Space & Missile Defense Report
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Homeland Security
Construction Advances Markedly At Iranian Heavy Water Reactor: Study
Iran is moving ahead solidly with construction of a little-noticed heavy water reactor, a new study by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) discloses. If Iran can succeed […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Endeavour Docks With International Space Station After Flawless Launch, Ascent From Kennedy
Space Shuttle Endeavour thundered to the heavens and docked with the International Space Station to begin a major makeover of the orbiting laboratory. While the blazing, on-time launch at 7:55 […]
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International
Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Orbit; Then Indian Space Agency Probe Strikes Lunar Surface For Dust Sample
Flag Of India Is Planted On Moon The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unmanned spaceship Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit successfully, ISRO announced. Then the spaceship ejected a lunar craft called […]
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Business/FinancialKEI Passes First-Stage Motor Static Fire Test
A Versatile KEI Could Be New Interceptor For Navy Ships, Briefers Say Briefers Have No Word That KEI Funding To Be Cut Under Obama The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) first […]
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[November 17, 2008]
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- Griffin Would Remain NASA Administrator If Obama Asked, But Griffin Says Invitation Unlikely
- Obering Steps Down From Missile Defense Agency; General Is ‘Encouraged’ Obama Backs Missile Defense, But Longer-Range Iranian Missiles Worrisome
- Tauscher Says Missile Defense Shield Doesn’t Deter Rogue Nations From Developing Missile Forces; Therefore, What Is The Point Of Creating Missile Defense?
- Hubble Space Telescope Sees A Planet Orbiting Distant Star For First Time
- Griffin Awaits Two Studies Detailing How To Shrink Five-Year NASA Travel Gap
- Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Would Devastate U.S.; More Casualties Than Nuclear Attack; But EMP Attack Could Be Defeated By Missile Defense
- Medvedev, Sarkozy, Back Off From Harsh Anti-American Rhetoric Aimed At European Missile Defense, In G-20 Summit
- Chinese Military Officer Says China, If It Acquires Aircraft Carrier, Won’t Use It To Project Power Across Globe
- J-2X Rocket Engine Completes Critical Design Review
- From Design To Reality: Hardware Arrives For Ares 1-X Test Flight
- NASA Symposium Gives Small Firms Tips On How To Become Subcontractors
- Future Looks Glum For TSAT In Obama Administration
- Study Sees No Gigantic Defense Spending Cuts Under Incoming Obama Administration
- Construction Advances Markedly At Iranian Heavy Water Reactor: Study
- Space Shuttle Endeavour Docks With International Space Station After Flawless Launch, Ascent From Kennedy
- KEI Passes First-Stage Motor Static Fire Test
- Sea Launch Receives SICRAL 1B Satellite For Launch In January
- Navy Seeks Harpoon, JSOW Upgrades Rather Than Using Air Force JASSM For Maritime Interdiction Missions
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Kazakh Cosmonaut May Fly To Space Station Next Year
- Contracts
- United States Should Plan To Defend Space Assets, Rather Than Attempting To Deter Attacks: Analyst
- Boeing Software Cuts Risk For Transformational Satellite Communications System
- Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System Adds $246 Million To Alaska Economy During 2007
- Boeing Adds Capabilities To Benefit GPS IIF System
- Third Instrument Delivered For NPOESS, Northrop Announces
- Czech Republic Joins ESA
- United Launch Alliance To Lay Off Hundreds
- Small Honeywell Gyros Boost Satellite Agility
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CongressGriffin Would Remain NASA Administrator If Obama Asked, But Griffin Says Invitation Unlikely
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn’t expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando […]
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Business/Financial
Sea Launch Receives SICRAL 1B Satellite For Launch In January
Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals […]
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Congress
Obering Steps Down From Missile Defense Agency; General Is ‘Encouraged’ Obama Backs Missile Defense, But Longer-Range Iranian Missiles Worrisome
General Warns That Delaying Missile Defense Such As In Europe Would ‘Severely Hurt’ Ability To Defend United States, Allies Against Enemies U.S.-European Missile Defense Scheduled To Be Operational By 2013, […]
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Business/Financial
Navy Seeks Harpoon, JSOW Upgrades Rather Than Using Air Force JASSM For Maritime Interdiction Missions
By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying […]
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Business/Financial
Tauscher Says Missile Defense Shield Doesn’t Deter Rogue Nations From Developing Missile Forces; Therefore, What Is The Point Of Creating Missile Defense?
U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of […]