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May 3, 2002
OUTERPLANETS
Congress Set To Defy White House Over Pluto Probe
 Los Angeles - May 2, 2002
 The seemingly endless seesaw struggle over whether to launch a flyby probe to Pluto may be nearing a dramatic conclusion as Congress seeks to defy the Bush Administration and its recently appointed NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe who opposes any further funding of a Pluto probe this decade.
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TRW Shareholders Block Northrop Grumman Hostile Bid
 Cleveland (AFP) May 3, 2002
 TRW shareholders effectively blocked a 6.7 billion-dollar hostile takeover bid by defense giant Northrop Grumman Friday, in what TRW hailed as a "clear-cut victory" for its board.
  • TRW Tries To Outflank Northrop In Bid Test
  • DoD Buys New Sat Data Terminals For Its Trucks
  • Iridium Targets Merchant Seamen With Easy Calling Packages
  • XCOR Buys Rotary Rocket Assets

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    Massive Icebergs May Affect Antarctic Sea Life And Food Chain
     Greenbelt - Apr 29, 2002
     NASA-funded research using satellite data has shown large icebergs that have broken off from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf are dramatically affecting the growth of minute plant life in the ocean around the region -- plant life vital to the local food chain.
  • Changing Antarctica Viewed By NASA Satellite
  • World First In Satellite-Based Monitoring Of Large Lake Areas
  • India Takes Stock With Swedish Fresh Air Monitor

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
    Taiwan's Drills Draw Spy Ships From China, Other Countries: Report
     Taipei (AFP) Apr 30, 2002
     Archfoe China and other countries have sent spy ships to waters around Taiwan ahead of the island's biggest annual military exercise this week, it was reported Tuesday.
  • Pentagon Flags New Aegis Sale To Japan
  • Pakistan Concerned Over Indian Missile Tests
  • Seoul May Scrap Plan To Buy Patriot After Talks Collapse
  • LockMart To Study Big Target Rocket Concepts

    • TECH SPACE
    Super-Fast Flashes Could Help Scientists See into a Nucleus
     Stony Brook - May 01, 2002
     By using an ultra-powerful laser to set off energy bursts lasting a tiny fraction of a second, scientists may finally be able to see -- and perhaps control -- what happens in the heart of an atom, its nucleus. This system, which its theorists call a "lasetron," could also briefly produce a massive magnetic field resembling that of a white dwarf star, opening the door to important new experiments in astrophysics.
  • Powell Plugs Science As Foreign Policy Tool
  • 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
    Space Travelers Should Take Care To Avoid Getting Radiated
     Moscow - Apr 30, 2002
     Space expeditions will fly to the Mars in fifteen years if all prerequisites are successfully met. For the future interplanetary expedition Moscow scientists have developed an efficient system to protect the crew from space radiation during the long-term travel to the Mars and back.
  • Sending In The RATs To Mars
  • Fabrication of EuroMARS Begins!
  • Surveyor Continues Its Watch on the Red Planet

    • TERRADAILY
    Origin Of Bipedalism Closely Tied To Environmental Changes
     Champaign - May 01, 2002
     During the past 100 years, scientists have tossed around a great many hypotheses about the evolutionary route to bipedalism, to what inspired our prehuman ancestors to stand up straight and amble off on two feet.
  • US, India Hold Talks To Combat Cyber Attacks
  • Victoria To Be Slashed In Two
  • Color Of Ocean Yields Global Warming Clues
  • Tiny Particles In Hurricanes May Help With Predictions
  • Scientists Find Fewer Species Than Expected In Rainforests

    • OPINION SPACE
    NRO: America's Other Space Agency
     Colorado Springs - Apr 11, 2002
     At a recent space industry conference a leading captain of America's space industry spoke about the problems confronting the nation's spy agency the National Reconnaissance Office which is charged with watching over the world - both friend and foe.
  • 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
    Native Taiwanese Demand Removal Of Nuclear Waste From Scenic Island
     Lanyu (AFP) Apr 30, 2002
     Hundreds of native Taiwanese plan to hold a protest Wednesday demanding the government remove tens of thousands of barrels of low-radiation nuclear waste from their island.
  • 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

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    LAUNCH PAD
  • Boeing Will Launch NASA Mission to Track Mother Nature
  • H2A Has No Commercial Customers
  • Comet Chaser Ships to the Cape For July 1 Launch

    • TERRORWARS
  • Bush Anti-Terrorism Strategy Is One War Behind
  • 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

    • 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

    • 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