Space
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Business/FinancialDARPA Gives Northrop Part Of $37 Million Terahertz Satellite Contract
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] phase 1 of the $37-million Terahertz (THz) Electronics contract, the company announced. That will support military and space […]
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Business/Financial
Belligerent Iran Fires Missile With Important Solid-Fuel Feature; Surface-To-Surface Weapon Can Strike Targets In Israel, U.S. Bases, Europe
Iran showed continued advancement in its missile development program by launching a 1,200-mile-range solid-fueled rocket, the International Herald Tribune reported. That Sejil-2 missile has sufficient range to strike Israel, or […]
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SpaceInternational Space Station Crew Drinks Recycled Water; What Goes Around Comes Around; No Taste Test Rating
International Space Station crew members on Expedition 19 drank recycled urine provided by a recycling and purifying machine, and lived to tell the tale. Recycling urine, sweat and other human […]
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Homeland Security
Missile Defense Program Still Aims To Buy 44 Interceptors, Gen. O’Reilly Says; But Number of Silos Deployed Being Cut To 30 From 44
Need For 44 Ground-based Midcourse Interceptors Was Not Based On Sound Analysis, O’Reilly Says European Missile Defense Fiscal 2010 Budget Weak Because Legal Curbs Won’t Permit Spending More Than $51 […]
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Space
Mars Rover Makes Another Find At Martian Crater
One of NASA’s two Mars rovers has recorded a compelling saga of environmental changes that occurred over billions of years at a Martian crater. The Mars rover, Opportunity, surveyed the […]
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Business/Financial
House, Senate Leaders Say Obama Underfunds NASA; Either Provide Adequate Money, Or Slash Programs
While President Obama is praiseworthy for adding funds to the NASA budget for the next fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, the space agency still is sorely underfunded, including the […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Bids For Army ICBS Phase II Contract
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] submitted a bid for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) competition, the company announced today. The firm leads one of two […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Money Shortage Means Supporters Must Launch Full Throttle Up Lobbying Effort
Congressman Says Both Lawmakers And General Public Must Be Mobilized NASA is facing major money trouble, but one solution may lie in the agency itself: the wow factor of the […]
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Business/Financial
CSBA Experts See Solid-State Lasers Superior To Chemical Lasers, But Endorse Mobility In Platform; U.S. Lasers To Be Critical As Missiles Proliferate
Developing, Deploying Solid-State Laser Could Take About 10 Years: Estimate Technical Hurdles To Lasers Surmountable, But Non-Technical Barriers Must Be Bested The United States faces a grim threat of rogue […]
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Business/Financial
New Report By Russian And U.S. Analysts Sees No Iranian Nuke-Tipped ICBM For 10 To 15 Years — Unless Others Aid Tehran
European Missile Defense Wouldn’t Work Against Iranian Missiles, Report Asserts; Its Authors Include Missile Defense Critics Lt. Gen. O’Reilly Rejects Anti-European Missile Defense Report As Based On Incorrect Assumptions, ‘Not […]