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NASA Readies Mars Lander For August Launch To Icy Site
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 10, 2007NASA's next Mars mission will look beneath a frigid arctic landscape for conditions favorable to past or present life. Instead of roving to hills or craters, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will claw down into the icy soil of the Red Planet's northern plains. The robot will investigate whether frozen water near the Martian surface might periodically melt enough to sustain a livable environment for mi ... more A Minor 55 Million Dollar Accounting Error Highlights NASA Budgeting Processes 
Cameron Park CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007An examination of the official report of the Fiscal Year 2008 budget for NASA ordered by the US Senate's Appropriations Committee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies reveals something extraordinary: a $55 million miscalculation that no one on the Committee caught before they passed it. NASA (and the White House) had originally requested $1.497 billion for NASA's Earth Sciences Div ... more NASA Delays Dawn Asteroid Probe Launch Until September 
Washington (AFP) Jul 09, 2007The US space agency has postponed until September the launch of space probe Dawn on its eight-year mission to unlock the mysteries of the origins of our solar system. It was the second delay for the mission in as many days. "Primary reasons for the move were a combination of highly limited launch opportunities for Dawn in July and the potential impact to launch preparations for the upcoming Phoe ... more Lockheed Martin Reaches Major Milestone For The Mule Robotic Vehicle Engineering Evaluation Unit 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 10, 2007The Lockheed Martin Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE) robotic vehicle's Engineering Evaluation Unit (EEU) recently reached a major milestone in demonstrating autonomous navigation over complex obstacles, such as steps and gaps. The EEU autonomously climbed a 30-inch step and bridged a 70-inch gap without operator intervention, using only parametric descriptions of the obstacle ... more Thinking Big About Space Telescopes 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 10, 2007NASA's next moon rocket is still on the drawing board, but already scientists are dreaming up big new things to do with it. "The Ares V rocket will be able to launch missions whose volume or mass or both can be handled no other way," says Philip Stahl, an internationally respected optical engineer now at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Maybe, he says, we should use it "to launch big space ... more |
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Petropavlovsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 10, 2007A global missile defense system proposed by Russia could be created by 2020, a Russian first deputy prime minister said Sunday. "We are proposing to create a single missile defense system for all participants with equal access to the system's control," Sergei Ivanov said in a televised interview with the Vesti Nedeli program on Rossiya television channel. Ivanov said the proposal applied b ... more TSAT Team Demonstrates Technology Maturity Of Laser Communications Subsystem 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007A recent test conducted by the Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) space segment team has validated that its laser communications technology developed for the Risk Reduction and System Definition phase has achieved the goal of Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6) -- a key milestone on the path to flight for the TSAT program. Technology read ... more Raytheon Awarded Rolling Airframe Missile Contracts Valued At Nearly 146 Million Dollars 
Tucson AZ3 (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Raytheon has been awarded $145.4 million by the U.S. Navy for production and enhancement of its Rolling Airframe Missile program. Nearly $105.5 million will go to the development of Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2, a kinematic and sensor upgrade to the company's Rolling Airframe Missile Block 1. Rolling Airframe Missile is one of the world's most modern ship self-defense weapons, designed to p ... more NetFires Conducts Successful Warhead Demonstration For Precision Attack Missile 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2007NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully demonstrated the ability of its Precision Attack Missile warhead to penetrate a fortified bunker target, a key program requirement. The Precision Attack Missile is part of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System currently under development for the U.S. Army's Future Com ... more A-10s Get Digital Makeover 
Davis-Monthan AFB AZ (AFPN) Jul 10, 2007Air Force officials are making significant changes to A-10 Thunderbolt IIs as part of the "Precision Engagement" upgrade, which changes the aircraft designation from the A-10A to the A-10C. "It's the largest upgrade the A-10 has ever had by far," said Maj. Drew English, the program manager for A-10C Precision Engagement. "The gist of it is to bring the A-10 from being an analog jet to a di ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 10, 2007Russia's population is currently ageing faster than almost any other country in Europe. The workforce/pensioner ratio has shrunk by a factor of 1.5 over the past 15 years. The idea of solidarity between generations no longer works in the Russian pension system, hence our big headache-old people living from hand to mouth and a snowballing Pension Fund deficit. Regular federal subsidies are not a ... more As China Overtakes US As Global Polluter Opportunities Abound For Newer, Cleaner Plants 
New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007China will become the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter in one year, exceeding the emissions of the U.S. However, China also presents the most investment opportunities for manufacturing products based on new clean technologies, putting the country on both sides of the environmental challenge. These points and many others were discussed by a blue-chip panel of cleantech leaders during the Lu ... more SCE Proposes Final Leg Of Largest Renewable Transmission Project In California 
Rosemead CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Southern California Edison (SCE) today applied to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the U.S. Forest Service for authorization to construct Segments 4-11 of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project, a series of new and upgraded high-voltage electric transmission lines to deliver electricity from proposed new wind farms in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area to SCE customers a ... more Acciona Acquires 1300 MW Of Wind Assets Across Midwest States 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Acciona, the world's largest wind power developer, announced it has acquired exclusive rights to develop 1300 megawatts (MW) worth of wind assets in the states of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The development will take place through an acquisition of projects from EcoEnergy, LLC, an alternative energy solutions developer and a unit of The Morse Group. The acquisition represents Acciona's c ... more Solar And Semiconductor Executives See Bright Future In Germany 
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Germany has become one of the top locations for solar and semiconductor investments and is the center for next-generation chip and photovoltaic (PV) technologies in Europe. Four leading executives in the solar and semiconductor industries will describe developments in synergies and technologies at Invest in Germany's executive briefing during this year's SEMICON West on July 17th. The emer ... more
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