geoapps_messages = new Array(12);

geoapps_messages[0] = "<MARQUEE loop='2'>NigeriaSAT-2 -the second commercial LEO satellite by NASRDA-- will be launched into space on July 7th, 2011.....</MARQUEE>";
        
geoapps_messages[1] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'> GeoApps Plus Ltd is the commercial arm of NASRDA. We specialize in geo-spatial data acquisition, services, training, consultancy and solutions developmnet....... </MARQUEE>";
  
geoapps_messages[2] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>........GeoAppsPlus is the exclusive distributor and commercial representative of NASRDA........</MARQUEE>";

  
geoapps_messages[3] = " <MARQUEE loop='1'>Training schedule: July 18-22... Introduction to GIS. ... July 25-29...Introduction to Remote Sensing. Visit us @ </MARQUEE>";

geoapps_messages[4] = " <MARQUEE loop='1'> <a href='http://www.geoappsplus.com'> www.geoappsplus.com </a>to register.</MARQUEE>";

geoapps_messages[5] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>Space System Software Developers, GIS Experts, Space Laws professionals, Space Business & Marketing skills.</MARQUEE>";

geoapps_messages[6] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>We are embarking on special programs that will take the first Nigerian Astronauts into Space,</MARQUEE>";

geoapps_messages[7] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>on a space vehicle build by Nigerian engineers and lunch by Nigerians,</MARQUEE>";

geoapps_messages[8] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>within the next ten years.</MARQUEE>"; 
  
geoapps_messages[9] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>.... Other exciting projects under way in NASRDA include Tele-medicine, Tele-Education, E-Agric, GNSS.</MARQUEE>";

geoapps_messages[10] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'><a href='http://www.nasrda.net'> Click here to visit the NASRDA website.</a></MARQUEE>"; 

geoapps_messages[11] = "<MARQUEE loop='1'>Brain Teaser: How far is the Internationl Space Station from Earth?.....................Answer: About 400 miles.</MARQUEE>";


   var current_message = 0;
   var no_of_messages =  geoapps_messages.length;

function rotate_msg()
{
    
  
  if (current_message == no_of_messages)
     {
      current_message = 0;
     }

   
	 document.all.item("newscast").innerHTML= "<font color='grey' size='4'> " + geoapps_messages[current_message] + "</font>";


        current_message++ ; 

    
   setTimeout("rotate_msg()", 10 * 5000); 

 
  }