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March 16, 2010
MOON DAILY
Space Available On Lunar Expeditions
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010
Astrobotic Technology will carry 240 lbs. (109 kg) to the Moon for researchers and marketers as part of its maiden expedition in 2012 to win the Google Lunar X Prize. Science instruments, prototype exploration devices and commercial packages will be carried at $700,000 per pound, plus a $250,000 fee per payload to cover the engineering costs of integrating it into either the expedition's lander or its solar-powered robot. The company posted a technical description of the service on its Web site, a ... read more

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MARSDAILY

Marsexpress Returns Phobos Flyby Images
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LAUNCH PAD

Parallel Preparations Continue For Ariane 5 Flights
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LAUNCH PAD

ILS Proton To Launch Intelsat 21 And 23
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Aerojet And Orbital Complete Taurus II Tests
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TECH SPACE

Shocking Recipe For Making Killer Electrons
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Seeking Dark Matter On A Desktop
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Super Supernova: White Dwarf Star System Exceeds Mass Limit
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MOON DAILY

New Lunar Images And Data Available To Public
SHUTTLE NEWS

Space shuttle Discovery problem reported
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TIME AND SPACE

Physicists Take Atoms For A Walk
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SPACEMART

Integral Systems Launches New Business Unit
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MICROSAT BLITZ

SSTL And Dutch Space Level Geostationary Market With "Piggy Back" Platform
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ICE WORLD

Antarctic Broadband Satellite Project Team Celebrates Grant
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SOLAR SCIENCE
Solar 'Conveyor Belt' Runs At Record-High Speeds
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2010
Solar physicist David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space flight Center in Huntsville, AL and graduate student Lisa Rightmire of the University of Memphis in Tennessee have been monitoring the sun using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). They observe a massive circulating current of fire (hot plasma) within the sun operating at a faster pace as reported in the March 12th issue of ... more

ROBO SPACE
Avatars In Space
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010
This year, much of the buzz surrounding the 82nd Annual Academy Awards was focused on the technological achievements of James Cameron's Avatar. In this tale of habitable, extrasolar moons and extraterrestrial mining operations, Cameron brought the concept of 'tele-exploration' to the general public. For those who haven't seen the world box-office-record-holding film, it is the tale of a wo ... more

NUKEWARS
China takes over from West as Iran's main economic partner
Tehran (AFP) March 15, 2010
China has emerged as Iran's top economic partner, investing heavily in the energy sector and filling the gaps left by Western firms forced out by international sanctions. In 2009, China became Iran's premier trade partner, with bilateral trade worth 21.2 billion dollars against 14.4 billion dollars three years earlier. The figures confirm the exponential growth in commercial ties between ... more

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AEROSPACE

F-35B STOVL-Mode Flight

NUKEWARS

British FM says Security Council on same page on Iran


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NUKEWARS
Boeing Gets Big Order For Joint Direct Attack Munition Kits

U.S. Army pushes Stryker modification

US Marine Corps Evaluate BAE Onboard Vehicle Power System

NUKEWARS
NATO Commander Backs Cooperation With Russia On Missile Defense

NATO needs an anti-missile defence system: chief

Aegis Weapon System Tested During International Multiple Ship Demonstration

NUKEWARS
Raytheon Awarded Contract For SLAMRAAM Long-Lead Purchases

France buys U.S. missiles, upgrades army

Raytheon Laser-Guided Maverick On Track

NUKEWARS
Joint Strike Fighter cost may top 100 million dollars: US

Czech firm to build Black Hawk cockpits: report

US brushes aside notion of protectionism in tanker contract

NUKEWARS
Avatars In Space

Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills

Chatty robots, flying alarm clocks at top high-tech fair

NUKEWARS
Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu

World could soon shield most newborns from HIV: Global Fund

Climate Change One Factor In Malaria Spread

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SUPERPOWERS
US denies tensions are crippling US-China ties
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2010
A senior US official Monday denied that America's relationship with China was crippled by tension, after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao bluntly blamed Washington for weeks of public rows. "We have a mature relationship with China ... I think the relationship is in good shape," said President Barack Obama's senior director for Asian affairs Jeff Bader, following weeks of discord over currency, Tibet and Taiwan. "We have a number of differences, and we are talking about them. I would not describe it a ... read more

NUKEWARS
Yingli Green Energy Announces Manufacturing Capacity Expansion Project

XsunX Moves Closer To Commercializing Innovative Technology

Kent Denver Goes Solar

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NUKEWARS
Transylvania to host new Romania nuclear power plant

Germany to research nuke waste site

Nuclear Power: For The Sake Of Mankind

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NUKEWARS
US warns of Haiti murder, kidnap threat

Kidnapping raises risks for aid workers in Haiti

USGS Scientists Research Help Haiti Reconstruction

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NUKEWARS
Pentagon reviewing report of private spy network

China to ramp up investment in restive Xinjiang

US missiles kill up to 16 in Pakistan: officials

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NUKEWARS
US missile strikes kill 12 militants in Pakistan: officials

UK Industry Targets GBP20 Billion Global UAS Market

New Israeli drones can reach Iran

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