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April 24, 2002
SPACEWAR
SkyNet Will Guide Unmanned Vehicles into Battle

Photo Release: the latest Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle to roll off the production line at Northrop Grumman.
Los Angeles - Apr 24, 2002
 With an increasing number of unmanned vehicles taking up positions on the modern battlefield, UCLA researchers are designing a portable, rapidly deployable network that will allow these robotic agents to communicate. The Multimedia Intelligent Network of Unattended Mobile Agents (Minuteman), a portable airborne network system, will provide local communications for the increasing array of unmanned air vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles.
  • Sally Ride Speaks On The Tactical Role Of Space and War
  • NASA Axes Orbital Debris Office
  • Missile Defense Will Increase Orbital Debris Count
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    SPACE SCIENCE
    Energy Disappears High In Atmosphere, Scientists Say
     Greenbelt - Apr 23, 2002
     When cosmic rays smack into the Earth's atmosphere, part of the energy released seemingly disappears, entering a realm not measurable by current detectors. This energy possibly forms miniature black holes or is transferred to "particles" of gravity, called gravitons, which might leak into other dimensions, according to scientists at NASA and the University of Thessaloniki in Greece.
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    TERRADAILY
    National Research Council Committee Backs National Underground Lab
     Albuquerque - Apr 22, 2002
     The effort to create a National Underground Science Laboratory received a major endorsement during the weekend from the National Research Council's Committee on the Physics of the Universe.
  • Imagine No Restrictions On Fossil-Fuel Usage
  • Research Team Says "Recent" Warming Trend Is Global
  • Climate Monitoring Goes Mobile

    • TECH SPACE
    Stardust Sets New Distance Record
     Pasadena - Apr 22, 2002
     Since its launch on February 7, 1999, the Stardust spacecraft has traveled over two billion kilometers completing one and a half elliptical orbits around the Sun. On Thursday, April 18th, the mission will reach a major milestone when it arrives at its furthest distance from the Sun, also known as its aphelion.
  • NASA Develops New Portable Fuel Cell Technology
  • Cadets Complete Testing On FalconSat-2 Model
  • MDA Awarded $18 Million To Support Station Robots

    • NUKEWARS
    US and Russia Could Do More To Reduce Weapons Stockpile
      Washington (AFP) Apr 23, 2002
     Two leading US senators and weapons of mass destruction experts on Tuesday called on President George W. Bush's administration to do more to help Russia reduce access to its stockpiles by potential terrorists.
  • US Military Commander Warns Of Cross-Strait Arms Race
  • Nuclear Bunker-Buster Would Not Be Clean Bomb
  • Taiwan Objects To Use Of US Nuclear Weapons Against China

    • TERRORWARS
    Top Captured Al-Qaeda Figure Says Group Seeking A Radiological Bomb
      Washington (AFP) Apr 23, 2002
     A top al-Qaeda leader who was captured in Pakistan has told interrogators that the terrorist network knows how to make a radiological bomb and has been working to acquire one, a US official said Tuesday.
    Homeland Defense Could See Tighter Controls On University Education
      Washington (AFP) April 10, 2002
     The Bush administration could prevent foreign nationals from studying certain subjects that could bear on the development of weapons of mass destruction, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
    CIVIL NUCLEAR
    Russia May Build Nuke Plant "Near" N.Korea
     Moscow (AFP) Apr 23, 2002
     Russia may not build a nuclear power plant in North Korea, as Pyongyong had earlier suggested, but rather set up the facility near its border with the Stalinist state, according to an official with the Russian nuclear energy ministry.
  • China's Third Nuclear Power Station Whirrs Into Action
  • Japan's Government Approves Report That MOX Fuel Is Safe
  • Sweden Wrestles With Nuclear Phase-Out

    • SPACEMART
    XCOR Buys Rotary Rocket Assets
     Mojave - Apr 23, 2002
     XCOR Aerospace announced today that it has acquired selected assets of the Rotary Rocket Company, including the full and exclusive rights to all technology developed by Rotary Rocket. XCOR also acquired patents for various reusable launch vehicle technologies and certain equipment.
  • TRW Digs In Its Defenses Over Northrop Grumman Bid
  • XCOR Buys Rotary Rocket Assets
  • Eutelsat's Increases Hispasat Investment To 27%

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    LAUNCH PAD
  • Russia Will Not Abandon Kazakh Launch Site Before 2011
  • Titan 2 Destacked For Other Launch
  • Boeing Announces Delta IV Heavy Launch Assignment

    • MARSDAILY
  • New Biosatellite To Study Life In Martian Gravity
  • Greenhouse For A Red Planet
  • The Beagle Will Land

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
  • Changing Antarctica Viewed By NASA Satellite
  • World First In Satellite-Based Monitoring Of Large Lake Areas
  • India Takes Stock With Swedish Fresh Air Monitor

    • VSAT NEWS
  • Inauguration of Karnataka Telemedicine Project
  • PanAmSat Brings VSAT Internet To Upper Amazon
  • Gilat Does $200 Million Euro Deal To Sell Internet Via VSAT

    • EXO WORLDS
  • Evidence For Young Planets Found In Dusty Orbit About Close Star
  • Flares Illuminate The Secret Life Of A Quiescent Black Hole
  • Where Are The Other Earths Beyond The Solar System?

    • DRAGON SPACE
  • Shenzhou-5 May Carry Out First Chinese Manned Mission
  • China To Put Man In Space Within Two Years
  • Shenzhou: Half Way There - Analysis by Morris Jones
    • OPINION SPACE
  • The Outer Space and Moon Treaties and the Coming Moon Rush
  • Can Aurora Become Europe's New Age Of Planetary Discovery
  • Microspace Vs. Terror

    • EARLY EARTH
  • Atlanta Puts Life In The Spotlight
  • Meteorites Tell Of Shocking Experience
  • All Alone A Million Years Ago

    • GPS NEWS
  • Aeroastro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker
  • Nomad Helps Keep Defense Personal
  • Europe Approves Rival GPS Network

    • UAV NEWS
  • US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
  • Spy Drone Crashes While On Patrol In Southern Philippines
  • Pegasus Prepares For First Flight

    • SPACE.WIRE