UN / FELIX BAUMGARTNER
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, who recently broke the sound barrier on his record 39-kilometer jump from the edge of space. UNTV
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, who recently broke the sound barrier on his record 39-kilometer jump from the edge of space. UNTV
Head of the World Meteorological Organization Michel Jarraud today talked about the importance of knowing “where the nuclear particles will go” when washed down by precipitation as the Organization activates its Environmental Emergency Response Mechanism in the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. WMO
In advance of the launch of the International Year of Chemistry, the UN Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urges educators, industry and policy-makers to promote “the use of chemistry in a responsible and ethical way.” UNESCO
Although denying that she was going to be appointed ambassador to greet space aliens, Mazlan Othman, Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs says that statistically the chances are that some sort of life form in space does exist. UNTV