Space
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Business/FinancialKyl Assails Officials Who Give Bailout Trillions To Banks, Brokers, Others — But Then Get Tough With Procurement Programs Like Missile Defense
While the federal government has lavished trillions of dollars on the banking, Wall Street brokerage, insurance, mortgage lender and other industries, with few strings attached except for CEO-pay conditions, the […]
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Business/Financial
China Is Displaying Nuclear Submarines For First Time; Beijing Orders Increased Patrols In Contested Sea Area
China is displaying nuclear submarines in the port city of Qingdao, a first, according to Xinhua, the official government news agency. The muscle-flexing comes as China is in multiple debates […]
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Business/Financial
Blumenthal: U.S. Competition With China Is Now, Not A Future Development; Gates Plan Responds With Weakness To Rising Chinese Military
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has proposed a budget plan that will leave the U.S. military weaker, precisely as the Chinese military is growing stronger. And the Sino military already […]
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Business/Financial
Israel To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System If Gates Agrees To Provide A Unit; Raytheon System Would Kill Rockets From Gaza Strip
Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]
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Business/Financial
GOES-R Satellite Costs Jump, Schedule Problems Arise: GAO
NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]
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CongressRep. Kosmas Urges Dropping Space Shuttle Retirement Deadline Of Sept. 30, 2010
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) urged Congress to drop the Sept. 30, 2010, retirement deadline for the space shuttle fleet. She also asked for $2.5 billion funding for NASA to keep […]
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ArmyHarris Gets $600 Million Army Contract For New SATCOM Terminals
Harris [HRS] has been awarded a 10-year, $600 million contract for the Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, the next-generation military satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals that will provide the […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin, Scolese, Warn Against Volatile Cuts In NASA Budget; Predictability Needed; Vital To Preserve Vision For Space Goals
Griffin Says NASA Needs $3 Billion More Annually; Expresses ‘Great Concern’ Over Gap In U.S. Manned Spaceflight Capability NASA Now On ‘Proper Path’ — Griffin; New Administrator Will Need Direct […]
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SpaceSpace Station Node Named Tranquility, But Comedian Show Host Gets Consolation-Prize Treadmill Name
NASA will name a new node on the International Space Station "Tranquility," the space agency announced. That wasn’t the most-suggested name offered by the public in a poll, but Tranquility […]
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Space
Cutting Space Programs Could Make A Nosediving Economy Even Weaker
As President Obama and Congress prepare to decide future funding levels for NASA, a study released today suggests cutting space spending could make an already staggering U.S. economy even weaker. […]