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EU plans for funding Galileo satnav system already hitting snags
Brussels (AFP) Sept 25, 2007European Commission plans to bail out the European Union's troubled Galileo satellite network have already got a cold reception less than a week after being unveiled, EU officials said Tuesday. The Commission proposed last Wednesday to tap into the bloc's joint budget to come up with the extra 2.4 billion euros (3.4 billion dollars), required to fund Europe's answer to the United States' pop ... more NASA Spacecraft Is A Go For Asteroid Belt 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Launch and flight teams are in final preparations for the planned Sept. 27 liftoff from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., of NASA's Dawn mission. The Dawn spacecraft will venture into the heart of the asteroid belt, where it will document in exceptional detail the mammoth rocky asteroid Vesta, and then, the even bigger icy dwarf planet Ceres. "If you live in the Bahamas t ... more Astrium ties up with India's space agency 
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 25, 2007Astrium, a unit of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, announced Tuesday that India's space agency will assemble satellites for some launch customers under a new tie-up. The Bangalore, southern India-based Indian Space Research Organisation will build two satellites, one for France-based Eutelsat to be launched by Astrium in the last quarter of 2008, and the other for Britain' ... more MIT Tether Could Aid Asteroid Missions 
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Using a tether system devised by MIT researchers, astronauts could one day stroll across the surface of small asteroids, collecting samples and otherwise exploring these rocks in space without floating away. The ability to visit asteroids could also be invaluable for testing equipment for a mission to Mars by humans. Further, knowing how to tether an asteroid could be helpful if one needs to be ... more ESA And India Tighten Relations At IAC 2007 
Hyderabad, India (ESA) Sep 26, 2007The 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2007) is taking place this week from 24 to 29 September in Hyderabad, India, with the theme 'Touching humanity: Space for improving quality of life'. One of the major space events of the year, this congress brings together some 2000 international space specialists providing a crossroad uniting the world's space agencies, astronautics institutes, ... more |
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United Nations (AFP) Sept 25, 2007French President Nicolas Sarkozy piled pressure on Iran at the United Nations Tuesday, saying it would be unacceptable for the Islamic republic to get hold of nuclear weapons. Sarkozy's comments came just hours before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was due to address the world body, in a speech expected to attempt to play down fears of Tehran's nuclear ambitions. "Iran has the rig ... more Lockheed Martin Awarded B-1B Sniper Pod Contract 
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $2.8 million follow-on contract by the Boeing to support full Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) functionality on the U.S. Air Force B-1B aircraft. Integration activities began in June 2007. This contract follows on the heels of highly successful B-1B Sniper demonstration flights in January 2007 involving live weapon drops. Sniper ATP's low drag, extended ran ... more Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle UAV Logs 5,000 Flight Hours In Support Of Australian Army Operations 
Brisbane Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu, Inc., today announced that the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has provided 5,000 hours of eye-in-the-sky surveillance and reconnaissance services to Australian Army forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. "By working together as trusted partners with a common purpose, the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu Inc., are deliverin ... more US AFSC General Speaks At AFA Conference 
Washington DC (AFNS) Sep 26, 2007General Kevin Chilton, Air Force Space Command commander, addressed hundreds of military members and civilians at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 25. The general, nominated to become the head of U.S. Strategic Command, expounded on the history of Air Force space endeavors and what the future may hold for the nation's ventures into the final fr ... more BMD Watch: Alaska 'home' ready for SBX 
Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2007 block> hl2>The home port facilities for the giant Sea-Based X-Band Radar that is a crucial component of the U.S. Ground-based Mid-course Interceptor, or GBI, system in Alaska took a major leap forward last week./hl2> The Boeing Co. said last Thursday that the mooring system for the SBX had been completed at the giant tracking radar's home port in Alaska. "Manson Construction, a Boei ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Sep 26, 2007New England Aquarium ocean explorer, Dr. Greg Stone, is preparing to take a journey back in time, 25 million years, into the unknown depths of a sea that might offer scientists a glimpse as to what the prehistoric oceans were like. Stone is part of an undersea expedition which will explore the unique Celebes Sea, just south of the Philippines. The Celebes Sea is unlike anywhere else on the plane ... more Rising sea levels would submerge third of Bangladesh 
Dhaka (AFP) Sept 25, 2007A one-metre rise in sea levels would submerge a third of Bangladesh and displace millions, the head of the country's military-backed government has warned. Fakhruddin Ahmed, speaking on Monday at a climate change summit at the United Nations in New York, called on richer nations to help poorer countries tackle global warming. "Today we are confronted with the difficult reality that the p ... more Scientists Call For 80 Percent Drop In US Emissions By 2050 To Avoid Dangerous Warming 
Lubbock TX (SPX) Sep 26, 2007By 2050, the United States must cut its emissions by at least 80 percent below those created in the year 2000 if the world is to avoid potentially dangerous impacts of human-induced climate change, according to a report released today by scientists at Texas Tech University, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Stanford University. To avoid the most severe effects of climate change, ... more Germany to build first commercial Maglev train line 
Berlin (AFP) Sept 25, 2007Germany's richest state agreed Tuesday to build the country's first commercial high-speed magnetic levitation train line, but officials warned the price tag could be heftier than first thought. After months of talks, the Bavarian government, industry leaders and Deutsche Bahn rail company signed an agreement to build the line after a late-night deal capped with a champagne toast. Authori ... more Canada to monitor traffic in Northwest Passage 
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 25, 2007Sea traffic in the famed Northwest Passage will soon be monitored by underwater listening devices to be installed by Canada to bolster its disputed claim over the Arctic, media said Tuesday. Canada's military will start keeping tabs on trespassers -- ships and submarines -- in the region as early as mid-2008, said public broadcaster CBC. The detection technology is to be installed at Gas ... more
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