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Lockheed Martin And ITT Announce Alliance For GPS 3 Space Segment Competition Denver CO (SPX) Oct 12, 2006 
Lockheed Martin and ITT Corporation announced Wednesday the formation of a new alliance to compete to build the next generation of Global Positioning System satellites for the U.S. Air Force. Under the teaming agreement, the two companies will build on their existing partnership on the government's Block IIR and IIR-M series in which Lockheed Martin serves as the prime contractor and spacecraft integrator with ITT as the navigation payloads provider. The new generation of satellites known as GPS Block III will address the challenging military transformational and civil needs across the globe, including advanced anti-jam capabilities and improved system security, accuracy and reliability. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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German-Chinese Aviation Opens New Horizons For Cooperation
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 12, 2006At the 23rd Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) in Beijing, 25-26 September 2006, representatives of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE) discussed new possibilities for cooperation and the involvement of Chinese industrial organisations. Opportunities presented themselves especially in the development of the Chinese ARJ-21 regional jets. Intelligent Solutions For The Traffic Of Tomorrow 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 12, 2006Human-Machine Interface Lab at DLR Intelligent transport systems and services are the subject of the 13th ITS World Congress in London. There, from 9-12 October 2006, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is presenting a series of lectures and an exhibition showcasing a selection of its transport research projects. LM Completes Sale Of International Launch Services 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 12, 2006Lockheed Martin Corporation, has completed the sale of its interests in Lockheed Khrunichev Energia International, Inc. (LKEI) and ILS International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) to Space Transport Inc. The two companies had provided sales, marketing and mission management support for launches of both the Lockheed Martin-built Atlas and Khrunichev-built Proton and Angara rockets to commercial customers. |
Some Super-Earths Form In Super Snowstorms
Cambridge MA (SPX) Oct 12, 2006The 200 known planets that orbit other stars exhibit incredible variety. Among them are a handful of worlds that weigh between 5 and 15 times Earth. Astronomers believe these "super-Earths" are rocky iceballs rather than gas giants like Jupiter. While theorists can explain how such worlds form around Sun-like stars, the discovery of super-Earths around tiny red dwarf stars was surprising. New research suggests that some super-Earths build up rapidly when local temperatures drop and ices condense out of the surrounding gas. Planet Hunters Wanted To Help Astronomers In The Search For New Worlds 
Santa Cruz,CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2006Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are seeking the public's help to find and understand planets outside our solar system. But you don't need an advanced degree or even a telescope to participate--just a computer, access to the Internet, and an interest in astronomy. Near Infrared Mapping Of Ceres Surface 
Mauna Kea HI (SPX) Oct 12, 2006Although Ceres is the largest main-belt asteroid and was the first to be discovered (by G.Piazzi in 1801), its physical properties are still not well understood. While it is expected to have retained a large amount of primordial water ice in its interior, many questions about the composition of its surface and sub-surface layers, the properties of its regolith, its degree of differentiation, etc, remain unanswered. |
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Saturn's Rings Show Evidence Of Recent Collision
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2006Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spied a new, continuously changing feature that provides circumstantial evidence that a comet or asteroid recently collided with Saturn's innermost ring, the faint D ring. Imaging scientists see a structure in the outer part of the D ring that looks like a series of bright ringlets with a regularly spaced interval of about 30 kilometers (19 miles).. China Poses No Threat To Global Energy Supply 
Beijing (XNA) Oct 09, 2006China's economic growth poses no threat to the global energy supply, Long Yongtu, general secretary of the Bo'ao Asian Forum and China's former chief negotiator at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said. Starsem Ready To Launch First MetOp Weather Sat. 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 12, 2006MetOp is scheduled for launch by Starsem on the 17th of October, using a Soyuz rocket. Astrium Satellites business unit is the satellite prime contractor and responsible for three of the eleven instruments on board the spacecraft. |
Celestial Siblings Offer Evidence Of Stellar Formation Long Ago
Urbana-Champaign IL (SPX) Oct 12, 2006The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather than being an only child, the sun could have hundreds or thousands of celestial siblings, now dispersed across the heavens. Energia President Outlines Kliper Goals As ISS Support Powers Along 
Korolev, Russia (SPX) Oct 12, 2006At the recent Scientific and Technical Board meeting held at Moscow Aviation Institute, President and General Designer of Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, N.N. Sevastiyanov delivered a report on the proposed concept of human flight program development. The Day LISA Pathfinder Hung In The Balance 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 12, 2006At the core of ESA's LISA Pathfinder mission sit two small hearts. Each is a cube, just 5 centimetres across. Together they will allow LISA Pathfinder to lay the foundations for future space-based measurements that investigate the very core of Einstein's General Relativity. A cornerstone of relativity is the concept of a frame of reference. This is a set of bodies relative to which any motion can be measured. |
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Asian Poll Foresees US Losing Superpower Status To China Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2006 
Asians see the United States losing its undisputed superpower status in 50 years to possibly China amid waning trust in Washington to act responsibly in the world, a poll showed Wednesday.Ahmadinejad - Iran Will Develop Full Nuke Fuel Cycle 
Tehran (RIA Novosti) Oct 12, 2006Iran is determined to develop full nuclear fuel cycle technology, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday. "They [the West] must know that possession of the full nuclear fuel cycle technology is the desire of the whole Iranian people," he said at a public meeting. No Missile Defense Deployment Offer From US Yet Says Poland 
Warsaw (RIA Novosti) Oct 12, 2006The U.S. has not yet officially proposed to Poland that American missile defense elements be deployed on the European country's territory, the Polish defense minister said Wednesday. Army Wants Budget Costs Locked In Earlier 
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 12, 2006The U.S. Army will need even more than the $84 billion it got in supplemental appropriations in 2006 to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007, according to top service officials Tuesday. North Korean Test Hit Chances Of Australia Selling Uranium To India 
Sydney (AFP) Oct 11, 2006Australia on Wednesday backed away from indications it might change policy and sell uranium to nuclear power India, as North Korea's atomic test raised fears of a regional arms race. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Giant Insects Might Reign If Only There Was More Oxygen In The Air Virginia Beach VA (SPX) Oct 12, 2006 
The delicate lady bug in your garden could be frighteningly large if only there was a greater concentration of oxygen in the air, a new study concludes. The study adds support to the theory that some insects were much larger during the late Paleozoic period because they had a much richer oxygen supply, said the study's lead author Alexander Kaiser.Patchwork Strategies May Be Best For Restoring Texas Rangelands 
College Station TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2006A patchwork quilt approach may best suit landowners trying to repair many years of overgrazing, continuous stocking and fire suppression on Texas rangelands, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. Rapid Rise In The Arctic Ocean May Alter Views Of Human Migration 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 12, 2006Scientists have found new evidence that the Bering Strait near Alaska flooded into the Arctic Ocean about 11,000 years ago, about 1,000 years earlier than widely believed, closing off the land bridge thought to be the major route for human migration from Asia to the Americas. Composting May Be Alternative In Wake Of Horse Slaughter Bill 
College Station TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2006The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, making its way from the U.S. House to the Senate, could leave thousands of horses with no final resting ground. Composting may be an environmentally friendly option that fits in the "circle of life" frame of mind and may be less emotional, two area researchers said. Pressure Intensifies On Indonesia As Meeting Sought Over Haze 
Singapore (AFP) Oct 11, 2006Pressure intensified on Indonesia to take action on the smoke haze blighting neighbouring countries as Singapore invited regional ministers to discuss "urgent" measures to tackle the problem on Friday. |
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