International
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International
Europe Begins Testing Urine/Feces/Air Recycling Machine, After United States Has Similar System Up And Working Aboard International Space Station, Serving Crew Of Six
The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing technologies that it hopes one day could result in a machine to convert human feces and urine, and exhaled carbon dioxide, into usable […]
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International
Plank Satellite Conducts Midcourse Correction
The European Space Agency (ESA) Planck satellite conducted a critical mid-course correction to place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the […]
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International
USJFCOM Wargame Stresses Future Joint Force Operational Concepts
By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Friday wrapped up a weeklong seminar wargame examining how the future joint force would operate in a complex and unpredictable 2020 environment, […]
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Business/Financial
Space Forum New York: Air Force Space Buyer Says Contract Protests Can Be Avoided By Making Requirements Precise, Measureable
Payton Says If GPS III Contract Award Had Been Protested, Air Force Still Was Set To Let Winner Commence Work On Critically Needed Satellites NEW YORK — The Department of […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Conference: O’Reilly Says High Cost Of Targets A Hurdle; Mass-Produced Lower-Cost Targets Needed
Proposal For More Targets Seen This Summer; MDA Seeks New Sources Of Target Missiles The U.S. missile defense program has a cost problem, not so much with the high-speed interceptors […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Conference: Critic Of Missile Defense Favors Research, But Doesn’t Back Programs, Systems
A frequent critic of U.S. ballistic missile defense programs said he would favor research and development of those programs, but didn’t endorse any of them as effective in taking down […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Conference: Burgeoning North Korean, Iranian Missile Threats Rise, Even As United States Cuts Missile Defense
North Korea and Iran are developing more advanced missile capabilities, along with nuclear programs, even as the United States is cutting funds for missile defense programs, a missile defense expert […]
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Congress
Clinton Says Iranian Nuclear Attack On Israel Would Draw ‘Retaliation,’ But Doesn’t Repeat Comment That U.S. Would Annihilate Iran
Any Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would draw retaliation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on ABC This Week. "Were Israel to suffer nuclear attack by Iran, there would be […]
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Business/Financial
IAEA Report Says Iran Increases Number Of Centrifuges; Tracking Iranian Nuclear Production Program More Difficult
Iran rapidly is increasing the number of its centrifuges producing nuclear materials, and it is becoming more difficult to keep track of it all, according to a new report from […]
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Congress
Heritage Foundation Says United States May Need To Use Military Force To Halt Iranian March To Nuclear Weapons
Iran must be coaxed or forced to surrender its nuclear program, according to a special report from The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. Diplomacy or a campaign of deterrence […]