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![]() Sacramento CA (SPX) May 04, 2010 Aerojet and Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) have announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to compete for research, development and production on NASA's new hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper stage engine. This expands the very successful teamwork that Aerojet and FTT have underway on the U.S. Air Force Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator (HBTD) and Upper Stage Engine Technology (USET) programs. The HBTD program is developing key, high-impact componen ... read more |
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Mars Rover Sees Distant Crater Rims On Horizon![]() NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured a new view of the rim of Endeavour crater, the rover's destination in a multi-year traverse along the sandy Martian landscape. A portion of the rim about 13 kilometers (8 miles) away appears on the horizon at the left edge of the image, along with the rim of an even more distant crater, Iazu, on the right. Endeavour is 21 kilomet ... more NASA Outlines Big Plans For Humanoid Robot ![]() Astronauts on board the International Space Station will soon have a new roommate--and it's not human. It's a humanoid. In Sept. 2010, space shuttle Discovery will deliver Robonaut 2--"R2" for short--to the ISS, where it will become the first humanoid robot to travel and work in space. Developed jointly by NASA and General Motors, R2 looks a bit like C-3PO of Star Wars fame but lacks the c ... more US reveals nuclear arsenal: 5,113 warheads ![]() The United States revealed for the first time Monday that it has a total of 5,113 nuclear warheads, an unprecedented move meant to bolster arms control efforts. "It is in our national security interest to be as transparent as we can be about the nuclear program of the United States," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as the Pentagon unveiled figures long shrouded in secrecy. "We th ... more |
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![]() United Nations (AFP) May 3, 2010 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to isolate Iran at UN nuclear talks here Monday when she dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's anti-US charges as "wild accusations." At the opening of the three-week long nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, Clinton put Iran among a "few outliers" that have flouted international rules designed to check the spread of atomic weapons. North Korea is another outlier, the chief US diplomat said in a speech. She urged d ... read more |
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