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'Space Tourists' highlighted in Sundance filmPark City, Utah (AFP) Jan 24, 2010 The elite band of super-rich tourists willing to pay millions of dollars to voyage into outer space are spotlighted in a documentary vying for honors at the Sundance Film Festival. Swiss director Christian Frei's latest film, "Space Tourists," explores the phenomenon of wealthy individuals who have capitalized on the fading glory of the former Soviet Union's space program to fulfill the journey of a lifetime. Frei says he was drawn to the subject after reading a newspaper article about a Japanes ... read more |
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Soldiers In Iraq Employ New UASCamp Taji, Iraq (SPX) Jan 26, 2010 Placing a new aircraft in a combat situation is a true test of its capabilities and future role within the Army. Unmanned aircraft systems have become a mainstay in military operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom; injecting new concepts and technologies will only further push the uses of these aircraft. Quick Reaction Capability 1, attached to 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division - Center, is a small unit with a handful of Soldiers deployed from Unmanned Aircraft Systems ... read more |
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London (UPI) Jan 25, 2009 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered an investigation into a British-made detection device after the government in London said it was ineffective and its manufacturer was arrested on charges of fraud. Britain has banned the export of the hand-held machine, ADE651, following recent reports exposed by The Independent daily and the BBC challenged its effectiveness. The reports ... more  
Bingen WA (SPX) Jan 26, 2010Insitu has successfully flight-tested electronic fuel injection (EFI) on its heavy fuel engine (HFE). This achievement is a key risk-reduction milestone for the company's small tactical unmanned aircraft system (STUAS)/Tier II offer, the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The EFI HFE technology will be incorporated into Insitu's entire family of UAS. Introduction of EFI into the HF ... more 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 26, 2010BAE Systems, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed the first successful test flight of its small, electric-powered Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The system deployed in midair from a 3-foot-long sonobuoy dropped from a P-3 aircraft. The flight, which lasted 49 minutes, marks a significant milestone in the development of the Coyote f ... more |
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Haitian police shoot scavengers indiscriminately: AFPPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 25, 2010 Haitian police on Monday shot indiscriminately at scavengers and looters in Port-au-Prince, hitting two in the head as post-quake security deteriorated, an AFP photographer reported. A group of police, pushed to keep control among a desperate population after the January 12 tremor which killed or injured many of their number and destroyed the city prison, opened fire on a warehouse from a building opposite. An AFP photographer inside the scavengers' building said two men were hit in the head, on ... read more |
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