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We are not going so very far from Earth today, only two and a half
light-minutes or so, to a point where, come 2017, Czech technology will be
orbiting our Sun, and helping to answer some of its secrets. More
PanoramaThe National Museum presents Czech inventors and inventions
An exhibition titled Czech inventors and inventions is currently underway
at the National Museum in Prague. It introduces visitors to the life and
work of more than 20 Czech or Czech-born inventors who made their mark in
the world. The exhibition covers achievements in many fields of human
activity - engineering, medicine, agriculture, biology, chemistry, as well
as in the humanities. But you will also find curious and somewhat absurd
creations which never went beyond the prototype stage. I asked Pavel
Douša, who heads the museum’s cultural heritage department, to show me
round and we started our tour in the entrance hall where a group of people
were admiring an enormous snowmobile. More
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Today in Mailbox: Response to former Prime Minister’s new political
party, your answers to last month’s mystery Czech quiz question.
Listeners quoted: Lynda-Marie Hauptmann, Peter Komrska, Chun-quan Meng,
Jayanta Chakrabarty, Bibi N-Shah, Barbara M. Ziemba, Ian Morrison, Colin
Law, Charles Konecny, David Eldridge. More
Current AffairsKrtek tours Czech Republic after return from space
The Czech cartoon character Krtek, or Little Mole, has been given a
hero’s welcome back home after spending two weeks in space. The American
astronaut Andrew Feustel, who took Krtek to space aboard the Endeavour
space shuttle, arrived in Prague last week with his family, and is now
touring the Czech Republic with Krtek to promote science and technology
among young Czechs. More
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It is only two and a half years now since the Czech Republic officially
joined the European Space Agency, and already Czech scientists are playing
a big role, with more than three dozen projects currently underway. More
Current AffairsGiant leap for mole-kind as Czech cartoon character joins space shuttle crew
A legendary Czech is going into space on a forthcoming shuttle flight.
Although a veteran of such cosmic adventures, as well as many others, this
crew member might raise some eyebrows ― he’s the world recognised
cartoon character, the mole, sometimes known as the little Mole or
Krteček. We look at a giant step for mole-kind. More
Current AffairsWorld's astronauts, scientists, technicians meet for annual space congress
More than 2,000 astronauts, engineers and scientists are currently rubbing
shoulders at the Prague Congress Centre, for the annual International
Astronautical Congress. The meeting, being held here for the first time
since 1977, covers subjects as diverse as the future of the International
Space Station and whether there’s life on Mars.
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Current AffairsCzech researchers map crew’s behaviour on simulated Mars flight
On Tuesday, six volunteers in Moscow began a 105-day simulated trip to
Mars, a project organised by the European and Russian space agencies. The
aim of Mars-500, as the project is called, is to study how well humans cope
in long isolation and cramped conditions, necessary on any real flight to
the Red Planet. Czech researchers from the Tomáš Baťa University in
Zlín are among those contributing to Mars-500: they are monitoring
relationships and communication among the crew as well as potential points
of conflict.
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