Space
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Business/FinancialNASA Gives Lockheed $47.5 Million Contract For Space Shuttle Fuel Tanks
NASA gave Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $47.5 million contract change for external fuel tanks to be mated to space shuttle orbiter vehicles in future missions. Lockheed Martin will make the […]
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SpaceLittle Time, Lots of Effort Led To Successful Satellite Shoot-Down
By Geoff Fein Last month’s missile shot at a wayward spy satellite not only demonstrated the capability of the technologies to conduct such an effort, but it also showed the […]
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Space
Griffin Sees Several Thousand Space Jobs Lost In Florida, Louisiana
Gap Between Space Shuttle Fleet Retirement And Orion-Ares Spaceship Costly As Skills Are Lost, And U.S. Becomes Dependent On Russia For Space Transit Florida Senator Asks About Commercial Spaceship Launches […]
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Space
Griffin, Senior Senator Debate Getting Huge Experiment Into Space
The head of NASA and the senator chairing the NASA oversight panel debated at length how to get an otherwise wasted $1.5 billion experiment up to the International Space Station, […]
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InternationalNew Reports Show Iranian, North Korean, Chinese Missile Threats Worsen As U.S. Moves To Advance Multi-Layered Ballistic Missile Defense
And Then There Is A Reawakening Russia New reports confirm that multiple missile threats facing the United States are worsening, threats that years ago prompted Washington to institute a $100 […]
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Space
GAO: U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Meets Most Test Objectives; Missile Defense Agency Budgeting Improved, But Could Be Better
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has improved its budget processes so they are more like those in conventional federal agencies, but MDA still needs to improve the transparency and accountability […]
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International
Israel Has No Choice In Mounting Missile Defense, Even If Costs Are Huge, Israeli Ambassador Says
Terrorists, Insurgents Now Hitting Israel With Perhaps 16 Missiles Daily May Increase That To 100 To 200 Terrorist groups attacking Israel already have moved from an average of perhaps five […]
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International
Bush Continues Talks With Czech Leader On European Missile Defense
President Bush said he spoke last week with Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic prime minister, to again press the U.S. call for creation of a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system […]
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Space
Critic Assails U.S. ASAT Shot, But Also Predicts It Will Aid Aegis Missile Defense System In Gaining Full $1.2 Billion Funds
The United States move to shoot down an errant, dysfunctional intelligence satellite was unrealistic, but the successful shot probably will ensure that Congress provides the full requested $1.2 billion for […]