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Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missionsWashington (AFP) Dec 30, 2009 NASA has named low-cost missions to Venus, the moon and an asteroid on a shortlist to become its latest space adventure, as the US agency faces astronomical political pressure to cut costs. The proposed probes -- to the surface of Venus, the moon and to bring back a piece of a primitive asteroid -- must all come with a price tag of less than 650 million dollars, a fraction of the cost of man ... read more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 30, 2009Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from DirecTV 12 nine hours after launch, indicating that the satellite is healthy and operating normally. DirecTV 12 is a Boeing 702 commercial satellite that will provide consumer television programming to millions of U.S. households. DirecTV 12 lifted off on an International Launch Services Proton Breeze M vehicle on Dec. 28 at 4:22 p.m. Pac ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 30, 2009The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery. "Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a strong magnetic field just outside the solar system," explains lead author Merav Opher, a NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator from Ge ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 30, 2009The final Ariane 5 launch for 2009 lifted off Dec 18s from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar orbit. Flight V193 was the seventh Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and used the last of the GS version of the launcher. Liftoff of the 49th Ariane 5 mission took place at 17:26 CET/Paris (16:26 UTC; 13 ... more |
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  Geologists turn to unmanned aircraft Turkey, Israel agree on Heron drones deal   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Dec 29, 2009 Raytheon, the world's largest missile maker, has won a $1.1 billion order from Taiwan for new Patriot missile systems. The order covers an initial ground-system hardware contract valued at $965.6 million and a $134 million contract for spares. The order, according to a statement by Raytheon, will include advances in technology, improved man-machine interface and reduced lifecycle ... more 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 1, 2010A US missile strike on Thursday killed at least four militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, Pakistani security and intelligence officials said. The missile struck a compound in Machikhel village, 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border. "A US drone fired two missiles, which hit a compound of a local tribesman, ... more  
Zurich, Switzerland (UPI) Dec 31, 2009 Swiss banks are worried the row over mosque minarets, banned in a referendum despite grave reservations from sections of the Swiss public, will lead to Muslim deposit holders taking their business to Turkey and even Germany, Swiss and Turkish media reported. Alarm bells were raised when Turkey's minister in charge of accession talks with the European Union, Egeman Bagis, urged Muslims t ... more |
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  China expected to grow 9.5 percent in 2010   GM India chief says China partnership start of Asia thrust US to impose duties on imported Chinese steel pipes |
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