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Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firmsWashington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 President Barack Obama Monday ditched US plans to return to the moon and hitched NASA's future to private industry in a budget calling for the space agency to stay close to Earth and do research. In budget proposals for NASA, Obama proposed increasing funding for the space agency to six billion dollars over five years. But he proposed dropping the massively over-budget program to develop a new-generation rocket called Constellation, put in place by former president George Bush and ... read more |
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Houston (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's moves to drop a NASA program that would return astronauts to the moon will spark a political fight, space program experts predict. With Obama expected to phase out funding for the 5-year-old Constellation program in favor of other NASA priorities - such as increased earth science missions and extending the life of the International Space Station - lawmake ... more  
Honolulu - Apr 16, 2004The space community finally seems to be coming to terms with the fact that the President's new space initiative requires the development of some kind of heavy-lift booster, one much more capable than the existing Delta 4H and Atlas 5H vehicles. But the question remains: what kind of booster? A popular answer is: a Shuttle-Derived Vehicle (SDV), similar to the Shuttle-C and Shuttle-Z proposals of years gone by. ... more  
Honolulu HI (SPX) May 21, 2006It's always amusing and sometimes frustrating to see NASA doing something I have suggested in these columns - usually after wasting millions of dollars and years of time on another option. Exactly that has happened with the boosters being designed as part of NASA's plan for manned missions to the Moon and Mars. Over two years ago I wrote about "Shuttle-derived" launch vehicles and concluded: "Any heavy-lift booster based on the failed technology of the Space Shuttle will certainly be too expensive and dangerous ... more |
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India Building Spacecraft For Satellite PhonesBangalore, India (PTI) Feb 02, 2010 India is building a spacecraft for mobile applications that will enable use of satellite phones without dependence on foreign players, a top space scientist said. Currently, satellite phones used in India are supported by foreign satellites, including Indonesian ones. "We are yet to make an impact on satellite-based mobile communication. But again there are plans to evolve such systems," former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said. "Designs are evolved. They (ISRO) are in the process of buildi ... read more |
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