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March 20, 2002
SPACEMART
Telenor Dedicates New Company To Manage Maritime Sector
Oslo - Mar 19, 2002
Telenor Satellite Services announced today that it has formed a new company, Marlink, to provide a wide range of mobile satellite communication services, mainly for customers in the maritime sector.
  • Intelsat Snaps Up Comsat As LockMart Dumps Subsidiary
  • Study Shows Growth In The UK Space Industry
  • Emcore Acquires Tecstar's Applied Solar Division
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    TECH SPACE
    Using Light Power To Control Space Scopes
    Tucson - Mar 18, 2002
    Scientists at the University of Arizona in Tucson hope to harness sunshine to point and stabilize future space telescopes. Sunshine exerts a weak force on spacecraft.
  • Space Greenhouse Technology Used To Kill Anthrax Spores
  • Chilling Out At The Speed Of Sound
  • Fractals Offer Breakthrough in Array Antennas

  • MARSDAILY
    Geologist Recreates 'Life On Mars' Evidence In Her Laboratory
    Dayton - Mar 18, 2002
    As NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft begins exploring the planet, particularly looking for signs of water that once could have nourished life, a University of Dayton geologist is disproving what some pointed to as scientific evidence of past life on the Red Planet.
  • Mars Radiation Meter Back Online
  • Was Carbon Dioxide Critical To Mars
  • Third Mars Sim Team Arrives At Desert Station

  • EARLY EARTH
    "Columbia" Once Ruled Earth
    Chapel Hill - Mar 18, 2002
    In 1912, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that first angered but then intrigued scientists ever since. Now following up on Wegener's work, a geologist believes he has discovered a new, long-vanished supercontinent.
  • Global Warming Helped Early Mammals Arise
  • Finding Clues to 400-Million Year Mystery
  • Asteroids Rained Down During Final Formation

  • DRAGON SPACE
    China Hails Own Strategic Nuclear Missile Force
    Beijing (AFP) March 20, 2002
    Chinese state media Wednesday hailed the country's nuclear force and second-strike capability, amid a row over US contingency plans listing China as a potential target for nuclear attack.
  • China Plans Heavy Lifter To Launch Space Station
  • Design Issues Resolved: Shenzhou Awaits Launch
  • Manned Flight In 2003?

  • MISSILE PROLIFERATION
    US Might Buy Russian Missiles
    Moscow - March 19, 2002
    The United States plans to buy 18,000 Russian air-to-air missiles for its F-15 and F/A-18 fighters, an official from the Russian manufacturer Vympel, a partner of US aircraft maker Boeing, said on Tuesday quoted by Interfax-AVN.

    NUKEWARS
    CIA Cites Russia, China, NKorea As Proliferators
     Washington - Mar 19, 2002
    Russia has emerged as the top-of-the-line supplier of advanced technology and training to countries seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction, CIA director George Tenet said Tuesday.
  • UN Urgently Seeking Funds To Fight Nuclear Terrorism
  • CIA Warns Of Indian-Pak Nuke Fears
  • Washington May Need To Test Nuke Bunker-Busters

  • SPACEWAR
    Wolfowitz Says Missile Defense Shows "Impressive Success"
     Washington - Mar 17, 2002
    Testing for a US missile defense system is showing impressive success, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday, two days after the Pentagon scored its fourth successful missile interception.
  • Boeing To Update GPS 2F Satellites
  • Orbital Express Program Moves Ahead With Phase 2 Award
  • Lead Systems Integrator for Future Combat Systems Announced

  • CIVIL NUCLEAR
    Sweden Wrestles With Nuclear Phase-Out
    Stockholm - Mar 16, 2002
    Sweden, struggling to find alternative energy sources to replace nuclear power which it voted to phase out by 2010, admitted this week shutting down all of its nuclear plants could take up to 40 years.
  • Russia Awash In Nuclear Leftovers
  • Armenia Courts Disaster To Keep The Lights On
  • Russia Edges Closer To Importing Of Nuclear Waste

  • LAUNCH PAD
  • Russia Launches Satellites On US-German Climate Mission
  • Atlas 2 Launches NASA Data Bird
  • Ariane 5 Launches $2 Billion ESA EO Satellite

  • ROCKET SCIENCE
  • Atlas 5 Rolled Out For Pad Tests
  • Unexpected Explosion Keeps Pakhomov "Waiting"
  • Ion Engines Slowly But Surely Salvage Artemis

  • SPACE TRAVEL
  • Designing Ecosystems For Space
  • Circle The Earth 400 Times And Fly Into Orbit
  • Europe Offers Local Firms Money For ISS Research Projects

  • SPACE.WIRE