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SPACEHAB Product Earns SAFETY Act Designation From US DHS
Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2008 SPACEHAB has announced its receipt of a formal Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT and E) Designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Company's new in house developed Miniature Mass Spectrometer (MMS) technology named "1st Detect." The designation was instituted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to encourage the development of 'promising anti-terrorism technologies' by providing legal liability protections under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002, or the SAFETY Act. The designation letter that was received April 10, 2008, states "SPACEHAB's Miniature Mass Spectrometer is such a technology." Through its new subsidiary, SPACETECH, the Company has been developing the MMS, a trace chemical analyzer capable of detecting residues and vapors from explosives, chemical warfare agents, and toxic chemicals. The MMS samples ambient air and measures the constituent chemicals using ion-trap mass spectrometry. The technology, which also includes proprietary software used for accurate chemical identification is being targeted for use and applications to the homeland security, defense and industrial uses. SPACETECH will debut its MMS product at the 56th Annual Conference American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference in Denver, Colorado, June 2 - 5, 2008. More than 6,500 scientists from around the world congregate at the ASMS conference every year drawing together significant research, developments and products in the field of mass spectrometry. SPACETECH, a SPACEHAB wholly owned subsidiary, is an innovative technology incubator created for leveraging and extending the Company's relevant capabilities to develop and bring new systems, products and services to market. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Washington (UPI) May 20, 2008 Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., called Monday for YouTube to take down al-Qaida videos that users had posted, but the site said most of the videos his office had flagged did not contain material that violated their guidelines and rejected his request that they act to remove all material from U.S. designated terror groups. |
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