It was a huge uproar here. Some feared it was the beginning of the 2012 end of the world, others said it was ‘alien’, but I think it is a piece of satellite," said Max Garreto Mauro, 25, a resident of Mata Roma.

Peter Costa, the meteorologist at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), agrees with Garetto, saying the object would probably be part of a satellite. "I'm sure this is not a weather balloon or part of it," he said as quoted by O Imparcia.

Military police confiscated the sphere and took it to the barracks in the nearby Mata Roma. They have not specified what the UFO’s possible future will be. In a statement the Air Force Command said it"does not have specialized structures to perform scientific research on this type of aerial phenomena, which prevents the institution to submit an opinion on these events."

Photo: SCIENTIST X

Mind your head!

In December 2011, a similar incident happened in Namibia, where a metal “Teletubby head”weighing 5.9 kilograms and measuring 35 centimeters in diameter hit the ground in the village of Omanatunga. Some Russian specialists believe the “head” was part of the third stage of the Soyuz-U rocket, launched on October 30.

Space debris stories made the headlines throughout 2011. In January, media chased the infamous Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt across five oceans to keep up with Russia’s space agency, constantly changing the possible impact location.

Earlier in October, the German Roentgen satellite split into 30 chunks, one of which weighed 400 kilograms, but those globs eventually made their way in to the Indian Ocean.

In September 2011, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite made headlines when it threatened to fall right onto Britain but eventually collapsed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean.

Elena Ostroumova, RT

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Aliens Exist | 100% Disclosure On TV | No One Can Hide It

“Do Aliens Exist?“

“This is a very tough question to answer definitively, and for many people has both frightening and amazing implications if the answer turns out to be yes.“

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Most of us with half a brain have asked ourselves this strange question once or twice, and even people who laugh at the subject socially probably wonder about it in their private thoughts.

“Do you believe they exist?“ It is a question which will lead your mind down some very interesting, and sometimes frightening paths.

You can use the buttons on the right and the tabs above to investigate the Mystery for yourself, but be warned - it is easier to start looking into than it is to stop . . .

Click Play Below - Out Of The Blue UFO Documentary

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I first became intrigued by this subject years ago when myself and two friends were walking home one cold clear winter night.

As a local hill came into view one of us said something like “Check how bright the moon is tonight“ as there was a glowing light shinning up from behind the hill, illuminating the underside of some low clouds.

One of my friends said “thats not the moon, the moons over there . . . “ no one spoke for about 5 seconds as we were all thinking “what is it then ! ?“

And we became even more glued to the spot when the pointed corner of a bright triangular object began to emerge slowly from behind the hill, revealing itself as the source of the eerie glow our eyes were fixed on.

Once about half of the object had emerged it produced a bright white flash that cannot of lasted longer than one fifth of a second, I’ve never been able to work out if it flashed and disappeared or the flash was it accelerating away at high speed.

But of course the three of us were high as kites talking non stop about it for the next hour or so, none of us wanting to walk home because we would have to separate in the dark!

Our sighting wasn’t such a big deal by today’s standards of giant swirling vortexes in the sky above Sydney being posted on YouTube or daylight camera footage of large UFOs wobbling over mexico city, but to our 14 year old brains back in 1996 it was amazing and had a major enough impact to kick-start a life long interest in the subject.

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So what does mainstream science have to say about the do aliens exist question? oddly enough The Drake Equation is widely accepted in the scientific community while the idea that extra-terrestrials have already visited earth gets laughed out of court.

For those of you who don’t know The Drake Equation was invented in 1961 by Doctor Frank Drake as a way to logically and mathematically work out the number of planets which could harbor intelligent life.

The mere fact that We exist raises the probability of intelligent life developing elsewhere above zero, when you add the fact that there are more stars in the sky than we can possibly count (think about that) and that many of these stars are much like our own sun, with their own planets and moons orbiting at various distances, the possibility of life and intelligent life becomes certain.

Even our own Milky Way Galaxy has no fewer than 100 billion suns! Can you imagine 100 billion suns? it’s difficult to do, imagine all the orbiting planets, moons and possibilities . . . feel small? me to.

Warning! If Head Hurts Stop Imagining Actual Size!

So Doctor Frank Drake was working at the National Radio Astronomy observatory in West Virginia and he and his colleagues became absorbed with the question do intelligent aliens exist?

They proceeded to aim a radio telescope at 2 nearby stars to see if they could pick up any intelligent transmissions, they did pick up some noise which was latter ruled out as being military radar (but was it?).

A year later Doctor Drake was asked by the U.S. National Academy Of Sciences to host a meeting of scientists to explore the possibility of intelligent civilizations beyond our small Earth.

While preparing for this meeting of minds he wrote down all the questions they would need to answer in order to predict the number of civilizations in the Galaxy, he then realized that if all these questions were multiplied together you would have the estimate for the number of civilizations, and this was the birth of The Drake Equation.

Doctor Frank Drake’s present day solution to The Drake Equation lists 10 thousand possible intelligent civilizations in our Milky Way Galaxy alone, so why does mainstream science have such mocking viewpoint on the idea that some UFOs are under Intelligent alien control?

One of they’re favourite arguments states that these intelligent beings could not travel the great distances to reach us . . why not? because we can’t yet?, besides, what if they have always been here?

Thankfully though the whole subject of ufo discloser and alien races interacting with people both past and present is fast becoming much less of a joke subject for most of us.

This is largely due to highly credible ex-government workers coming forward to testify about their amazing experiences, and also to the hard work of excellent investigators like Jim Marrs, Jenny Randles, David Icke, Stanton Friedman, Art Bell and Dr Stephen Greer to name but a few.

So if you are new to the subject and even a little skeptical I wish you all the best on your journey of discovery, and I’m envious of the interesting information you are about to uncover for the first time, as you attempt to answer the questions “Do Aliens Exist?” and“are aliens real?“.

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J-2X NASA Test | New Toy for NASA

Overview: J-2X Engine

J-2X is a highly efficient and versatile advanced rocket engine with the ideal thrust and performance characteristics to power the upper stage of NASA's Space Launch System, a new heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of missions beyond low-Earth orbit. Fueled by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, the J-2X builds on heritage designs but relies on nearly a half-century of NASA spaceflight experience and technological and manufacturing advances to deliver up to 294,000 pounds of thrust, powering exploration to new destinations in our solar system. 

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