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June 24, 2014

Elon Musk plans to take people to Mars within 10 years
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 24, 2014
Entrepreneur and inventor Elon Musk has some travel suggestions that are out of this world. The SpaceX CEO known as the brains behind the Tesla electric car says he wants to take humans to Mars during the next decade. Speaking to CNBC this week, the South African-born billionaire said that his main goal at this moment is to perfect technology that would make space travel possible in the not-so-distant future. In less than 12 years' time, he said, Musk wants to make the red planet a must-stop trave ... read more

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NASA's Science Mission Directorate Cubesat Initiative Beginning in October 2013, the NASA Science Mission Directorate, or SMD, started a new CubeSat Initiative - a cross divisional project to develop scientific CubeSats for all four science divisions ... more		Moon to see first tourists by 2017, single roundtrip ticket costs $150 mln The moon will welcome its first tourists as early as 2017, Space Adventures, a US-based space tourism company, said Wednesday. According to Space Adventures' head Tom Shelley, two brave folks have a ... more		Gilat's Low-profile Maritime Terminals Deployed Gilat Satellite Networks has provided its low-profile maritime terminals for various naval vessels of an unnamed Asian country. The terminals, capable of operating in the harsh maritime enviro ... more
				US firm scrambles to replace Russian-made engine for Atlas rockets United Launch Alliance (ULA), the US joint venture providing space launch services in the US, has signed a number of contracts to find a replacement for the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine, which ... more		Boeing and Global Eagle Entertainment Offer Line-Fit Satellite Connectivity Boeing (BA) and Global Eagle Entertainment have signed a new technical services agreement (TSA) to evaluate Global Eagle Entertainment's (GEE) satellite-based connectivity solution for line-fit offe ... more

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US tightens export regime against five Russian companies and organizations Russian legal entities were on the list of 29 companies included in the list of so-called unverified suppliers in respect of which preferential export control regulations will not work and more stri ... more		First test launch of Russia's Angara rocket may be conducted on June 27 The first test launch of Russia's Angara light-weight rocket, initially set for June 25, may be conducted from the Plesetsk Cosmodrone in the Arkhangelsk region on June 27, a Russian space rocket in ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		SpaceX to launch six satellites all at once Tonight, private aeronautics company SpaceX is planning to launch six satellites into orbit via its Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket is set to blast off at 6:08 p.m. from its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ... more
				Companies to merge expertise for space program products Sierra Nevada Corporation plans to acquire Orbital Technologies Corporation, a sub-systems integrator and high-tech company. ... more		Dominoes Crush Spacecraft We can't ignore the elephant in the room. International spaceflight is in a critical state. Even without tensions over Russia's annexation of Crimea, there is enough trouble to cause much of the ove ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Airbags Take the Weight in ACTE G-III Loads Tests Technicians at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's Flight Loads Laboratory recently completed structural evaluations on a modified Gulfstream G-III aircraft that will serve as a test bed for the ... more		Russia to consider space cooperation bill with Cuba The Russian government has introduced a bill that stipulates a ratification of an agreement signed between Russia and Cuba in the sphere of space investigations, the statement on the government's we ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		USAF Predator, Reaper programs get support from DRC/Engility The U.S. Air Force has given support task order modifications to Dynamics Research Corporation to support Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial system programs. ... more
NASA Turns Down the Volume on Rocket Noise NASA engineers recently went on an auricle ride as a scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS), including solid rocket motors, was fired - giving an "earful" of information about how low- and hi ... more		Swarm reveals Earth's changing magnetism The first set of high-resolution results from ESA's three-satellite Swarm constellation reveals the most recent changes in the magnetic field that protects our planet. Launched in November 2013, Swa ... more		Japan PM Abe wants to stage 2020 Robot Olympics Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to stage a "Robot Olympics" in 2020, the same year Tokyo hosts the Summer Games, local media reported Thursday. ... more		N. Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the latest step in an effort to enhance its maritime strike capability, a US think-tank said Tuesday. ... more

	New military related awards for Cubic Corporation Cubic Corporation is to provide support services to the U.S. military under two separate awards with a combined value of more than $190 million. ... more		Amended agreements signed in helicopter deal Amendments to contracts for the acquisition and servicing of Sikorsky CH-148 helicopters have been completed by the Canadian government. ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

Russia to get first private satellite constellation		Arianespace A World Leader In The Satellite Launch Market		ULA Signs Multiple Contracts for Next-Gen Propulsion Work		Airbus Group and Safran To Join Forces in Launcher Activities		US missile defense system strikes target in test
Britain eyes Brimstone 2 missiles for Typhoon fighters		Thales enhancing communications of EU peacekeepers		More than 400 US military drones lost in crashes: report		U.S. crowd-control products to be marketed in Europe		Army contracts for Apache helicopter program support

Denel Land Systems taps Sagem for imagers

MH370 hunt to shift south

Strange physics turns off laser

Ultra-thin wires for quantum computing

New ultrastiff, ultralight material developed

Researchers develop new ultralight, ultrastiff 3D printed materials

Move Over, Silicon, There's a New Circuit in Town

NMSU PACE team develops mobile transportation device

Yahoo grabs for Android smartphone homescreen

Oracle adds Micros for $5.3 bn to boost cloud effort

Google Internet eyewear heads for Britain

Riders whizz round Madrid in new electric bike-hire

Former top China official charged with bribery

China eyeing further boost to Piraeus hub: premier

3D Printers for Home-Use to Generate Hardware and Material Spending

Crowdsourcing the phase problem

NIST technique could make sub-wavelength images at radio frequencies

Making smartphones smarter with see-through sensors

Swell new sensors

New digital fabrication technique creates interlocking 3D-printed ceramic PolyBricks

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