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• Why sometimes pilots do leave behind overweight passengers?

  Broken seats in commercial aircraft are more than just inconveniences, and while a defective seat by itself cannot cause a major safety issue inside a plane, it is often an indication of a bigger, ongoing problem.

• Student teams ready to battle Lunar terrain at NASA's 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race

  WASHINGTON - More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10.

• NASA's International Space Station program wins Collier Trophy

  WASHINGTON - NASA's International Space Station Program has won the 2009 Collier Trophy, which is considered the top award in aviation. The National Aeronautic Association in Washington bestows the award annually to recognize the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.

• NATO Defense College begins flagship course

  On 2 March, Italian Chief of Defence General Vincenzo Camporini delivered an inaugural address at the NATO Defense College in Rome to kick off the 116th Senior Course. He was welcomed by LtGen Wolf-Dieter Loeser, Commandant of the College.

• What kind of people would an explorer from another world try not to meet?

  If a spaceship with aliens from other part of the universe would come to our planet and enter a low Earth orbit in order to observe us, where would they find the most savage humans?