Big Step for Space Travel

Private enterprise companies, manufacturers of new spacecraft intended orbit and suborbit will make a breakthrough in 2013's. They will test a new flight, launch, wind tunnel testing, and experimental rocket technology, which are all planned in the new year this time.
Of the many spacecraft that have been developed, only one of which has flown into space. Dragon capsule is made ​​by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) in hawrthorne, California, USA.
 Cargo UAV has flown three times and twice to bring supplies into the International Space Station (ISS) in 2012. The first, conducted in May in a trial and the second mission was carried out in October 2012.

SpaceX cargo flight next to the ISS is scheduled for early May 2013. But the new version which will carry astronauts have also been done. Capsule that will be filled by this crew will differ from its predecessor which consists of robots.  
Parties SpaceX, is developing a second dragon capsule that will be brought / boarded by 7 people, crew transportation contract in competition, with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the ISS. NASA's commercial crew program helps industry to develop and compete to win the ISS contract.

The selected companies will also get each fund 10 million dollars and time for 15 months to demonstrate, with data, if the rockets and spaceships they can be considered for space transportation missions. The winner of the contract not only create a spacecraft or rocket launcher, they are also doing something to be desired by NASA, the mission towards space station ISS.

Bali Starlings, Your Fate is Not as Beautiful as Your Color

Bali Starlings

Bali island is very famous for its natural beauty and the friendliness of its inhabitants. Besides its natural beauty, Bali, also has one of the beautiful birds are very beautiful; Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi). Bali starling is a beautiful endemic birds, birds in Indonesia is only found on the island of Bali, and can only be found in western Bali, which is in the district of Jembrana in the forests of West Bali National Park(TNBB). Unfortunately, birds are also known as Bali Curik has barely heard the booms in the wild because it continues to be hunted by unscrupulous to be traded.

Birds with a body length of approximately 25 cm, the price is described in the tens of millions rupiah. Bali starling is a beautiful bird. Because of its beauty, the bird is used as a mascot of Bali Island and has been used as a symbol of the fauna of Bali.
The population of Bali starlings are mostly located in the West Bali National Park (TNBB). but now the presence of the bird is rare, almost non-existent. Bali starlings are now only found in captivity in the region Tegal Bunder, TNBB. In addition, many residents who live around TNBB also undertake captive by self. Bali starling population in captivity in Tegal Bunder number about 35 pairs. While the Bali Starlings bred by the amount of about 30 pairs.

Bird that use as mascot of  Bali is protected by law and inhabit a small portion of the National Park area which is on Prapat Agung peninsula exactly between Berumbun bay and Kelor Bay. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of nature and Natural Resources) have entered into a Bali starling Red Data Book, the book that contains the type of flora and fauna are endangered too.

Although the west bali is the only habitat in the world, but thirty years ago this bird can be found outside of Bali, even abroad. Even in captivity at this time there is also a breeding species from Japan and several zoos in Java.

Bali starling, whose habitat in western Bali, actually in 2012, this bird has met until in Karang Sewu, Gilimanuk. But it only lasted for a month is not over, and this bird, disappeared again. Karang Sewu Although Karang Sewu is TNBB region, but also often touched by humans for recreation, and was allegedly it is this which causes the bird with blue feathers around the eyes disappeared.

See also :    Karang Sewu, TNBB