Space
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Business/FinancialSpace Forum New York: Commercial Firms Will Perform Missions For Less Money Than NASA, Space Tourist Richard Garriott Says, And NASA Could Operate For Half The Money It Now Receives
Commercial Space Industry Poised For Launch, Lifting Investors On A Ride To Success, Garriott Predicts; New Uses For Space Seen NEW YORK — Private commercial space firms will be able […]
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SpaceAtlantis Returns To Kennedy Atop 747 Carrier Aircraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis finally returned home, riding atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. That piggyback ride was needed because foul Florida weather forced Atlantis to land on the West […]
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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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Space
Endeavour Given Thumbs Up To Launch At 7:17 A.M. ET Saturday On STS-127 Mission
NASA leaders gave Space Shuttle Endeavour a green light to launch at 7:17 a.m. June 13 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A on an exhausting 16-day mission to the […]
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CongressSpace Forum New York: Space Station Shutdown After 2015 Makes No Sense, NASA Advisor Says; Station Just Now Nearing Completion, Full Use
NEW YORK — It would be incomprehensible to shut down the International Space Station after 2015, even though that is what current law envisions, a senior NASA figure said. Alan […]
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InternationalCircus Leader To Become Space Tourist
The founder of the Cirque du Soleil circus will become a space tourist, according to Space Adventures, Ltd. The firm arranges trips to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz […]
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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
RazakSAT Now Set To Launch From Kwajalein July 13 Or 14
The RazakSAT satellite launch atop a Falcon 1 rocket has been rescheduled to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET on July 13 or 14, Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) announced. […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Conference: Obama Missile Defense Cuts Will Harm Industrial Base, Eliminate Boost-Phase Programs
Deep cuts in some missile defense programs will eliminate development of systems to kill enemy missiles in their most vulnerable stage of flight trajectory, while also harming the defense industrial […]
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Business/Financial
Sea Sparrow Missile Tests Go Well
The first fleet firings of a new-configuration Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) went well, the Navy reported. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme successfully conducted Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile […]