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May 1, 2002
MISSILE DEFENSE
Pentagon Proposes Aegis Missile System Sale To Japan
  Washington - Apr 30, 2002
 The Pentagon notified Congress Tuesday of a proposed sale to Japan of an Aegis shipboard weapons system that has possible future applications as a missile defense platform. Its value was placed at 578 million dollars. The Aegis system is a state-of-the-art computerized system that links the ship's powerful phased array radar and weapons systems to detect, track and engage over 100 aircraft and cruise missiles simultaneously.
  • Pakistan Concerned Over Indian Missile Tests
  • Seoul May Scrap Plan To Buy Patriot After Talks Collapse
  • LockMart To Study Big Target Rocket Concepts
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    TECH SPACE
    Powell Plugs Science As Foreign Policy Tool
     Washington - Apr 30, 2002
     Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday urged the American scientific community to play a broader role in shaping US foreign policy but jokingly confessed a personal ineptitude in the field.
  • Marshall Pollution Solution Gets NATO's Attention
  • Freeing Computers From The Constraints Of Time
  • Satellite Project On Track To Launch In 2003
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    MARSDAILY
    Fabrication of EuroMARS Begins!
     Los Angeles - Apr 30, 2002
     The fabrication of the European Mars Analog Research Station (EuroMARS) has begun in earnest. The work, led by Project Architect Frank Schubert and funded by Starchaser Industries and the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA), is being done on the premises of the Rio Grande company in Denver, Colorado.
  • Surveyor Continues Its Watch on the Red Planet
  • New Biosatellite To Study Life In Martian Gravity
  • The Beagle Will Land

    • TERRADAILY
    Color Of Ocean Yields Global Warming Clues
     Santa Barbara - Apr 28, 2002
     A green ocean is a productive ocean; the light from the sun helps the phytoplankton -- tiny ocean plants -- to be productive. This production in turn drives ocean food webs.
    Victoria To Be Slashed In Two
     Melbourne - Apr 30, 2002
     The Victorian Geotraverse will 'carve' a 500 kilometre swathe across the Australian state of Victoria from the Grampians in the west to Mallacoota on the east coast.
  • Tiny Particles In Hurricanes May Help With Predictions
  • Rare Rocks Offer A Unique Glimpse Of The Earth's Core
  • Scientists Find Fewer Species Than Expected In Rainforests

    • LAUNCH PAD
    Boeing Will Launch NASA Mission to Track Mother Nature
     Seal Beach - April 29, 2002
     The Boeing Delta team will help NASA scientists better predict environmental changes on Earth by launching the Aqua spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on May 4. At approximately 2:55 a.m. PDT, a Boeing Delta II rocket will blast off from Space Launch Complex 2 West and thunder into space to place Aqua into a Sun-synchronous orbit.
  • H2A Has No Commercial Customers
  • Comet Chaser Ships to the Cape For July 1 Launch
  • Russia Will Not Abandon Kazakh Launch Site Before 2011

    • NUKEWARS
    A Million Troops On Their Borders, India And Pakistan Look Inward
     New Delhi - Apr 30, 2002
     The leaderships of nuclear powers Pakistan and India both face crucial political tests Tuesday, turning their attention away from a dangerous four-month build-up at the border.
  • New Nuke Sub May Replace Kursk
  • US To Follow Up On North Korea Overtures
  • No Let-Up In India And Pakistan Standoff Between Until Fall

    • CYBERWARS
    US, India Hold Talks To Combat Cyber Attacks
     New Delhi - Apr 30, 2002
     The United States and India have launched high-level security talks to protect their information technology systems from attacks by hostile states and computer-savvy criminals, officials said Tuesday.
    TERRORWARS
    Bush Anti-Terrorism Strategy Is One War Behind
     Washington - Apr 30, 2002
     President George W. Bush's anti-terrorism budget is mired in the past and too focused on the protection of targets to the detriment of heading off future attacks, a report published Tuesday concluded.
  • Blair Claims "Treasure" Of Evidence Iraqi WMD Plans
  • Al-Qaeda Leader Says Group Seeking A Radiological Bomb
  • Homeland Defense Could See Tighter Controls On Education

    • SPACEMART
    DoD Buys New Sat Data Terminals For Its Trucks
    Atlanta - Apr 23, 2002
    EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today a contract to supply PDT-100 packet data satellite terminals to the U.S. government. The multi- year contract, for 1,200 units per year, represents the first sale of the EMS PDT-100 to a military customer.
  • TRW Opens Books To Other Suitors
  • Iridium Targets Merchant Seamen With Easy Calling Packages
  • XCOR Buys Rotary Rocket Assets

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    UAV NEWS
  • Pegasus Team Completes Engine Test Milestone
  • Dassault, Sagem Announce Plan To Develop Tactical Drones
  • US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks

    • GPS NEWS
  • Orbital Wins LA Bus Management Contract
  • GPS Antenna Juggles More Birds Than Ever
  • AeroAstro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker

    • OPINION SPACE
  • Sally Ride Speaks On The Tactical Role Of Space and War
  • The Outer Space and Moon Treaties and the Coming Moon Rush
  • Can Aurora Become Europe's New Age Of Planetary Discovery
  • Microspace Vs. Terror

    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Can A New Generation Of Nuclear Reactors Allay Public Fears
  • Russia Risks Chernobyl-Type Accident At Any Time: Greenpeace
  • EU Insists On Shutdown Of Unsafe Nuclear Reactors

    • EXO WORLDS
  • New Evidence For Organic Compounds In Deep Spaces
  • Evidence For Young Planets Found In Dusty Orbit About Close Star
  • Where Are The Other Earths Beyond The Solar System?

    • SPACE SCIENCE
  • Ames Astrobiology Explorer Scope Chosen For Feasibility Study
  • X-Ray Flashes To Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Los Alamos Researcher Says 'Black Holes' Aren't Holes At All

    • 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

    • SPACE.WIRE