Space
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SpaceAtlantis Poised On Pad For Launch;
Soyuz Lands Wednesday With Crew Space Shuttle Atlantis has arrived at Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., poised for a May 12 liftoff on the STS-125 Mission to […]
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SpaceArctic Ice Continues To Dwindle: NASA
Arctic sea ice continues to shrink, according to NASA. The latest Arctic sea ice data from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the decade-long trend […]
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CongressNASA Needs Sufficient, Stable Funding Or Other Nations Will Grab Global Space Leadership, Trample United States: AIA
NASA needs sufficient funding, and the financial support must be stable rather than riding a volatile roller coaster of peaks and valleys, an industry leader said. Otherwise, the American space […]
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Homeland Security
China: Rising Or Rampaging?
Sino Secret Ballistic Missile May Be ‘Kill Weapon’ Targeting American Aircraft Carriers Obama Meets With Hu, Seeks Friendly Relations While a few observers still wonder why China is arming itself […]
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Business/FinancialObama, Medvedev Still At Odds Over European Missile Defense
President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev remain divided over a U.S. plan to construct a European Missile Defense system to protect Europe and the United States against missile attack […]
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Homeland Security
Medvedev Sees European Missile Defense Plan Souring U.S.-Russian Relations; Moscow Leader Writes In Washington Post
Relations between the United States and Russia soured in part because the Americans wanted to build the European Missile Defense system, Russian President Demitry A. Medvedev wrote in a letter […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Indispensable Because Some Nuclear Powers Cannot Be Deterred By Threat Of Mutual Assured Destruction
Northrop Grumman White Paper Says New Situation Has Evolved, Cold War Strategy No Longer Viable Rogue states now acquiring nuclear weapons capability and missile delivery systems can’t be deterred from […]
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Homeland Security
Hezbollah Terrorists Use Mexican Drug Smuggling Routes To Help Fund Terrorist Operations: Report
Hezbollah, the terrorist group that bombarded Israel with thousands of missiles in 2006, is working with Mexican drug cartels, using their smuggling routes into the United States, The Washington Times […]
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Business/FinancialNational Space Symposium: Raytheon Offers Responder: New Sensors For Rapid Use On Satellites
Raytheon Co. [RTN] unveiled its Responder product, a rapidly deployable interchangeable, mission-specific sensor payload for satellites. The move comes as many military officers and analysts worry that some potential enemies […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Bloodied As Gates Proposes Slashing Missile Defense Programs In Budget Proposal
Boeing ABL: No More Planes; Boeing GMD: No More Interceptors; Boeing EMD: Coasting On Old Funds Gates Plan Cuts 14 Percent Of MDA Funds; Aegis-Standard Missile Program Does Well, As […]