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Compression Experiments In World's Largest Pulse Power MachineSeattle - Apr 08, 2003 
Andrews Space & Technology says it has successfully demonstrated the fundamental operating principles of a propulsion system that could dramatically affect deep space travel, shortening round trips to Mars from two years to six months and making future trips to Jupiter and back a two-year affair.Scientists Produces Fusion Neutrons In Sandia's Z Machine 
Philadelphia - Apr 08, 2003Throwing its hat into the ring of machines that offer the possibility of achieving controlled nuclear fusion, Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine has created a hot dense plasma that produces thermonuclear neutrons, Sandia researchers announced today at a news conference at the April meeting of the American Physical Society in Philadelphia. |
NASA Throws Another $135 Million At Orbital Space Plane Program
Huntsville - Apr 08, 2003NASA today announced approximately $135 million dollars will be awarded to three competing contractor teams to continue support of NASA's Orbital Space Plane program under the Space Launch Initiative to provide crew rescue and transfer capabilities to the International Space Station. Satellite Industry Statistics Released 
Colorado Springs - Apr 08, 2003The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) released its 2002 satellite industry statistics Monday at the Space Foundation's National Space Symposium. ESA and NASDA Relay Data Between Artemis and Adeos 2 
Paris - Apr 08, 2003Another successful inter-satellite link achieved with Artemis! After a world premiere laser link with Spot 4 in November 2001 and a relay with Envisat last month, Artemis has transmitted data from the Japanese earth observation satellite Adeos II. |
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Satellite Glitch Delays Launch Of European Rocket Kourou - Apr 08, 2003 A problem with a satellite due to be launched by the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rocket caused the postponement of a much-awaited launch on Tuesday, officials said. 
A statement issued by the Arianespace company, based near Paris, said the delay had occurred because the client responsible for one of the two satellites aboard the craft had needed to make some last-minute checks. |
Beyond Buck and Wernher
Scottsdale - Apr 08, 2003Space advocacy began a long lifetime ago, in the Depression-era rocket societies. Rather than progressing since those days, we seem trapped in them, endlessly assembling handfuls of local enthusiasts and dreaming of co-opting powerful financial or political patrons, writes John Carter McKnight. To abandon old 1930s Buck Rogers dreams and Wernher von Braun tactics for a spacefaring 21st Century, we need new projects and methods of leadership. |
Astronomers Find "Naked" Galaxies, Devoid Of Dark Matter
Dublin - Apr 09, 2003An international team of astronomers has discovered that "dark matter", the mysterious material that seems to make up most of the mass of galaxies, is not as all-pervasive as previously believed. Instant Satellite Bandwidth On Demand For Video Contribution 
Friedrichshafen - Apr 08, 2003ND SatCom AG, a leading global supplier of satellite based communication networks and ground stations, will show its new Broadband Media Contribution Solution at the NAB 2003. Visitors to the show will be able to experience "store and forward" of video content, live streaming and live TV over IP, all based on ND SatComs' award winning SkyWAN� platform. Prolific NASA Orbiter Adds Thousands Of Photos To Mars Album 
Pasadena - Apr 08, 2003The winds of Mars leave their marks on many of the 11,664 new pictures being posted on the Internet today by the camera team for NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission. |
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