Space
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InternationalChina Poised For Manned Space Mission As Early As Next Week; Expected Spacewalk By Taikonaut Will Be A First For China
Chinese Space Advances Come As NASA Faces Serious Woes China is wrapping up preparations for liftoff as early as next week of its third manned space flight that will include […]
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Business/FinancialRussia Vows Anew To Demolish Any U.S.-European Missile Defense System, As Polish Parliament Weighs Backing Construction Of Missile Shield
Russia Lambasted For Continued Occupation Of Georgian Provinces; Asian Nations Provide $40 Million Low-Interest Loan To Georgia But Some U.S. Lawmakers Still Are Cool To Providing Funds Required To Build […]
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Homeland Security
North Korea Threatens To Rebuild Nuclear Weapons Reactor As Kim Jong Il Reported To Suffer Stroke, Undergo Brain Surgery
New North Korean Missile Launching Facility Taking Shape North Korea, which with great fanfare demolished a portion of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, now is […]
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SpaceTests Completed On Separation Motor For Ares I
Engineers finished testing a small solid rocket motor that will help to separate the second stage of the next-generation Ares I rocket from the first stage, NASA announced. That small […]
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Business/Financial
Russia Develops Reusable Rocket Engines Cutting Launch Costs, Lifting 1.5 To 30 Tons; Hydrogen Added To Kerosene-Oxygen
Energomash Science and Production Association has developed a rocket engine with reusable liquid propellant engines that can markedly lower the cost per launch, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. […]
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Homeland Security
Report Says Terrorists Still Seeking Weapons Such As Nuclear Devices, Sees U.S. Efforts To Control Proliferation As Improved But Still Inadequate
A new report finds that seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States still hasn’t mounted an effective effort to prevent the spread of nuclear and other catastrophic […]
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Homeland Security
Book Sees U.S. Concerns That Terrorists Will Wield Nukes As ‘Hype, Rhetoric, Sensationalism,’ Urges Rejecting Fear
A new book argues that worries about terrorists gaining possession of nuclear weapons is hype, media fear-mongering and sensationalism. The book titled "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" was authored by Brian […]
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Air ForceAir Force Wants Expedited Recertification of AEHF Satellite System
By Marina Malenic The Air Force has asked the Department of Defense (DOD) expedite the review process triggered by massive cost growth of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
Progress Docking At Space Station Delayed As Hurricane Ike Closes Johnson Russia launched a Progress freighter spaceship as scheduled, but then found it couldn’t dock the Progress with the International […]
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CongressNASA Increases Use Of Temporary Employees, GAO Report Finds
NASA has increased its use of temporary hirings, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress stated. Since NASA was given the power to appoint employees to positions for limited […]