Space
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CongressFully Funding NASA Programs Would Require $2 Bln-3 Bln More Yearly: Griffin Cites Estimate
Extending Space Shuttle Flights Would Cost $3 Bln More Yearly; Smart Move Would Provide $2 Bln To Launch Orion One Year Earlier The NASA basic budget would have to increase […]
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SpaceGriffin Says No Word On Reappointment From Obama; He Submitted Resignation, As A Political Appointee Must
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said last week he has thus far received no word, either way, on whether President-elect Obama will ask him to remain at the helm of the […]
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Business/FinancialNASA Issues RFP For Gigantic Ares V Rocket; Proposals Due At 1 P.M. CT Feb. 9
NASA issued a request for proposal for the huge Ares V rocket that will hoist payloads to space needed for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a permanent […]
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Business/FinancialHouse Resolution Affirms Israeli Right Of Self-Defense Against Hamas Attack
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Strongly Backs Measure A powerful House committee chairman strongly endorsed a pending House resolution that recognizes the right of Israel to defend itself against rocket […]
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Business/FinancialBush Opposed Israeli Plan To Bomb Iranian Nuclear Production Bunkers
President Bush last year opposed an Israeli plan to launch an air strike employing earth-penetrating ordnance to annihilate deeply-buried nuclear processing facilities in Iran, according to The New York Times […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Has Potential 78 Ships Worldwide For Aegis System Upgrades
Nation Requires Multiple Missile Defense Systems, Lockheed Official Says Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] faces a potential 78 ships in the U.S. Navy and allied forces that the company might be […]
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Business/FinancialAIA Report Urges Treating NASA, Military, Civilian Space Programs As Unified Entity
Recommendation Comes As Some Urge Dumping Ares I NASA Rocket For EELV Military Lifter AIA Says Studying Shift To EELV Worthwhile, But AIA Doesn’t Recommend That Change It would be […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Gains $371.6 Million Contract For GMLRS Program
The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $371.6 million firm fixed price contract for further work in the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Full Rate Production IV initial […]
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Air ForceAir Force Shuts Down TSAT Competition; New RFP To Be Issued For SatCom System
The Air Force shut down the existing Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program competition without awarding a contract. Instead, the restructured contest now moves back to square one, with the air […]
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SpaceMars Rovers Spirit, Opportunity Still Going After Five Years, 20 Times Their Design Lives
The Mars rovers, which NASA designed to send spectacular pictures of the red planet back to Earth, are still going some five years after landing in the alien world. That […]