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September 29, 2016

Elon Musk an innovator wary of humanity's future
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 29, 2016
If the future is an array of possibilities ranging from catastrophic to divine, Elon Musk is working to increase the probability of good things happening. Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. He was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. This week Musk, as SpaceX chief, unveiled ambitious plans to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft, possib ... read more

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Waiting for Shenzhou 11 With Tiangong 2 safely in orbit, attention is now shifting to the spacecraft that will soon meet it. The Shenzhou 11 spacecraft is expected to lift off at some point in mid-October, although China h ... more		Lockheed gets $171 million hypersonic cruise missile contract Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $171 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract for work on the Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, program. ... more		Closing in on high-temperature superconductivity The quest to know the mysterious recipe for high-temperature superconductivity, which could enable revolutionary advances in technologies that make or use electricity, just took a big leap forward t ... more
				Chinese Space Lab Tiangong-2 Ready to Dock With Manned Spacecraft China's second space laboratory Tiangong-2 is in good condition and ready to start docking process with the manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11, local media reported Monday. Ten days after its launc ... more		SES unveils new tactical surveillance and communications solution SES S.A. has introduced a fully integrated portable surveillance and communications solution designed to provide enhanced situational awareness for border security, special event monitoring and disa ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Lockheed's PAC-3 missile destroys ballistic missile targets in test Two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 missiles successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets during a flight test Wednesday, the company announced. ... more		Yoyager's Golden Record not just for aliens anymore Flagrantly ignoring the warning of renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking, the Voyager spacecraft is on a multi-decade journey through interstellar space carrying 12-inch golden records containing the ... more		Hundreds killed in Gaza as Israel renews attacks targeting Hamas South Korea, Japan, China top diplomats to meet in Tokyo China calls outlets facing Trump axe 'notorious' as Beijing, Moscow seek to fill the news void		Batch production of Long March 5 underway Batch production of Long March 5 has begun, said Meng Fanxin, manager of the industrialized base for the carrier rocket in Tianjin. Known as the Long March 5, China's most powerful heavy-lift ... more
				Scientific experiment apparatuses on Tiangong-2 put into operation Scientific apparatus carried by Tiangong-2 began operational at around 6:41 p.m. Thursday Beijing Time after being on standby mode for nearly seven days since the space lab entered its preset orbit ... more		China space plane taking shape New concept opens range of possibilities for high-speed commercial travel, tourism. Chinese space engineers will join hands to develop a next-generation craft with enormous business potential for co ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

China's space survival experiment goes on well China's experiment in human living for space exploration is going smoothly, halfway into the project, the Astronaut Center of China (ACC) announced Tuesday. Four volunteers started a 180-day e ... more		Rocket maker aims high with lofty output targets China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp aims to "double or even triple" its annual production capacity by 2025 while without adding new employees - as the State-owned satellite and rocket maker ... more		Artificial photosynthesis breakthrough replicates early plant processes EZIE satellites begin mission to map Earth's auroral electrojets FireSat Prototype Launch Advances Global Wildfire Surveillance		Space Traffic Management May Soon be Here Over the past few years there has been a dramatic increase in low orbital activities. The government is increasingly concerned with the congestion within these orbits and the growing problem of orbi ... more
Manned, unmanned helos coordinate missile attack An unmanned air system has been used as a laser designator platform for an MH-60S Seahawk to fire a Hellfire missile at a moving target. ... more		Import Substitution: Glonass Satellites to Switch to Russian Electronics By 2020 a Russian GLONASS K-2 global positioning satellite in place, built entirely from Russian-made parts as part of the government's ongoing effort to substitute imports amid sanctions, Izvestia ... more		Race to near space: Superfast flight Chinese aerospace researchers are pushing the limits in a new sphere - near space - which promises superfast vehicles for passengers, business and military use. Nearly half of the 24 entries i ... more		Inquiry says MH17 shot down by missile brought into Ukraine from Russia The missile that downed flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine was transported from Russia, a criminal inquiry revealed Wednesday, as it announced that about 100 people were being investigated for playing "an active role" in the disaster. ... more

	Schiebel, Diehl Defense strengthen cooperation Austria's Schiebel, maker of the Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopter, has strengthened cooperation with Diehl Defense for marketing opportunities in Germany. ... more		Raytheon receives $254 million Joint Precision Approach and Landing System contract Raytheon has been awarded a $254 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS. ... more

Advancing ultrafast spintronics for future memory and computing applications

Dialing in the temperature needed for precise nuclear timekeeping

ESA's Mobile Navigation Lab Tackles Arctic Interference Testing

Japan wins State Dept. approval for KC-46A acquisition		French fighter jet deal: an Indian saga		U.S. Navy approves Triton drone for production		UV Lens for Smart Ballistics System		USS Bonhomme Richard test-fires Sea Sparrow missile
27 missing in E. China landslide: Xinhua		Bell contracted to supply helicopters to Uganda, Kenya		Santos, Timochenko: Colombia foes turned peacemakers		Hyperloop pushes dream of low-cost futuristic transport		Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste

Air transport sector at climate juncture

China's PSBC makes tepid debut on Hong Kong bourse

California dreamin' for Chinese investors in US

Corvus Energy selected to power new environmentally friendly UK hybrid ferry

Canada, China aim to strike free-trade deal

Taiwan's summer slump as Chinese visitors stay away

No evidence MH370 'debris' exposed to fire: Australia

Entropy

Launch of Atlas V Rocket With WorldView-4 Satellite Postponed Till October

Rocket agreement marks countdown to New Zealand's first space launch

Indian Space Organization Gears Up for First Multi-Orbit Mission

SMC exercises contract options to procure two additional GPS III satellites

Engility to aid Marines with new command-and-control gear

In quake film, Mexican actor Bichir sees broken politics

Tiangong 2 initial tests proceeding well

Italy PM vows to restore quake towns to former glory

China foreign expenditure tops inward investment

China to allow credit default swaps

Parallel launch preparations put Ariane 5 on track for next launch

China's Tiangong-1 space station to crash into Earth in 2017

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