Space
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Business/FinancialSenators’ Warning: Any Augustine Recommendations For Changes In Ares I Rocket Program Must Undergo Congressional Review; Ares I Gets About $1.4
Obama Must Complete All Shuttle Missions, Even If That Means Funding, Flights In Fiscal 2011; And Don’t Fund Shuttle Flights By Short-Changing Other Programs Senate Bill Lashes NASA For Procurement […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives Wackenhut $1.2 Billion, 10-Year Security Contract After Wackenhut Sues NASA For Awarding Work To Coastal
NASA gave Wackenhut Services Inc. a $1.2 billion contract to provide security services at NASA installations, after Wackenhut successfully sued the space agency when it earlier had awarded the contract […]
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Homeland Security
Mikulski Panel Writes Fiscal 2010 Budget Plan That Avoids Draconian House Financing Cuts, Supports NASA Programs Including Shuttle, Station
Bill Provides $18.68 Billion, Including $3.5 Billion To Develop New Spaceship System; NOAA To Get $1.2 Billion For Satellite Programs, Mikulski Announces Bill Mandates Warning When Program Costs Go 10 […]
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InternationalEuropean Space Agency Plans Ground Station In Argentina
Making Another ESA Facility In South America, After Spaceport The European Space Agency (ESA) announced plans for a ground station to be built in South America, assuming negotiations are successful. […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Nixes Program That Would Have Used Satellites For Domestic Spying
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday announced that she had decided to terminate the National Applications Office (NAO) program, which was established by the Bush administration early in 2008 to […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Delivers Two Launch Abort System Motors To White Sands
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered two launch abort system (LAS) motors for the Orion crew exploration vehicle to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. They are set for integration and preparation […]
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Business/Financial
Replacing Ares I Rocket With EELV Yields No Net Savings, Worsens No-Fly Gap By Two Years: Study
Augustine Says Committee Will Review Study, But It Is Just Another Piece Of Information A study shows that abandoning the Ares I rocket development program and replacing it with a […]
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Business/Financial
GOES-O Satellite Set For Launch Friday
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O, or GOES-O, will launch Friday in a window of 6:14 p.m. to 7:14 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GOES-O is the […]
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Business/Financial
Sen. Nelson To Augustine: Our Fate Is In Your Hands; Please Don’t Do Space On The Cheap; Full Funding Needed
Nelson Says Augustine Committee Has Overwhelming Power And Influence To Decide Future Of NASA Space Program The panel that President Obama formed to evaluate NASA space exploration programs has enormous […]
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Homeland Security
AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Hits Target UAV In Test
An AIM-9X Sidewinder missile successfully hit a target unmanned aerial vehicle in a test, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The AIM-9X is a fifth-generation, high off-boresight, infrared-guided missile developed and deployed […]