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A |     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid.Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration of a metal world. Scientists believe it may be the battered remains of an early planet's core, and could shed light on the inaccessible centers of Earth and other rocky planets.SpaceX launched the spacecraft into an overcast midmorning sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Named for the asteroid it’s chasing, Psyche should reach the huge, potato-shaped object in 2029.“It's so thrilling,” said Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Added Arizona State University's Jim Bell, part of the Psyche team: “What a great ride so far.”An hour later, the spacecraft separated successfully from the rocket's upper stage and floated away, drawing applause from ground controllers.After decades of visiting faraway worlds of rock, ice and gas, NASA is psyched to pursue one coated in metal. Of the nine or so metal-rich asteroids discovered so far, Psyche is the biggest, orbiting the sun in the outer portion of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter alongside millions of other space rocks. It was discovered in 1852 and named after Greek mythology’s captivating goddess of the soul.“It’s long been humans’ dream to go to the metal core of our Earth. I mean, ask Jules Verne,” lead scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University said ahead of the launch. “The pressure is too high. The temperature is too high. The technology is impossible,” she said. “But there’s one way in our solar system that we can look at a metal core and that is by going to this asteroid.”Astronomers know from radar and other observations that the asteroid is big — about 144 miles (232 kilometers) across at its widest and 173 miles (280 kilometers) long. They believe it’s brimming with iron, nickel and other metals, and quite possibly silicates, with a dull, predominantly gray surface likely covered with fine metal grains from cosmic impacts.Otherwise, it’s a speck of light in the night sky, full of mystery until the spacecraft reaches it after traveling more than 2 billion miles (3.6 billion kilometers).Scientists envision spiky metal craters, huge metal cliffs and metal-encrusted eroded lava flows greenish-yellow from sulfur — “almost certain to be completely wrong,” according to Elkins-Tanton. It's also possible that trace amounts of gold, silver, platinum or iridium — iron-loving elements — could be dissolved in the asteroid's iron and nickel, she said. “There's a very good chance that it’s going to be outside of our imaginings, and that is my fondest hope," she said.Believed to be a planetary building block from the solar system’s formation 4.5 billion years ago, the asteroid can help answer such fundamental questions as how did life arise on Earth and what makes our planet habitable, according to Elkins-Tanton.On Earth, the planet's iron core is responsible for the magnetic field that shields our atmosphere and enables life.Led by Arizona State University on NASA’s behalf, the $1.2 billion mission will use a roundabout route to get to the asteroid. The van-size spacecraft with solar panels big enough to fill a tennis court will swoop past Mars for a gravity boost in 2026. Three years later, it will reach the asteroid and attempt to go into orbit around it, circling as high as 440 miles (700 kilometers) and as close as 47 miles (75 kilometers) until at least 2031.The spacecraft relies on solar electric propulsion, using xenon gas-fed thrusters and their gentle blue-glowing pulses. An experimental communication system is also along for the ride, using lasers instead of radio waves in an attempt to expand the flow of data from deep space to Earth. NASA expects the test to yield more than 10 times the amount of data, enough to transmit videos from the moon or Mars one day.The spacecraft should have soared a year ago, but was held up by delays in flight software testing attributed to poor management and other issues. The revised schedule added extra travel time. So instead of arriving at the asteroid in 2026 as originally planned, the spacecraft won’t get there until 2029.That’s the same year that another NASA spacecraft — the one that just returned asteroid samples to the Utah desert — will arrive at a different space rock as it buzzes Earth.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.。

B |     SK가스 본사 전경. SK가스 제공SK가스가 지분 100%를 보유한 자회사 SK어드밴스드를 흡수합병한다.SK가스는 26일 이사회를 열고 SK어드밴스드와의 합병계약 체결 안건을 의결했다. 이번 합병은 신주를 발행하지 않는 방식으로 진행돼 기존 SK가스 주주의 지분율에는 변동이 없다.합병의 핵심은 프로판 조달·공급과 프로필렌 생산으로 이어지는 사업을 하나의 경영체계로 통합하는 것이다.SK가스는 40여년간 축적한 글로벌 네트워크와 트레이딩 역량을 바탕으로 해외에서 경쟁력 있는 가격과 안정적인 운송 인프라를 확보해 프로판을 조달·공급한다.SK어드밴스드는 조달된 프로판을 PDH(프로판탈수소화) 공정을 통해 석유화학 기초원료인 프로필렌으로 생산한다. 합병 이후에는 원료 조달과 제품 생산·판매 등 사업 전반의 의사결정을 일원화한다.이를 통해 원료 조달 경쟁력을 강화하고 운영 효율성과 판매 경쟁력을 높이는 한편, 자금조달과 재무관리도 일원화해 금융비용 절감과 자금운용 효율화 등 재무적 시너지를 확보할 계획이다.SK가스는 “SK어드밴스드의 개별 사업뿐만 아니라 프로판 조달·공급부터 프로필렌 생산·판매까지 이어지는 통합 밸류체인의 경제성과 성장 가능성을 종합적으로 검토했다”며 “양사를 하나의 경영체계로 통합하는 것이 사업 경쟁력과 효율성을 높이는 데 효과적이라고 판단했다”고 설명했다.。

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