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"Me-Too-Ism" Is Alive, But Not WellBethesda MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2011 What is "me-too-ism?" It is a malady that afflicts much of the space industry. It is a cultural phenomenon that keeps people and organizations doing what they have done over-and-over again. It is sometimes referred to as "doing business as usual." Many of us in the business want to perpetuate this culture. We have spent millions of labor-hours and hundreds of millions of dollars to protect this way of life. As a result, billion-dollar space systems and programs have failed to deliver on prom ... read more |
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  Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live Lockheed Martin has announced that the satellite command and control system - the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Ground System Architecture- recently went operational with the successful ... more | .. |
  China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety Schools in Beijing are giving GPS-equipped mobile phones to students, as China seeks to tackle the twin problems of missing children and campus violence, state press said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria The US' national archives occupy more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of shelving; France's archives stretch for more than 100 miles of shelves, as do Britain's. ... more | .. |
  Russian Firm Builds Another Aerostat System For China Russia's Augur-RosAeroSystems will finish in 2011 the construction of a third large-size tethered aerostat under a contract with a Chinese firm, the company's president said. The Puma aerostat ... more |
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 Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed As part of a larger ongoing effort by Air Force officials to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system, Air Force Space Command officials completed another sustainment software release for ... more | .. |
  Home appliances get 'smart' at CES Mobile phones aren't the only things getting smart. Home appliances are too. ... more | .. |
  NASA Image Shows La Nina-Caused Woes Down Under The current La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, one of the strongest in the past 50 years, continues to exert a powerful influence on weather around the world, affecting rainfall and temperatures in varyi ... more | .. |
 An Escalator To Space - Not Very Far Away The day may not be far away when an elevator attendant asks your preferred destination - low earth orbit (LEO) or geostationary orbit (GSO). Research is fast progressing in advanced countries on des ... more |
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  From 'Star In A Jar' To Spaceflight, One Experimenter Has High Hopes For Fusion Dr. Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fuel rocket engine, conducted most of his pioneering work alone and with a close-knit group of technicians. Working alone, he was derided by scientists ... more | .. |
 Goodrich delivers 331st sonar window The Goodrich Corp. has delivered the 331st Sonar Dome Rubber Window for U.S. Navy's DDG-51 class destroyers. ... more | .. |
Balls, blocks, cars among high-tech toys at CES Balls, blocks and miniature cars with a high-tech twist were among the toys at the Consumer Electronics Show here - although at prices only adults who are still children at heart may be able to afford. ... more | .. |
  US concerned over China's new weapons: Gates US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday voiced concern over China's latest hi-tech weaponry and called for an improvement in uneasy military relations with Beijing to help defuse tensions. ... more |
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 British company developing invisible tanks British military scientists say they're working to develop an army of invisible tanks ready for use on the battlefield within five years. ... more | .. |
 Australia Welcomes JSF Restructure The Acting Minister for Defence Jason Clare has welcomed the restructure of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The restructure follows a detailed six ... more | .. |
 QinetiQ's Gunfire Detection System Is US Military Solution Of Choice QinetiQ North America has announced that the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps have selected SWATS (Shoulder-Worn Acoustic Targeting System) as their solution of choice for individual gunfire dete ... more | .. |
  Time for aid groups to 'step aside' in Haiti: MSF A French-based medical charity said Monday it was time for aid agencies to "step aside" in Haiti to allow the government to take a lead in rebuilding the impoverished nation rocked by a deadly earthquake a year ago. ... more |
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 Haitians turn to God at quake anniversary Faith is about all Haitians have left a year after an earthquake destroyed their country and on the last Sunday before the anguished anniversary, they flocked to praise God. ... more | .. |
 Terrifying rumors torment Haiti on anniversary The latest news in Haiti's Trazeli tent camp? A new earthquake is imminent. Yes and politicians are spreading cholera. ... more | .. |
 In Haiti, empty tombs but no resurrection When Haiti's earthquake swallowed the living, it also tore through graveyards, spitting out the dead, and, a year later, those dead, much like the living, know no peace. ... more | .. |
 'Noah's Ark' refuge for Australia's flood-hit animals If Australia is facing a flood disaster of "biblical" proportions, Central Queensland University's basketball courts must be Noah's Ark, a yapping, yowling menagerie of rescued animals. ... more |
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Aid group says Haiti rebuilding effort too slow French-based aid group Architectes de l'Urgence (Emergency Architects) said Monday the reconstruction effort in Haiti one year after a devastating earthquake is moving too slow. ... more | .. |
  No Left Turn: 'Superstreet' Traffic Design Improves Travel Time, Safety The so-called "superstreet" traffic design results in significantly faster travel times, and leads to a drastic reduction in automobile collisions and injuries, according to North Carolina State Uni ... more | .. |
 Liquid Pistons Could Drive New Advances In Camera Lenses And Drug Delivery A few unassuming drops of liquid locked in a very precise game of "follow the leader" could one day be found in mobile phone cameras, medical imaging equipment, implantable drug delivery devices, an ... more | .. |
 New Glass Tops Steel in Strength and Toughness Glass stronger and tougher than steel? A new type of damage-tolerant metallic glass, demonstrating a strength and toughness beyond that of any known material, has been developed and tested by a coll ... more |
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