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NASA says it can't afford new rocket, spacecraftWashington (AFP) Jan 13, 2011 NASA this week told Congress it cannot afford to build a new heavy-lift rocket and spacecraft to replace the retiring space shuttle program within the timeframe and budget approved by lawmakers. The plan to make a first launch of a new rocket and space capsule to carry astronauts by 2016 "does not appear to be possible" within the projected budget, NASA said in a report to legislators. Four members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation shot back that the plan is not opt ... read more |
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  Raytheon Climate-Monitoring Sensor Prepares for Launch A NASA spacecraft carrying a Raytheon-built sensor designed to measure the global distribution of aerosols in Earth's atmosphere has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellites Capture A Stronger La Nina New NASA satellite data indicate the current La Nina event in the eastern Pacific has remained strong during November and December 2010. A new Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 s ... more | .. |
  Indonauts Must Wait For A Better Rocket The 2010 Christmas Day failure of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was a sad blow to India's space program. ISRO, India's space agency, lost a rocket and a major satellite. There's an ... more | .. |
  ATM Is Readied For Its February Launch On Ariane 5 The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for Arianespace's year-opening mission in 2011 - which also will be the milestone 200th flight of an Ariane launcher - is ready for integration on its Ariane 5, ... more |
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  Replica of pioneering computer to be built A replica of the world's first modern computer, first run more than 60 years ago, will be built at a former U.K. code-breaking center, engineers say. ... more | .. |
 Space Adventures Signs Three Seat Soyuz Deal For 2013 Manifest 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 So ... more | .. |
  Bolivian President Defends Satellite Project Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that a telecommunications satellite to be built and launched by China would greatly contribute to Bolivia's development. The two countries signed ... more | .. |
  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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU Selected As Inertial Reference Unit For Boeing Satellites Northrop Grumman reports that its Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) has been selected as the inertial reference unit of choice for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems satellit ... more | .. |
  Extreme Endurance UAV Achieves Historic First Hydrogen-Powered Flight AeroVironment, Inc. reports that the Global Observer unmanned aircraft system has successfully completed its historic first flight powered by the aircraft's hydrogen-fueled propulsion system at Edwa ... more |
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  "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 | .. |
  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 |
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  Brisbane flood clean-up starts as damage emerges The swamped Australian city of Brisbane on Friday began the heartbreaking task of cleaning up after its worst floods in decades, as searchers made the grisly discovery of another body. ... more | .. |
Sri Lanka struggles with flood havoc The Sri Lankan military and aid agencies struggled Thursday to bring relief to a million people displaced by floods that have claimed nearly 30 lives and devastated the island's rice bowl. ... 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 | .. |
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 |
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  Berlin: Anti-crisis package ready by March German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble Thursday said EU leaders are preparing a comprehensive policy package, to be ready by March at the latest, to solve the eurozone's debt crisis. ... more | .. |
Runways change as magnetic north moves A Florida airport runway is set to reopen with new numbers and signage to compensate for a gradual shift in the Earth's magnetic North Pole, officials say. ... more | .. |
  China disappointing, India 'mixed' on WTO Doha talks: US China has been disappointing and India has been taking "one step forward, one step back" in Doha negotiations for a global free trade pact, the US envoy to the World Trade Organisation said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Google buys eBook Technologies Google, which opened an online bookstore last month, said Thursday that it has acquired eBook Technologies, a company which makes digital reading products. ... more |
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