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Launch vehicle prices are sky high and they have been for a long time. This has presented a very high hurdle to space access for many potential space applications. There are literally tens of thousands of university experiments awaiting flight opportunities, but the cost is too high for students and faculty. Hundreds of private-sector entrepreneurs have waited years for a chance to try new ... read more
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 23, 2009NASA's Centennial Challenges program awarded $350,000 this week to a pair of designers who developed concepts for more flexible space gloves that could make it easier for astronauts to perform tasks. The 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge awarded a first place prize of $250,000 to Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, and a second place prize of $100,000 to Ted Southern of Brooklyn, N.Y. ... more
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Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 23, 2009The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, was inaugurated on 19 November. The site, which was made available by France's Centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES), will play an essential role in the setting up of the Galileo system, since it will accommodate the most ... more  
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 Bent on bolstering its defense capabilities, Chile has requested an estimated $665 million in arms and radar systems from the United States. The announcement was made by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified the U.S. Congress of the Chilean request last week. Chile has had longstanding political and economic ties with the United States. As the country's ... more  
Ankara (AFP) Nov 21, 2009Turkey has given Israeli contractors 50 days to fulfil a long-delayed deal for the delivery of 10 drone aircraft for the Turkish army, Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul was quoted as saying Saturday. The delays in the project, launched in 2005, have come against a backdrop of tensions between the two regional allies over Israel's devastating war on the Gaza Strip at the turn of the year. ... more |
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Halifax, Canada (AFP) Nov 21, 2009A war will likely never be fought over the Arctic, Canada's top soldier said Saturday, but its opening up could spark new clashes as far away as the Middle East and between trading nations. "There is no conventional military threat to the Arctic," General Walter Natynczyk, told a defense summit here. "If someone were to invade the Canadian Arctic, my first task would be to rescue them." ... more 
Buenos Aires (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 Argentina is slow to join Latin American countries that are already on the road to economic recovery since last year's financial crisis because of worries over the stability of the Buenos Aires leadership, analysts said Friday. The clearest hint of investor concerns over Argentina's direction comes from Moody's, the ratings agency, which said the Argentine leadership's lack of success ... more  
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 19, 2009Boeing has been awarded a $72 million U.S. Air Force contract for more than 2,900 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the kits in 2011 and 2012. The Lot 14 production order is the second one-year option of a six-year contract Boeing received in January 2008. The agreement has a potential total value of $590 million with deliveries extending through 2015, if a ... more |
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