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Space Adventures Signs Three Seat Soyuz Deal For 2013 ManifestVienna, VA (SPX) Jan 13, 2011 Space Adventures has reached an agreement with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to commercially offer three seats on the Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS), beginning in 2013. These seats will be made available through the increase of Soyuz production, from four to five spacecraft per year. Each flight will be short duration, approximately 10 days, and will contribute to the increase of launch ... read more |
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  Fujitsu unveils 'world's first' glasses-free 3D PC Japanese IT services giant Fujitsu on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the world's first desktop computer with a display that enables users to see 3D images without needing special glasses. ... more | .. |
  Russia to spend $3.8B on space program The Russian government will spend $3.8 billion on its national space program in 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Google launches global kids science fair Google on Tuesday launched its first ever global science fair for young people aged 13 to 18, with the grand prize being a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a 50,000-dollar scholarship. ... more | .. |
  RaySat And FUNTORO Offer LIVE Infotainment Systems To Mass Transportation Market RaySat and FUNTORO announce their global cooperation to promote and distribute their complementary products for LIVE satellite infotainment systems on buses, trains and ferries. This cooperation wil ... more |
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  Under Pressure: Stormy Weather Sensor For Hurricane Forecasting It's hard to believe that, in this day and age, we don't have a way to measure sea-level air pressure during hurricanes. NASA researchers, however, are working on a system that will improve forecast ... more | .. |
 Ex-NASA worker charged military tech sale to SKorea An American who worked for NASA was charged with illegally shipping infrared military technology to South Korea, the Department of Justice announced Monday. ... 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 | .. |
  "Me-Too-Ism" Is Alive, But Not Well 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 ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Hi tech pays tribute to Eiffel Tower's 19th-century origins Arguably the most widely recognised structure in the world, the Eiffel Tower was designed to stand for only 20 years - and some predicted it would collapse long before then. ... more |
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  F-35 looking more like white elephant The F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, has become the most expensive weapons program ever, drawing increased scrutiny at a time of tight public finances. ... more | .. |
 First lightweight jet cleared in India India has joined the select club of countries making a fighter jet from scratch, receiving operational clearance for its first lightweight indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Venezuela missiles worried U.S., says leak When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez went on a military shopping spree in Russia - mostly on extended credit - he argued in public rhetoric he feared a joint Colombian-U.S. invasion aimed at removing his populist regime. ... more | .. |
  Rueful but not remorseful, Wyclef Jean back in Haiti Wyclef Jean, the pop singer who had hoped to become Haiti's next president, is rueful but not remorseful about his brief foray into politics. ... more |
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Accelerating Haiti rebuild 'absolute priority': UN Accelerating the recovery of Haiti will be the "absolute priority" of UN aid agencies in 2011, the United Nations said Tuesday, a year after an earthquake that left 225,550 people dead and 2.3 million displaced. ... more | .. |
Obama calls on world to honor Haiti pledges US President Barack Obama urged the world on Tuesday to honor its pledges to help Haiti emerge from the nightmare of a devastating earthquake one year ago that killed a quarter of a million people. ... more | .. |
Floods cost to Australia 'higher than Katrina' Australia's devastating floods could slice more than Aus$10 billion ($10 billion) off GDP and hammer the economy worse than Hurricane Katrina affected the United States, economists said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong ranked world's freest economy: report Hong Kong remained the world's freest place to do business for the 17th year in a row in an annual US league table published Wednesday. ... more |
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  Automakers covet more of China's huge market Huge opportunities remain to be mined in China's auto market which has yet to reach its full potential and is a coveted El Dorado for global automakers eager to elbow out Chinese brands. ... more | .. |
  Chinese vice premier backs UK austerity drive as tour ends Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has backed Britain's austerity drive to tackle its huge deficit, in another vote of confidence in a European recovery as his three-nation tour neared an end. ... more | .. |
  ConnectU faces skeptical judges in Facebook appeal A skeptical panel of judges is mulling whether Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg duped former Harvard classmates in a $65 million settlement of a lawsuit charging that he stole the idea for the website recently valued at $50 billion. ... more | .. |
Beijing to build second major airport Beijing plans to build a second major airport in the next five years to keep up with an explosion in air travel in the fast-growing economy, according to a statement received by AFP Wednesday. ... more |
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