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NASA Announces Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2009Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2009 NASA announced Thursday an $18.69 billion budget for fiscal year 2010 to advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system and conduct aeronautics research. The budget request represents an increase of $903.6 million, or 5 percent, above funding provided in the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. All totaled ... more Obama Must Choose Between Cars And Rockets 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2009As the Detroit's carmakers teeter on bankruptcy, the administration appears to be a whirling dervish as they attempt to set in to motion solutions for the tsunami of issues that threaten to over run, not just Washington, but the world. Detroit's automotive industry is like a bad horror film, they are truly the walking dead. As a country do we continue to throw billions of dollars at the mu ... more Delta II Launch Successful 
Vandenberg AFB CA (AFNS) May 07, 2009Teams from the 30th Space Wing and various agencies successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-2 at 1:24 p.m May 5. The rocket carried an experimental satellite for the Missile Defense Agency's Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction mission. At approximately one hour after liftoff, with confirmation of the payload ... more India Using ESRI Software For Image Processing 
Redlands CA (SPX) May 08, 2009The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has reached an agreement with NIIT GIS Limited (ESRI India), ESRI's distributor in India, to equip its five Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres (RRSSCs) with ArcGIS Server and the Image extension. The centers in Jodhpur, Dehradun, Kharagpur, Nagpur, and Bangalore use Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite and other imagery to create thematic ... more Orion Launch Abort Jettison Motor Delivered To White Sands 
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 08, 2009Aerojet has announced that it has shipped the first jettison motor for NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle to the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This first jettison motor shipment increases the technical readiness of the Launch Abort System (LAS) and is a major operational accomplishment as the first full-scale rocket propulsion element to proceed into a system-level flig ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) May 7, 2009China's auto sales are estimated to have hit a new record high of 1.15 million units in April as government stimulus measures helped fuel demand, state media reported. Government policies encouraging consumers to buy small vehicles continued to boost sales last month, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing estimates from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. ... more Ocean Swells With Renewable Energy 
Houston TX (SPX) May 08, 2009As countries around the world seek to curb their dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil, many American-based companies are offering alternative energy solutions to help avert a full-blown energy crisis, which include wind, solar and wave energy technology. One such company, based in Houston, Texas, is providing unique ocean energy converters and has announced the additional licensing ... more Montreal To Revamp Battery-Powered Vehicles 
Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 08, 2009Thousands of small electric scooters, bicycles and wheelchairs throughout Europe and Asia are powered by LifePO4 - a material used in advanced lithium-ion batteries developed by Universite de Montreal researchers. "It's a revolutionary battery because it is made from non-toxic materials abundant in the Earth's crust. Plus, it's not expensive,'" says Michel Gauthier, an invited professor at ... more Nanotube Light Up Smallest Incandescent Lamp 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 08, 2009In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics - two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics - a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp. The team, which is led by Chris Regan, a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, and includes Yuwei Fan, Scott Singer ... more |
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Alexandria VA (SPX) May 07, 2009Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, MDAA, told the MDAA membership last week of the establishment of a new U.S. Navy command that will support our nation's missile defense program, and he said it is a sign of support for sea-based missile defense by President Barack Obama's Administration. His words on this important milestone are as follows ... more LEAPP Completes First Anchor Milestone 
London, UK (SPX) May 07, 2009The Ministry of Defence's Joint Sensor and Engagement Networks Integrated Project Team (JSENS IPT) has confirmed that the first Anchor Milestone has been successfully completed for the Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) programme. This is the first of three such milestones in the contract and they mark the planned completion of significant activities within the programme schedu ... more AsiaSat Selects Space Systems/Loral For AsiaSat 5C 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 07, 2009Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it has been selected to provide a new communications satellite, named AsiaSat 5C, to Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat). AsiaSat 5C will serve as a backup for AsiaSat 5, which is currently being built by Space Systems/Loral and is scheduled for launch in the third quarter of 2009. AsiaSat 5 will replace AsiaSat 2 at the ... more BAE Awarded Contracts For Two Versions Of M-ATV 
Arlington VA (SPX) May 07, 2009BAE Systems has been awarded contracts to provide the military with two versions of a new armored all-terrain vehicle, designed specifically for use by U.S. forces in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan. Under this award, the company will produce three more test vehicles of each version to undergo additional survivability and mobility testing. The vehicles, called MRAP All-Terrain Vehicles ... more
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