Space
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Homeland Security
Foes Of European Ballistic Missile Defense Unleash Yet Another Attack, Criticize Radar
Another attack on the planned European (Ground-based) Midcourse Defense (EMD) shield to protect Europe and the United States against Iranian missiles has come from those who have criticized the program […]
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SpaceNavy Bars Some Officers From Seeking To Be Astronauts: Report
The Navy is barring some officers in certain specialties from a chance to become NASA astronauts, The New York Times reported. While large numbers of Navy officers have become astronauts, […]
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Business/FinancialNASA Gives SpaceX A Rocket Launch Contract Worth Up To $1 Billion, Depending On Orders
Gerstenmaier Sees High Interest, Many Bids For NASA Space Transport Vehicle Work To Be Awarded In June; Competition May Be Intense NASA Moving To Fill Void Created By Shuttles Retiring; […]
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CongressGerman Ambassador Sees Iranian Missiles, Nuclear Program As Posing ‘Great Danger’
German Envoy Says U.S. Leaders Gates, Rice, ‘Brilliant’ In Handling Russian Objection To Installing Missile Defense System In Europe If ongoing Iranian production of nuclear materials leads to Iran wielding […]
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Congress
Former Pentagon Testing Chief Claims Airborne Laser Can’t Kill Enemy Missiles If They’re Painted White
A Test, However, Shows White Target Missile Body Blasted Wide Open In Airborne Laser Ground Shot This is what the Airborne Laser can do to the body of a missile […]
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InternationalSoyuz Carrying Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut, Russian, Korean, Has Fast, Rough ‘Ballistic’ Reentry With High-g Forces; Spacecraft Lands 295 Miles From Target Touchdown Site
Peggy Whitson, Space Station Expedition 16 Commander, Breaks Record For Cumulative Time In Space For Any U.S. Astronaut, Male Or Female, With 377 Days Aloft Russian Cosmonauts Still Hold World-Wide […]
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Business/Financial
FAA Report Sees Boom In Tiny Commercial Space Ventures: Huge Opportunities Seen For Private Firms Developing Vehicles To Haul Astronauts, Cargo, Food And Much More
Are Private Space Transport Firms Today Where Microsoft Was When It Sold Stock In 1985? Broader, Established Space Transport Industry Sees Revenues, Profits Soar More Than 40 Percent Over Two […]
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Air ForceAllied Nations Interested In Buying THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
Space Based Radar Needed Because Ground Radars Blind In Some Spots Europeans Would Welcome Mobile Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Some nations are interested in buying the Terminal High Altitude […]
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Space
Obering Sees Aegis, THAAD Interceptor Production Rate ‘Roughly’ Doubling In 2010-2015, But Funding Wouldn’t Double
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will seek approval to roughly double the production rate of new Aegis and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptors in fiscal years […]
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Congress
Small, Primitive Nuclear Weapon Detonated In Washington Would Wreak Destruction Over Wide Area, Two Studies Show
Total Destruction Of Buildings Near Blast Would Be Followed By Widespread Fatalities In Radioactive Fallout Over Many Miles Even a small, primitive nuclear bomb detonated on the National Mall in […]