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NASA Needs Strategic Plan to Manage Orbital Debris EffortsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2011 Although NASA's meteoroid and orbital debris programs have responsibly used their resources, the agency's management structure has not kept pace with increasing hazards posed by abandoned equipment, spent rocket bodies, and other debris orbiting the Earth, says a new report by the National Research Council. NASA should develop a formal strategic plan to better allocate resources devoted to the management of orbital debris. In addition, removal of debris from the space environment or other actions ... read more |
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  Time To End Pork Barrel Monster Rocket And Expensive Russian Space Ferry The Texas Space Alliance (TXA) urged Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and the rest of the Texas Congressional delegation to give their full support to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's call for transferring funding ... more | .. |
  Hands-on space experience at German Aerospace Day 'Encounter' a satellite in orbit, view the Moon and the Rhine Valley in 3D, board SOFIA, the airborne observatory, or visit the wind tunnel or astronaut training facility to experience the extreme c ... more | .. |
  SwRI selected as payload integrator for three NASA suborbital flight opportunities research providers Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected to provide payload flight integration services as part of three suborbital flight provider contracts recently announced by NASA to Virgin Galact ... more | .. |
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  Israel installs third Iron Dome battery Israel on Wednesday installed a third battery of its Iron Dome rocket interceptors, placing it in the southern city of Ashdod, a target of rockets fired from Gaza, the defence minister said. ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5's upper payload completes its integration at the Spaceport Integration of the upper portion of Ariane 5's dual-passenger "stack" has been completed, with the Arabsat-5C satellite and SYLDA dispenser system now encapsulated inside the launcher's payload fair ... more | .. |
  AeroVironment Introduces Shrike VTOL Unmanned Aircraft System AeroVironment has introduced its lightweight and man-portable Shrike VTOL unmanned aircraft system. In August 2008 AeroVironment announced the receipt of a contract from DARPA (the Defense Advanced ... more | .. |
 Russian Firm Unveils Plan for Space Tourism A Russian firm has unveiled its plans for an orbital hotel by 2016 and space tours to Mars by 2030. The news comes as Russia has grounded its Soyuz rockets after an unmanned cargo vessel, bound for ... more |
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Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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 Kazakhstan won't ban Russian rocket launches from Baikonur Kazakhstan does not plan to ban launches of Russian rockets from its space center in Baikonur after accident with Progress M-12M space freighter, Talgat Musabayev, the head of the Kazakh space agenc ... more | .. |
 Third ATV begins its preparations for launch on Ariane 5 The preparation campaign for Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has begun in French Guiana as this large cargo resupply spacecraft is readied for a spring 2012 Ariane 5 launch by Ariane ... more | .. |
 Orbital Receives License for Taurus II COTS Demonstration Mission Orbital Sciences has received a Commercial Space Transportation Launch License from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program ... more | .. |
  Russia may put space program under state defense order The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday it is considering returning the federal space program to the framework of the state defense order to ensure steady financing and reduce t ... more |
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  Robonaut Wakes Up In Space After months of patiently snoring away in its storage bag, Robonaut 2 - the first dexterous humanoid robot in space - finally got its wakeup call on Monday. R2, as the robot is called, was del ... more | .. |
  Time Limits for Tiangong The launch date for Tiangong 1, China's first space laboratory, has been the subject of much confusion in recent months. It seems that a launch is not too far away, and could appear within a week. ... more | .. |
 Express-AM4 Launch Failure Inter-Agency Commission Concludes Investigations The Inter-Agency Commission has completed its investigation of the off-nominal orbital injection of Express-AM4 launched on 18 August from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Based on its activities and ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Wins Switchblade Agile Munition Systems and Services Contract AeroVironment has received a contract on June 29 from the U.S. Army Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS), Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS). The $4,907,840 contract for the Switchb ... more |
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Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  Bell Boeing Receives Order for New and Upgraded CV-22 Training Devices The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter has received a $34 million order from the U.S. Air Force for three new CV-22 training devices and an upgrade to ... more | .. |
  After Irene, a US political storm brews over disaster aid In a prelude to ugly autumn budget fights, the White House and its Republican foes battled Wednesday over whether disaster relief for Hurricane Irene's victims must be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. ... more | .. |
  German deficit hits three-year low Germany announced a drop in its public deficit to a three-year low on Thursday as the economy reaches pre-crisis levels and in stark contrast to the debt crisis overhanging the eurozone. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Decline by design Friday, forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department to report the U.S. economy added only 67,000 jobs in August - my estimate is 63,000. Either would be much less than the 130,000 jobs the economy must create each month to stay even with adult population growth. ... more |
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  $1.3 billion award tossed out in Oracle vs SAP case A US judge on Thursday tossed out a $1.3 billion dollar award for damages that a jury ordered German business software giant SAP to pay US rival Oracle for copyright infringement. ... more | .. |
  US auto sales post gains despite market turmoil Market turmoil failed to put the brakes on US auto sales in August, automakers said Thursday as the Big Three US automakers - General Motors, Chrysler and Ford - all posted strong gains. ... more | .. |
 China firms to pay $1.95 bn for Brazil miner stake Three Chinese firms will pay $1.95 billion for a 15 percent stake in Brazilian rare metal mining firm CBMM, the world's biggest producer of niobium, state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  IATA says July air traffic up but warns of gloomy outlook Air passenger traffic rose by 5.9 percent in July on a 12-month basis, but the cloudy economic outlook and high fuel prices could lead to weak growth in 2011, industry association IATA said on Thursday. ... more |
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Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems
Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers
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 China's manufacturing growth rebounds China's manufacturing activity rebounded slightly in August, two separate surveys showed Thursday, but costs rose further as Beijing vowed to keep up efforts to fight inflation. ... more | .. |
  Manufacturing method paves way for commercially viable quantum dot-based LEDs University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public debate over America's future light source of choice: Edison's incandescent bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp. ... more | .. |
 A high-tech propulsion system for the next 100 years One of the most efficient means of transporting freight is by ship. However, many of the ships sailing today are powered by ageing diesel motors fitted with neither exhaust cleaning equipment or mod ... more | .. |
 Brazil seeks more aviation sales in Africa Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is seeking to expand its international aviation markets with focus on Africa, where its jets' fuel efficiency, prices and payments terms are likely to have an edge over competitors. ... more |
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 Marchers resume road project protest in Bolivia Hundreds of indigenous Bolivians from the country's low-lying Amazon basin inlands on Wednesday resumed a protest march against a road project through a nature preserve. ... more | .. |
 Gold mine backers hail Romania president Supporters of an effort to build a one of the world's biggest gold mines in Romania say they're encouraged by the public backing of President Traian Basescu. ... more | .. |
 Buzz at IFA electronics show is tablets, tablets, tablets The IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, which opened to the press on Wednesday, is shaping up as a battleground for tablet computer makers to attack the Apple iPad's dominant market position. ... more | .. |
 China appeals WTO ruling on raw materials exports China has appealed against a World Trade Organisation ruling that it illegally restricted exports of key raw materials, the global trade body said Wednesday. ... more |
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