Space
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Business/FinancialChanging From Ares Rocket To EELVs Would Cost Money, Time: NASA Leaders
If NASA shifts even partially from its Constellation Program plan for building the new Ares rocket family, and decides instead to convert and adapt the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) […]
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Business/Financial
Dassault Acquires Alcatel-Lucent Share Of Thales
Dassault Aviation signed papers to acquire Alcatel-Lucent [ALU] shares in Thales, Alcatel-Lucent announced. The deal involved 41,262,481 Thales shares. This transaction will be based on a price of Euro38 per […]
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CongressGlory Days: NASA Remembers When First Lunar Circumnavigation Mission Launched Into Space 40 Years Ago
NASA is commemorating the heady days in the 1960s when the United States was committing enormous resources, both financial and technological, to its space program, with a celebration this week […]
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Business/Financial
NPOESS System Completes Review For Preparatory Project
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project completed a mission operations readiness (MOR) review, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The largest review of the overall NPOESS configuration […]
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Business/Financial
Paper: Obama Shouldn’t Use Military Force To Halt Iranian Nukes, But Should Convince Iran That Military Force Remains An Option U.S. Will Use
The United States shouldn’t use a military strike to annihilate Iranian nuclear production facilities, but President-elect Obama should order talks with Iran and convince Tehran leaders that the United States […]
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Congress
Obama Team Invites NASA To March In Inaugural Parade
While NASA supporters worry that President-elect Obama might cut funding for the space program, an upbeat sign came when Obama’s team invited NASA to march in his inaugural parade Jan. […]
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Business/Financial
Sierra Nevada Completes SpaceDev Acquisition
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of SpaceDev, allowing it to form an integrated space technologies business unit. SNC, when it first announced the deal […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Again Breaks Its Word To Surrender Nuclear Weapons And Permit Inspections Near Nuke Areas
North Korea once again has broken its word, refusing to agree to a denuclearization verification system after earlier having promised it would permit such a system, a senior U.S. diplomat, […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Satellite Communications System Satellite Reaches 15 Years On Orbit, More Than 10-Year Design
The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B10 satellite completed 15 years on orbit, 50 percent more than its 10-year design life, builder Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The entire DSCS […]
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Congress
Commission Focused On Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Not On Missiles, Because Missiles Tough To Build
The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, which predicted a WMD terrorist attack likely will occur by 2013, focused on weapons of mass destruction rather than possible […]