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December 11, 2013

Bid to colonize Mars wins high-profile backing
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2013
A Dutch entrepreneur's bold quest to colonize Mars won high-profile support Tuesday from a US aerospace giant, although the timetable for putting humans on the red planet has been pushed back two years. Mars One chief executive Bas Lansdorp said Lockheed Martin would, for $250,000, produce a "mission concept study" for an unmanned Martian lander that would precede the $6 billion manned mission. Britain's Surrey Satellite Technology will meanwhile turn out a similar study, for 60,000 euros ($80,0 ... read more

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Juno Gives Starship-Like View Of Earth Flyby When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph (about 7.3 kilometer per second), which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvo ... more		NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have enhanced existing GPS technologies to develop new systems for Californi ... more		NASA Engineers Crush Giant Fuel Tank To Improve Rocket Design Think of it as high-tech can crushing. Only the can is enormous, as big as part of the largest rocket ever made. During a series of tests from Dec. 9-13 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Hun ... more
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Mars One spaceflight project 'can succeed' A permanent human colony may be established on Mars in the nearest future. Under the Mars One spaceflight project first four Martians are expected to land on the Red Planet already in 2023 and stay ... more		NASA Developing Legs for ISS Robonaut 2 NASA engineers are developing climbing legs for the International Space Station's robotic crewmember Robonaut 2 (R2), marking another milestone in space humanoid robotics. The legless R2, curr ... more		RTX's Raytheon secures $529 million contract to bolster Dutch Patriot air defense system Slingshot Aerospace to enhance USSF technology for GPS jamming and spoofing detection Hamas to free first 3 Israeli hostages Sunday if cease-fire takes effect		Wake up, Rosetta! Think it's tough getting up in the morning when the alarm clock sounds? Imagine what it must be like waking up 673 million kilometres from the warmth of the Sun and with no coffee. You might need so ... more
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