Space & Missile Defense Report
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[June 9, 2008]
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- Rep. Harman, Others, Urge Bush To Send X-Band Missile Defense Radar To Israel
- If Iran Launches Nuclear Missile To Israel, And Israel Uses BMD To Kill The Missile, Who Gets Blame For Fallout? Israel.
- MDA Leader: North Korea Already Has ICBM Capability
- Academics: United States Should Agree To Ban Space Weapons; A System To Defend U.S. Satellites And Space Assets Would Be Technologically Unfeasible And Too
- House Panel Backs NASA Reauthorization Measure With Few Changes, Sends It To House Floor
- Sen. Levin Cites NPOESS As Example Of Problem Program, Over Budget And Behind Schedule; Young Says All Original Capabilities Ultimately May Not Be Orbited
- Successful Aegis System Test Opens Door To New Capability; Will Aegis Compete With Ground-Based Midcourse System?
- How Contractors Can Win Work From Space Agency: NASA Seeks Visionary Space Innovators To Brainstorm Future Homes, Offices, Vehicles, Roads To Be Built On Moon
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Business/FinancialHow Contractors Can Win Work From Space Agency: NASA Seeks Visionary Space Innovators To Brainstorm Future Homes, Offices, Vehicles, Roads To Be Built On Moon
Contractors, Others, Are Briefed On Requirements To Create A Lunar Community; What The Stylish Spacewalker Will Wear For A Stroll Through Town Designing Habitat Is Challenging: How To Supply Air […]
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Homeland SecuritySuccessful Aegis System Test Opens Door To New Capability; Will Aegis Compete With Ground-Based Midcourse System?
A successful test last week of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system and its Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptor opens the door to new capabilities and missions for the […]
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Business/Financial
Sen. Levin Cites NPOESS As Example Of Problem Program, Over Budget And Behind Schedule; Young Says All Original Capabilities Ultimately May Not Be Orbited
Senate Panel Blasts $295 Billion Of Cost Overruns In Pentagon Programs; That Equals More Than 16 Times NASA Budget, About 30 Times More Than MDA Budget The National Polar-orbiting Operational […]
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Business/Financial
House Panel Backs NASA Reauthorization Measure With Few Changes, Sends It To House Floor
The House Science and Technology Committee favorably reported out the NASA reauthorization measure that would permit increased funding for the space agency and accelerate the first flight of the next-generation […]
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CongressAcademics: United States Should Agree To Ban Space Weapons; A System To Defend U.S. Satellites And Space Assets Would Be Technologically Unfeasible And Too
The United States should agree to negotiate a global ban on weapons in space and the use of anti-satellite weapons, because erecting a military shield to defend satellites would be […]
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Homeland Security
MDA Leader: North Korea Already Has ICBM Capability
North Korea has the capability to design and build an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), even though a Taepo Dong-2 missile failed in a 2006 test, a senior U.S. missile defense […]
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SpaceIf Iran Launches Nuclear Missile To Israel, And Israel Uses BMD To Kill The Missile, Who Gets Blame For Fallout? Israel.
If Iran launches a nuclear missile attack on Israel, and Israel defends itself by using ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems to destroy the incoming missile, who will be blamed if […]
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Space
Rep. Harman, Others, Urge Bush To Send X-Band Missile Defense Radar To Israel
By Emelie Rutherford A congressional proponent of deploying the X-Band ground-based warning radar in Israel said that while President Bush didn’t endorse the plan during his visit to Israel, as […]