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Still, that Romney is outpolling McCain among self-identified conservatives is a consistent trend. We've seen it time and again in the exit polls. John Hinderaker asserts that, "as the primary season draws to a close, most conservatives are coalescing around Mitt Romney." Bill Quick believes we are now engaged in "the War for the GOP" with the "GOP establishment attempting to remake the party in its preferred liberal-conservative image - an image in which the 'conservative' part is mostly window dressing for the suckers. Republicans Voting for McCain, Not Romney Yet, for reasons Eric Kleefeld lays out nicely, McCain is likely to emerge Tuesday night as the prohibitive favorite to win the Republican nomination. AllahPundit, who strongly prefers Romney but maintains a realistic outlook, concurs.
NASA robot to find water on moon
WASHINGTON: NASA has demonstrated the functioning of a robot rover equipped with a drill designed to find water and oxygen-rich soil on the moon.
Exhibited during the 3rd Space Exploration Conference (Feb. 26-28) in Denver, USA, the new robot technology was a tough project for NASA.
The challenges the design team faced during the production were numerous.
First of all, a robot rover designed for prospecting within lunar craters has to operate in continual darkness at extremely cold temperatures with little power.
Secondly, the moon has one-sixth the gravity of Earth, so a lightweight rover will have a difficult job resisting drilling forces and remaining stable.
Also, lunar soil, known as regolith, is abrasive and compact, so if a drill strikes ice, it likely will have the consistency of concrete.
NDP camp divided on toppling government
OTTAWA NDP Leader Jack Layton is playing host to the first summit of every provincial and territorial New Democratic leader today on Parliament Hill as he prepares the largest federal election campaign in party history. But Mr. Layton's gung-ho approach to toppling the Conservative government will run into some internal resistance when the senior New Democrats discuss strategy behind closed doors today. .
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