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SciTechTalk: NASA's planetary playbookWashington DC (UPI) Sep 30, 2012 With the end of what was arguably NASA's marquee mission, the space shuttle program, the space agency is keen to maintain public interest in its remaining missions, especially those doing planetary exploration within our own solar system. All eight planets within our system, plus recently "demoted" dwarf planet Pluto, are or have been targets for NASA spacecraft, with the space agency eager to release data and images to keep the public involved in its efforts as it faces an uncertain budgetary ... read more |
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  EMCORE To Supply Solar Panels For ICESat-2 Mission EMCORE Corporation (EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing cont ... more | .. |
 Uwingu's Crowdfunding Campaign Concludes Commercial space start up Uwingu, LLC reports that its crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo culminated successfully on September 24th, raising 107% of the $75,000 fundraising target it set to launch i ... more | .. |
 Space debris delays Japan's satellite experiment The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday it has decided to postpone an experiment to release satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) due to approaching space debris. ... more | .. |
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  Ariane 5 maintains Arianespace's track record of success with the launch of ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10 The fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2012 delivered a pair of telecommunications spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit Friday, marking the 65th launch to date for Arianespace's heavy-lift workhorse. ... more | .. |
  Russian Space research in 2012 Gennady Yevstafyev - retired Lieutenant General of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Sir, thank you so much for joining us. The first question would be just how many countries are invo ... more | .. |
  Australian hypersonic test a success Australian military scientists successfully completed another test flight of an experimental hypersonic vehicle, this time at the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway. ... more | .. |
 Ariane rocket launches two telecom satellites An Ariane 5 rocket carrying two satellites, ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10, successfully put its payload into orbit late Friday, European operator Arianespace announced. ... more |
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Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump
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 ORBITEC Has Real "Vision" For Its New AUSEP Rocket Engine Orbital Technologies recently conducted several key rocket engine technology demonstrations at its large engine test facility in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Under observation by representatives from b ... more | .. |
 'MindMeld' app anticipates people's needs A voice calls application called MindMeld to be available this month promises to know what iPad users want before they do. ... more | .. |
  SMARTCAP - Funding opportunity for companies with promising medical products for use on Earth, in space Do you know of a small company developing a medical product that could be adapted to solve a health or human performance challenge in space? Have you developed a biomedical product for the space pro ... more | .. |
 Bryan Campen joins XCOR as Director of Media and Public Relations XCOR Aerospace reports that Bryan Campen has joined the company as its Director of Media and Public Relations. Members of the press and media are invited to update their records. Campen will b ... more |
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  Eglin F-35 Fleet At 20 And Growing The 20th Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been as delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to support F-35 pilot and maintainer training taking place on the Emerald Coast. BF-15, piloted ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Completes Centralization Of Targets and Countermeasures Operations in Huntsville Lockheed Martin has completed the centralization of its Targets and Countermeasures operations in Huntsville, Ala., where the program offices of both the company and the Missile Defense Agency custo ... more | .. |
  AUVSI Welcomes Formation of Senate Unmanned Aerial Systems Caucus The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has welcomed the announcement from Capitol Hill that Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) formed the Senate Unmanne ... more | .. |
 US hails war vehicle that saved lives, bypassed bureaucracy US defense officials on Monday congratulated themselves on an armored vehicle that helped protect American troops but acknowledged the program succeeded in spite of the Pentagon's own entrenched bureaucracy. ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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  US pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense The United States is pushing Gulf countries to develop missile defense plans, amid what they see is a rising threat from Iran, US officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Europe tipped to spend $14B on drones Europe is being tipped to spend nearly $14 billion over the next 10 years on research and development of unmanned aerial systems and their procurement. ... more | .. |
 Brazil to delay jet decision until 2013, no favorite Brazil will postpone until next year a decision on a multi-billion-dollar contract to buy 36 next-generation fighter and there is currently no favorite, a government source said Friday. ... more | .. |
  World facing unprecedented refugee crisis: UNHCR UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres warned Monday that a surge in the number of refugees around the world was causing a crisis that was unprecedented in recent history. ... more |
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Twenty-five killed in Hong Kong ferry collision: official Twenty-five people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger boats collided and one sunk off Hong Kong late Monday, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Libyans surrender hundreds of weapons to army Libyans turned over hundreds of weapons at collection points in the capital and the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday following rallies which called for disarmament and the disbanding of militias. ... more | .. |
  New method monitors semiconductor etching as it happens - with light University of Illinois researchers have a new low-cost method to carve delicate features onto semiconductor wafers using light - and watch as it happens. "You can use light to image the topogr ... more | .. |
 Breakthrough in kitchen furniture production Biocomposites challenge chipboard as furniture material. Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a kitchen furniture framework material from plastic polymers reinforce ... more |
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Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress'
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  Nickelblock: An element's love-hate relationship with battery electrodes Anyone who owns an electronic device knows that lithium ion batteries could work better and last longer. Now, scientists examining battery materials on the nano-scale reveal how nickel forms a physi ... more | .. |
 Hummingbirds make flying backward look easy Backing up usually isn't easy, yet when Nir Sapir observed agile hummingbirds visiting a feeder on his balcony in Berkeley, California, he was struck by their ability to reverse. 'I saw that they qu ... more | .. |
  New window of opportunity for Russian companies planning to go public As Sberbank's listing last week proved to be a blockbuster success, the deal gave grounds for inflamed speculation about a potential IPO boom of Russian companies. The flurry of rumors around a numb ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: Can the euro make it? Can the euro succeed and the stricken countries of Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain haul themselves back to prosperity? Some very smart people in Europe believe that the bitter medicine of austerity not only can work but that it is working. ... more |
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 HP powers business tablet with Windows 8 Hewlett-Packard on Monday took aim at "post PC" workplaces with a business-oriented tablet computer powered with new Windows 8 software by Microsoft. ... more | .. |
  Google races past Microsoft to number two tech firm Google soared past Microsoft in terms of market value Monday to become the second-richest firm in the tech world behind Apple. ... more | .. |
  Australia's Forrest wins High Court appeal Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest on Tuesday won a High Court appeal against a ruling that he misled investors on Chinese deals that could have seen him banned as a company director. ... more | .. |
Internet 'ecosystem' is 3.7% of US economy: study The advertising-supported Internet "ecosystem" generated $530 billion last year and supported 5.1 million jobs in the United States, an industry study said Monday. ... more |
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