Space
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SpaceAtlantis Crew Shines As Hubble Overhaul Sees Repeated Successes; Obstacles Overcome
It wasn’t easy, but victory finally came in sight today. The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis had to overcome repeated challenges that years of exhaustive training on the ground couldn’t […]
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Business/FinancialGates Open To Buying 44 GMD Interceptors Eventually, Or At Least To Buying More Than 30 Of The GMD Missiles; GMD Effective To Kill Incoming North Korean Missiles
European Missile Defense Still Alive, Perhaps With Russia As Partner: Gates Lawmakers: Missile Defense Cuts Unwise; Huge Weapons Cuts Challenged In Congress, But Gates Presses For Fiscal 2010 Budget Secretary […]
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Augustine: Future Cost Of Manned NASA Space Program A Significant Factor, But Money Already Spent On Constellation Isn’t
Panel Will Look At What Hardware Is Available The future cost of developing and operating manned space flight hardware is "one of the important issues" tha a review panel will […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Again Wins GOES-R Satellite Work Awarded By NASA And NOAA
Contract Is Worth $1.09 Billion; Eventual Billions More At Stake Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will build two GOES-R weather and Earth-scanning satellites after all, meaning that the work won’t go to rival […]
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Panel: Deploy Missile Defense Assets Against Regional Nuclear Aggressors; Missile Defense ‘Useful, Valuable’
Missile defense systems can be useful in deterring aggression against the United States, especially aggression involving nuclear-tipped missiles, and thus should occupy a key position in the U.S. strategic posture, […]
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Business/Financial
Pentagon Errs In Curtailing Airborne Laser; That Would Lose Multiple Benefits: Speed Of Light, Easy Tracking, Before MIRV Threat
By George Landrith The Pentagon’s decision to curtail the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program is a grave mistake. It will leave the United States more vulnerable to the growing […]
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CongressCommission Urges Warhead ‘Modernization’ And Rehab Of Decaying Production Centers
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Still Needed To Deter Aggression, Though Fewer Warheads Suffice By George Lobsenz A congressionally chartered commission backed the Obama administration’s emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation as increasingly critical […]
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Business/Financial
Group Asks Why — With Threats Soaring –Obama Budget Slashes Missile Defense
President Obama has chosen to slash funding for ballistic missile defense programs just when the threat of missile attacks is skyrocketing, a pro-missile defense group asserted. Those funding cuts and […]
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Air Force Association Deplores Airborne Laser Missile Defense Cut
Deep cuts to the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile program are unwise, as would be a proposed killing of the Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASM) program, the Air Force Association (AFA) stated. […]
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Business/Financial
CSBA President Krepinevich Praises Obama-Gates Budget
President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have made difficult decisions to rebalance the Department of Defense budget in their proposal for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, […]