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Space tourism ticket prices could dropHouston (UPI) Oct 25, 2010 Two space tourism companies say the price for a trip into space could drop from millions of dollars down to hundreds of thousands by late 2011. A brief trip into space featuring a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the earth 62 miles below could be within reach of the merely well-off and not just the mega-rich, the Houston Chronicle reported Monday. "Now, the sky is no longer the limit," said Richard Branson, whose Virgin Group is one the companies planning to offer commercial s ... read more |
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  TRMM Watches Richard Dump Rain On Belize NASA satellites have watched as Richard went through a couple of life-transitions over the weekend. Richard developed into a tropical storm last week, intensified into a hurricane and made landfall ... more | .. |
  Russia wants equal role in NATO missile shield: minister Russia is open to talks on NATO's planned European missile shield but wants to play an equal role in its development, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Anatoly Serdyukov told the German weekly Der Spiegel. ... more | .. |
 US Space Policy In 2010 The United States is committed to facing the challenges that we find today where the benefits of space permeate almost every facet of our lives. The National Space Policy renews our pledge of cooper ... more | .. |
  Inexpensive orbital launches described A U.S. company says it wants to offer inexpensive launch capabilities to dozens of universities and organizations hoping to put small satellites into orbit. ... more | .. |
  NASA chief says pleased with 'comprehensive' China visit NASA chief Charles Bolden has said his visit to China last week laid the groundwork for future cooperation between the two countries on manned space flight and space exploration. ... more |
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Yuma Proving Ground AZ (SPX) Oct 26, 2010Raytheon has flight-tested Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided bomb that is approximately 2-feet long, making it the smallest bomb in the Raytheon family of weapons. The bomb's dual-mode, semiactive laser seeker and GPS-inertial navigation system enable the weapon to engage both fixe ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2010Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace have formally offered the K-MAX unmanned helicopter in response to a U.S. Naval Air Systems Command request for a cargo unmanned aircraft system. Earlier this year, the unmanned K-MAX system successfully demonstrated its ability to resupply troops in a simulated environment similar to forward operating bases in Afghanistan. Under a contract with th ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2010AeroVironment reports that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed initial flight testing consisting of multiple low-altitude flights at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. This initial flight test phase of the demonstration program employed batteries to power the hybrid-electric air ... more |
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First Test Completed For New Tomahawk Block IV Missile WarheadChina Lake CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 The U.S. Navy completed the first live test of the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), meeting all performance objectives for the new warhead for the Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missile. The JMEWS program is designed to deliver a warhead that will give the Tactical Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile all of the same blast-fragmentation capabilities that make it a formidable weapon today and to introduce enhanced penetration capabilities into a single warhead. "This static test of the ... read more |
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