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US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon programWashington (AFP) March 11, 2010 A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel. "Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers - 10 Republicans and five Democrats - said in a letter to the NASA administrator Charles Bolden. "It is imperative that the United States remain the world's leading spacefaring nation," they added. They urged Bolden to assemble a t ... read more |
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Warsaw (AFP) March 12, 2010NATO needs to develop an anti-missile defence system as a deterrence, the alliance chief said Friday, while seeking to assure Moscow that the organisation posed no threat to Russia. "We must develop an effective missile defence," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told an international conference in the Polish capital. "In the coming years we will probably face many more countr ... more  
Washington (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 The U.S. Army says a hull redesign for the Stryker vehicle will increase the safety of the signature carrier for infantry fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gen. George Casey, the Army's chief of staff, told a U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee this week that it was a "probability" that the Stryker would be modified with a double V-shaped hull. Citing a memo sent to the Penta ... more  
Vancouver, Canada (AFP) March 14, 2010Two people died and dozens were missing Sunday, after a massive weekend avalanche in Western Canada hit a crowd of 200 snowmobilers in the mountainous backcountry. Provincial teams including 40 rescue experts with dogs gathered to search for possible survivors or bodies, but the search was put on hold by authorities who feared more avalanches at the site, Corporal Dan Moskaluk told reporters ... more |
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Circumpolar Balloon Flights From Esrange Space CenterEsrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 12, 2010 Yesterday, March 9, in connection with the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt visiting Moscow, a space cooperation agreement was signed between Sweden and Russia. This agreement will give Swedish Space Corporation the possibility to offer customers circumpolar balloon flights from its launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. "Balloon flights with longer duration that have been possible so far, are something that many scientists have requested, this agreement will make i ... read more |
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