Space
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SpaceATK Rocket Destroyed After Liftoff From Wallops Island; NASA ‘Very Disappointed’ By Failure; Experts Seek Cause
Rocket Veered Off Course; Range Safety Personnel Destroyed Rocket When It Reached Safety-Area Limit; Unconfirmed Report Civilian Saw Rocket Debris On Land NASA Hypersonic Experiments Were Aboard Failed Rocket, Representing […]
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Space
NASA Devises Solution For Ares Rocket Thrust Oscillation Problem
NASA leaders announced a solution for an intense vibration, or thrust oscillation, in the Ares I rocket that will loft the next-generation U.S. space capsule Orion into orbit. The thrust […]
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Homeland Security
Russian Invasion Of Georgia Proves U.S. Need For Directed-Energy Weapons Against Missile, Air Threats
The United States needs to field laser weapons, including solid-state assets, now, not later, a new report states. Proof of the urgent need for directed-energy defenses have been provided by […]
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InternationalRussian Cosmonaut Takes Pictures From Space Station Of War Zone In Georgia; Russia Says Photographs Are For Humanitarian, Not Military, Purposes
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, while on the International Space Station, took pictures of the war zone in Georgia, where Russian troops invaded the nation and then only partially pulled back […]
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CongressDefense Costs To Outstrip Funds Available; Immediate, Long-Range, Needs Clash
The U.S. military procurement effort faces an immense disconnect between funding needs and available financing, complicated by new emerging threats such as the loss of sanctuary in space and the […]
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Business/FinancialExpendable Launch Vehicles Market Seen At $48 Billion In Next Decade
The global market for expendable launch vehicles (ELVs), or rockets, will see an upturn to total about $48 billion over the next decade, according to a new projection from Forecast […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Issues Request For Information On Lunar Communications, Navigation
NASA issued a request for information, or RFI, for concepts concerning communications and navigation services that could be used on the moon. The space agency wishes to gauge interest and […]
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Business/Financial
Ballistic Missile Defense Programs Comprise 10 Percent Of Lockheed Revenues
Sales of ballistic missile defense systems and components have grown to make up 10 percent of the revenues in Lockheed Martin [LMT], the largest defense contractor, a senior official said […]
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Space
Army Mobile Laser Beam Control System Passes Preliminary Review
The Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator beam control system passed its preliminary design review requirements, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced today. The laser would take out airborne threats including […]
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Homeland Security
Launches
U.S. Air Force Launches Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with three unarmed multiple independent reentry vehicles on a […]