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January 08, 2013

Captain's log: real space chat for Star Trek crew
Ottawa (AFP) Jan 7, 2013
Fact and fiction blurred this week when a real-life astronaut boldly went where no man has gone before and conversed from orbit via Twitter with the crew of television's "Star Trek: Enterprise." It started with a message from actor William Shatner, who starred as Captain Kirk in the cult sci-fi series, asking the commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield: "Are you tweeting from space?" Hadfield replied, borrowing a line from the show: "Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're d ... read more

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Space Trash May Make Radiation Shields Researchers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are evaluating small tiles made of space trash to find out whether they can be stored aboard spacecraft safely or even used for radiation shield ... more		2013 FIRST Robotics Kick-Off Event The 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition kicks off on Jan. 5, 2013. The kickoff event will be broadcast on NASA TV and marks the beginning of the season for high school students from across the nation to ... more		Ball Aerospace Realigns Civil and Operational Space Business Units Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has announced three leadership appointments and an organizational structure change that will position operating sectors for improved customer efficiency. ... more
				Arianespace to launch VNREDSat-1A built by Astrium for Vietnam Arianespace to launch VNREDSat-1A built by Astrium for Vietnam Arianespace and Astrium hassigned the launch contract for the VNREDSat-1A Earth observation satellite, on behalf of the Vietnamese Acad ... more		DARPA selects SwRI's K-band space crosslink radio for flight development as part of System F6 Program The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently selected Southwest Research Institute to provide the flight low-rate crosslink wireless communications platform for the System F6 ... more

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LS3 Four-Legged Robot Plays Follow the Leader For the past two weeks, in the woods of central Virginia around Fort Pickett, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) four-legged robot has been showing off its capabilities during field testing. ... more		Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Payload Market to Reach $68.6 billion by 2022 The two month postponement of the "fiscal cliff's" automatic spending cuts, including cuts to America's defense budget originally proposed by last year's sequestration deal, may be welcome news for ... more		Air Force stands up new Space Operations Directorate China showcases weapon systems to possible foreign buyers Could the X-37B Space Plane be Preparing for a Mission in September University of Florida, US Army develop model for lighter armor Air Force, mission partners prepare satellite for August launch 1st ASTS provides critical support for Minotaur launch at Cape DARPA assured autonomy seeks to guarantee safety of learning-enabled autonomous systems		Military Space Communications Lacks Direction The Defense Department is at a standstill when it comes to figuring out what it will require to maintain its future military space communications architecture, both industry and government officials ... more
				DoD Guidance on Spectrum Use for Hosted Payloads Needs New Approach The recent "guidance" from the Pentagon's Chief Information Officer on hosting military payloads on commercial satellites has caused much confusion among satellite operators. The three-page document ... more		What a UAV Can Do With Depth Perception When a person reaches out to place an object in just the right place, their mind makes a series of judgments requiring vision, stability and careful movement. Trying to do the same thing robotically ... more

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"Sky Rider" to be integrated within the Digital Army Program The Artillery Corps "Sky Rider" Unit is preparing to deploy a new UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) which will introduce a significant improvement in its takeoff, flight and visual capabilities, trans ... more		Deployable Radio Frequency Data Backbone To Match Fiber Optic Capacity Fiber optic cables provide the core backbone for military and civilian networks, enabling Internet, phone, video and other data to move at super-high speeds with virtually no degradation over long d ... more		Study gives first proof that the Earth has a natural thermostat How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts Study solves mystery of how first animals appeared on Earth To teach kids morals, read books with humans not animals Vegan raptor may be missing link between two major dino groups Sediment research is a granular exercise at NRL		Can You Program a Radio to Dominate the Spectrum? Radios are used for a wide range of tasks, from the most mundane to the most critical of communications, from garage door openers to military operations. As the use of wireless technology proliferat ... more
				Power spintronics: Producing AC voltages by manipulating magnetic fields Scientists are putting a new spin on their approach to generating electrical current by harnessing a recently identified electromotive force known as spinmotive force, which is related to the field ... more		NASA Investigates Use of 'Trailblazing' Material for New Sensors Tiny sensors - made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the "next best thing" since the invention of silicon - are now being developed to detect trace elements ... more

Space Trash May Make Radiation Shields

NASA Investigates Use of 'Trailblazing' Material for New Sensors

Liquid jets and bouncing balls combine for surprising results

BAE pulls out of Australian comms tender

Can You Program a Radio to Dominate the Spectrum?

DARPA selects SwRI's K-band space crosslink radio for flight development as part of System F6 Program

Arianespace to launch VNREDSat-1A built by Astrium for Vietnam

CSF Applauds Passage Of Risk-Sharing Regime Extension For Launch Industry

Rokot Launch Set for January 15

New location system could compete with GPS

Beidou's unique services attractive to Chinese companies

China eyes greater market share for its GPS rival

	Iran develops new missile launcher Iran's Navy has developed a missile launching system which aims to increase the precision and range of anti-ship missiles. Commander of Iran Navy Rear-Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that the ... more		New location system could compete with GPS A positioning technology that could compete with satellite-based global positioning systems can work indoors as well as out, its Australian developers say. ... more		BAE pulls out of Australian comms tender BAE Systems sacked two employees and pulled out of the next tender phase for the Australian army's battlespace communications network. ... more		Crew Prepares for Student Robotics Competition The Expedition 34 crew wrapped up its first workweek of the new year aboard the International Space Station with scientific research, routine maintenance and preparations for robotics competition ta ... more

Could supervolcanoes be a part of future energy supplies

Fizzy soda water could be key to clean manufacture of flat wonder material: Graphene

Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter

A quick and easy way to shut down instabilities in fusion devices

Potato waste processing may be the road to enhanced food waste conversion

Wind energy blows up storm of controversy in Mexico

Apple under pressure to dazzle as market slows

Russia develops new rocket fuel		US drones kill 12 Taliban in Pakistan: officials		Dutch Patriot missiles head for Turkey's Syria border		Airbus says in pole position for Indian air refuelling tanker contract		SAIC Awarded Contract By U.S. Army Environmental Command
NATO begins deploying Patriot missiles in Turkey		Block MEMS Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Find Buried Explosives		US Patriot missiles begin arriving in Turkey		Patriot missile troops in Turkey as Syria war worsens		Boeing Receives Additional US Navy Order for Torpedo Defense Systems

US drone strike kills Pakistani warlord: officials

Obama considers broad arms sales restrictions: report

Obama signs $9.7 bn aid bill for Sandy victims

Congress approves $9.7 bn aid for storm Sandy victims

New antimatter method to provide 'a major experimental advantage'

Research update: Jumping droplets help heat transfer

That's not what I meant: A new phase in reading photons

Reservoir Labs Selected For The DARPA Power Efficient Computing Research And Development Program

Using data from traffic app to identify high frequency accident locations

2013 Fiat 500e Offers Unsurpassed 108 Highway MPGe Rating and Class-Leading 87 Miles of Driving Range

Shortage of helium has business impact

Videogames coming to a cloud near you

China fund mulls buying stake in Daimler: report

More than 40 bln apps downloaded for Apple gadgets

Walker's World: Merkel's tricky year

Crashed US drone found in Philippines: navy

Post-smartphone era coming, CES told

Global tech industry uneven as mobile surges

Japan cyber probe cops find cat collar clue

Japanese car sales slump in China on island row

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