Space & Missile Defense Report
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[June 2, 2008]
// PDF View- Progress Reported For Multiple Kill Vehicle-L Missile Defense System
- Local Plumber Can’t Help When Broken Toilet Is 200 Miles Above Earth
- Chinese General Says People’s Liberation Army Weapons Buildup Merely Defensive, Not Offensive
- Contracts
- Launches
- Airborne Laser Missile Defense System Begins Activation Tests
- Phoenix Mars Lander Gets Just What It Wanted: An Icy Reception; Lander Operates Robotic Arm
- Critic: NASA Should Abandon Moon Missions, And Develop Means To Fend Off Killer Comets, Meteoroids Instead
- First THAAD Unit is Activated, Becomes An Army Battery
- Is Iran Moving Beyond Uranium Enrichment To Attempt Building Thermonuclear Bomb?
- NASA Seeks Ideas This Week For Lunar Surface Systems; Industry, Academia, Institutions Invited To Conference
- Aegis Missile Defense Test Set For Thursday In Pacific
- Space Shuttle Discovery Docks With Space Station After Flawless Countdown; Ascent To Orbit Saw Few Chunks Of Foam Insulation; No Danger To Orbiter
- Griffin: Commercial Crew Transportation Is Unlikely During Five Years When NASA Is Grounded, So Americans Must Depend On Russian Soyuz Spacecraft
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Business/FinancialContracts
Boeing Bids For Space Situational Awareness Contract The Boeing Co. [BA] submitted a bid for the Air Force Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) contract. The program, valued at approximately $30 […]
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Homeland Security
Chinese General Says People’s Liberation Army Weapons Buildup Merely Defensive, Not Offensive
A Chinese general said at an international conference that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) weapons-buying spree is purely for defensive purposes, according to news reports in the Brisbane Times Web […]
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InternationalLocal Plumber Can’t Help When Broken Toilet Is 200 Miles Above Earth
Crew members on the International Space Station (ISS) may be unusually happy today to greet the crew members of Space Shuttle Discovery: they are bringing a part to fix the […]
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Homeland Security
Progress Reported For Multiple Kill Vehicle-L Missile Defense System
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) missile defense program saw progress as its algorithms were tested, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. MKV-L is designed to counter multiple targets, such as an […]
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Business/Financial
Multiple Kill Vehicle Seeker Calibrated
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) operational pathfinder seeker for the carrier vehicle was calibrated, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Calibration was performed in the Space Dynamics Laboratory at North Logan, […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin: Moon, Mars Missions May Be Killed For Lack Of Will, Money; A Major Loss Looms; ‘Incredible Turmoil’ Of New President Arriving
NASA Nightmare: Commercial Space Transport Industry Could Die At Birth If Small Ideas Prevail Space Agency Faces Continuing Budget Resolution That May Mean NASA Buying Power Is Cut, Programs Damaged; […]
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Business/Financial
Sen. Nelson Plans For $1 Billion Extra In Fiscal 2009, And Another $1 Billion In Fiscal 2010 For NASA
Lawmakers Aim To Make House, Senate Fiscal 2009 Bills Similar So A Conference Committee Is Unneeded Nelson: Clinton Would Be Most Supportive Of NASA; Obama Position Is Improving; But McCain […]
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Business/Financial
House Adopts Defense Authorization Bill, Rejects Plan To Restore $719 Million Cut From Missile Defense, But Also Rejects Amendment To Cut $966 Million BMD
Meanwhile, Top Russian, Chinese Leaders Assail U.S. Plan For European Missile Defense System Rep. Franks Says U.S. Funding Cuts In European Missile Defense Confuse Czechs, Poles, Who Are Asked To […]
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CongressIsrael Has A Right To Retaliate If Iran Launches Nuclear Attack On Israel, Rep. Franks Says
Israel has a right to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike on Iran if it launches a nuclear attack on Israel, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said. "If they’re attacked by a […]