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March 06, 2014

China has no plans for lunar base project
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014
The world's third country to soft-land on the moon has no plan to build a lunar base there, a leading scientist of China's lunar probe mission told Xinhua Saturday. But Ye Peijian, chief scientist of the Chang'e-3 program, also said that since man can land on the moon and stay there briefly, there will be the day when they can stay there for long time. "From the rule of science and moon probe technology development, a place for long-term residence (on the moon) will be built eventually," add ... read more

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CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

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International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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New Record Set for Data-Transfer Speeds

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ASC Signal Completes First Phase of Horizon Teleports Installation and Receives Additional Antenna Order

Soldier's Network Update: US Army Capability Set 14 to Include AN/PRC-155 Manpack Tactical Radios

New Wireless Tagging And Tracking Capability For Managing Sensitive Assets

Payload prep continues for Arianespace Soyuz for Sentinel-1A

Russia to Start Building New Manned Rocket Launch Pad in 2015

New Vostochny space center a key priority for Russian Far East

McMurdo Announces Global Availability of Maritime Fleet Management Software

Fifth Boeing GPS IIF Spacecraft Sends Initial Signals from Space

Russia to deploy up to 7 Glonass ground stations outside of national territory in 2014

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Seoul's power giant pushes back on EU probe into Czech nuclear bid

Nuclear option: Indonesia seeks to grow energy, cut emissions

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Lockheed Martin, University of Maryland to Develop Next Gen Quantum Computer

Smart grid for electric vehicle fleet

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Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers

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Yahoo spurns Facebook and Google sign-in credentials

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China promises steady 7.5 percent growth, cleaner air

China's urban drive risks digging economic hole

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