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Boeing begins NASA solar electric propulsion studyHuntington Beach CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2012 Boeing has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000 firm, fixed-price contract, Boeing will evaluate concepts that combine high-power solar arrays with advanced electric thrusters to power spacecraft and payloads to high Earth orbit and deep space destinations. "Boeing pioneered the use of electric propulsion, and has developed an approach to integrate compact, lightweight, and highly efficient ... read more |
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  USAF Awards Contract to Lockheed Martin for GPS III Launch and Checkout Capability The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS III satellites from launch through early on-o ... more | .. |
  Canaveral has busy 2012 launch schedule The director of Florida's Cape Canaveral rocket range says a busy 2012 launch schedule is proof there's life after the end of NASA's shuttle program. ... more | .. |
 Google sees Android enhancing home appliances Google's Android software is best known for powering smartphones, but executive chairman Eric Schmidt sees a future where it could also help devices communicate at home. ... more | .. |
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Solid state Swiss Army Knife can save digital lives Victorinox has pulled from its technology pocket a version of its vaunted Swiss Army knife equipped with a solid state drive capable of holding all of the digital data in a person's life. ... more | .. |
  Ball Aerospace Submits Cryogenic Propellant Storage Mission Concept to NASA Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has submitted a mission concept study to NASA for the storage and transfer of cryogenic propellants in space. Ball Aerospace was one of four companies awa ... more | .. |
 ORBCOMM Announces Launch of VesselSat2 ORBCOMM has announced the successful launch of VesselSat2, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselSat2 wa ... more | .. |
  ARISSat-1/KEDR amateur radio satellite deorbits On January 4, 2012, the Amateur Radio satellite, ARISSat-1/KEDR ended its 5 month mission as it deorbited through Earth's atmosphere. A report from the AMSAT web site states, "The last full telemetr ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
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  Russia hints at foul play in its space failures The head of Russia's beleaguered space programme hinted on Tuesday that foreign powers may be behind the string of failures that struck his agency in the past year. ... more | .. |
 Orion Drop Test - Jan. 06, 2012 After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6. Orion, the next deep space explorat ... more | .. |
High-tech gadget show opens doors in Vegas The International Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Tuesday with a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry including ultra-thin laptops, snazzy smartphones, iPad rivals and flat-screen and 3D TVs. ... more | .. |
  China launches Ziyuan III satellite China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. The satellite was launched at 11:17 a.m. Monday aboard a Long ... more |
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 Fifty-Seven Student Rocket Teams to Take NASA Launch Challenge More than 500 students from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 29 states will show their rocketeering prowess in the 2011-12 NASA Student Launch Projects flight challenge. Th ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers First Upgraded Patriot Radar to Kuwait Raytheon has completed its first Configuration-3 Patriot radar upgrade for the State of Kuwait. This is the first of six radar modernization deliveries due under contract to the U.S. Army Aviation a ... more | .. |
 Raytheon and Thales Australia Deliver Next Generation Desktop to Australia's DoD Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions (RTCS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon, has announced a partnership with Thales Australia to deliver an innovative next generation desktop (NGD) environmen ... more | .. |
  Raytheon awarded contract for Evolved Seasparrow Missile Raytheon has been awarded two contracts totaling $212.8 million for the production of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile, with an option for $33 million in additional work. The first contract from ... more |
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No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter; as Japan battles spike in attacks
COP30: Indigenous peoples vital to humanity's future
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  US drone attack kills four militants in Pakistan A US drone attack has hit a militant compound in Pakistan's northwest, the first since a November helicopter strike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and triggered a crisis in relations. ... more | .. |
 Raven Industries completes Vista Research Acquisition Raven Industries, has announced that its Aerostar division has completed the acquisition of Vista Research, Inc., a leading provider of surveillance systems that enhance the effectiveness of radars ... more | .. |
  Why is Haiti taking so long to recover? A catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, killing between 200,000 and 300,000 people in one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. ... more | .. |
 Haiti quake victims stuck in a time warp In the Port-au-Prince suburb of Petionville, some 2,500 people subsist in a crowded public park near open ditches flowing with human waste, a grim scene frozen in time two years after Haiti's earthquake disaster. ... more |
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 The nuclear, biological and climate threat - 2011 reviewed In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, ... more | .. |
 'Doomsday' ticks closer on nuclear, climate fears Global uncertainty on how to deal with the threats of nuclear weapons and climate change have forced the "Doomsday clock" one minute closer to midnight, leading international scientists said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Haiti quake victims stuck in a time warp In the Port-au-Prince suburb of Petionville, some 2,500 people subsist in a crowded public park near open ditches flowing with human waste, a grim scene frozen in time two years after Haiti's earthquake disaster. ... more | .. |
  Automakers embrace high-tech in safety drive Automakers displaying the latest technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are relying on sensors, digital cameras and connectivity in a drive towards a common goal - eliminating accidents. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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  Skyscrapers have 'unhealthy' link to financial crises: bank The construction of enormous skyscrapers has an "unhealthy" link with looming financial crises and investors should therefore keep a close eye on China and India, Barclays Capital said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Enhanced LED Task Light Improves Visual Performance and Reduces Energy Costs SpaceCo Business Solutions, Inc. has introduced the Wave Light II, an LED task light designed to overcome the disadvantages of traditional LED fixtures and provide the best visual performance in the ... more | .. |
  India protests EU airline emissions tax The European Union should immediately withdraw the carbon tax it began imposing on airlines beginning with the new year, India's environment minister said. ... more | .. |
 Detroit unsure over the future of green cars The US auto industry remains unsold over the future of "green cars" such as electrics and hybrids, as carmakers struggle with the first steps in a market most agree shows promise over the long term. ... more |
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 China air-con tycoon moves into eco-friendly building The Chinese tycoon behind a 30-storey energy-saving building that went up in just 15 days said Wednesday he intends to duplicate the model across the vast and heavily polluted nation. ... more | .. |
 Asia's automakers moving production to US Asian carmakers are boosting their production in the United States after disaster-caused production bottlenecks abroad and disadvantageous exchange-rate shifts have helped erode their market shares in the country. ... more | .. |
 First Intel-powered smartphone to debut in China US chip titan Intel on Tuesday announced it will move into the booming smartphone market with a China debut of a handset made by Chinese computer powerhouse Lenovo. ... more | .. |
Hyundai, Kia muscle into Europe, US markets Still little known in Europe and surging in the United States, Korean automaker Hyundai and sister Kia are muscling their way into markets dominated by national players and the Japanese. ... more |
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