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China's Recoverable Moon Rover Expected In 2017 Beijing (XNA) Mar 12, 2008 
China will have a recoverable moon rover, which will carry back lunar soil samples, by 2017 if technical research "progresses smoothly," said the chief designer of Chang'e-1, the country's first moon probe, here Tuesday. China plans to land a probe on the moon in 2013, said Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of probe's satellite system, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ... read more |
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Japan marks funeral for second-generation phones
Tokyo (AFP) March 11, 2008Japanese stores took delivery of no second-generation mobile telephones in January for the first time since their launch as shipments of advanced handsets soared, an industry group said Tuesday. Japan and South Korea are at the forefront of third-generation (3G) phones, which offer high-speed Internet access and other interactive features and have not even entered the market in many developing ... more Microscopic Astronauts To Go Back In Orbit 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 12, 2008When space shuttle Endeavor blasts off on March 11, some tiny 'astronauts' will piggyback onboard an experimental payload from Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute. The new experiment, called "Microbial Drug Resistance Virulence" is part of the STS-123 space shuttle Endeavor mission. It will continue the research studies of Cheryl Nickerson, PhD, project leader and scientist in t ... more Woman to be first S. Korean in space 
Seoul, March 11, 2007 A woman has been chosen to be the first South Korean in space after a male astronaut was dismissed for security violations. Ko San was replaced by Russian space authorities for taking sensitive training materials outside the Russian space center, The Korea Times reported Monday. Ko was replaced by Yi So-yeon, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer. She will fly on a Russian Soyuz space ... more EADS goes into red with loss of 446 million euros: company 
Paris (AFP) March 11, 2008The European aerospace group EADS, which owns planemaker Airbus, went into the red in 2007 with a net loss of 446 million euros (684.6 million dollars), caused by delays with its A400M military plane, the company said. In 2008 EADS expects to considerably improve its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) to 1.8 billion euros against 52 million in 2007. It is also expecting turnover ... more Catcher Holdings Deploys At Nine Homeland Security And State Government Agencies 
Leesburg VA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Catcher Holdings has announced the Company has received an initial contract to deploy its state of the art CATCHER Rhino hardened mobile computing devices with multiple federal and state government agencies for Homeland Security related applications. This initial order is for 13 CATCHER Rhino hardened mobile computing devices, which will be deployed across nine federal and state government ... more |
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Las Vegas NV (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Trimble has announced that it will demonstrate its new Trimble Connected Community, a Web-based set of networking tools for heavy and highway construction contractors to connect with internal and external partners and clients. As part of the Trimble Connected Site portfolio of construction solutions, the Trimble Connected Community allows contractors to build information portals, share information ... more Romania Awards Lockheed Martin Contract To Provide 17 Radar Systems 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) have signed a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79 Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania's Phase II "Gap Filler" program. Lockheed Martin provided two prototype systems to the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MoD) under a Phase I contract awarded in 2002. Romania is using the medium-range system ... more Air Force retires first stealth fighter 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008The US Air Force said goodbye Tuesday to the first stealth fighter, the F-117A Nighthawk, which was developed in deep secrecy and unleashed for the first time during the 1989 invasion of Panama. The faceted, wedge shaped jet is being retired to free up money for the air force's newest stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor. The air force marked the retirement with a flyover and static displays ... more MEADS: Technology From EADS DS Adds New Dimension To Air Defence Radar 
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 12, 2008The transmit / receive modules developed by EADS Defence and Security (DS) for the fire control radar of the MEADS air defence system (MEADS = Medium Extended Air Defence System) have now passed their acceptance tests and are being put into serial production. EADS DS is thus the first European company to mass produce the new AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar technology on an industry ... more |
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Zurich (AFP) March 11, 2008Natural and man-made disasters killed 20,000 people in 2007 and cost the world economy more than 70 billion dollars (45 billion euros), reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday. The world was hit by 142 natural catastrophes and 192 man-made disasters in 2007, the company said in a report, with most deaths in Bangladesh, India, China and Pakistan as a result of heavy flooding and cyclones, the report ... more EU to mull whether climate policy will just export problem 
Brussels (AFP) March 11, 2008EU leaders will meet from Thursday with environmental policy high on the agenda, amid fears that Europe's tactics to cut greenhouse gas emissions may just export jobs and pollution abroad. The 27 EU heads of state and government recognise that "the risk of carbon leakage is a concern in certain sectors particularly exposed to international competition," according to a draft statement prepared ... more Daimler unveils plan to sell more buses in China, India and Russia 
Frankfurt (AFP) March 11, 2008German heavy vehicle manufacturer Daimler said Tuesday it planned to expand its bus division in emerging markets such as Russia and India to boost global sales. "Daimler Buses aims in the long term to reinforce its position of number one worldwide by investing in new growth markets like Russia, India and China," a company statement said. In Russia, "we are considering local production ... more Russia Dumps Korean Astro Boy For Astro Girl In Textbook Scandal 
Seoul (AFP) March 10, 2008South Korea on Monday chose a woman to be its first astronaut in a late change after Russia's space authorities said the man initially selected for next month's mission had breached training rules. Yi So-Yeon, 29, a biosystems engineering student, will now blast off on April 8 in a Russian-made Soyuz rocket, replacing 30-year-old male computer engineer Ko San on the 27-million-dollar space fare ... more
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