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EU not doing enough to support space sector: Astrium headParis (AFP) Sept 6, 2010 The EU executive commission is not providing sufficient support to the European space industry, currently locked in close competition with its US counterpart, the head of French space group Astrium said in an interview published on Monday. "Every country is backing its industry, except Europe," argued Astrium chairman Francois Augue in the French financial paper Les Echos. "If Brussels implements the policy that is being developed, it will ultimately mean the end of Europe's space industry prese ... read more |
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Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 5, 2010The first launch attempt of a homemade rocket built by two Danes failed on Sunday because of a technical glitch, according to Danish media. Live footage of the launch off the Baltic island of Bornholm appeared to show brown smoke coming out of the rocket after the countdown. Experts interviewed by TV2 News said the likely cause was a failure of the ignition system. After an inspectio ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 06, 2010ESA's Envisat satellite has been tracking the progression of the giant iceberg that calved from Greenland's Petermann glacier on 4 August 2010. This animation shows that the iceberg, the largest in the northern hemisphere, is now entering Nares Strait - a stretch of water that connects the Lincoln Sea and Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay. The Petermann glacier in northern Greenland is one of t ... more  
Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2010Neptune's giant moon Triton is often called Pluto's "twin" - so what better practice target, then, for New Horizons' telescopic camera? New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) snapped several photos of Neptune during the latest annual systems checkout, which ended July 30. Neptune was 23.2 astronomical units (about 2.15 billion miles!) from New Horizons when LORRI took aim a ... more |
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Taiwan missile defence shield ready next year: reportTaipei (AFP) Sept 6, 2010 Taiwan expects a much-anticipated missile defence shield to be ready next year after buying advanced weapons at a cost of about 300 billion Taiwan dollars (9.4 billion US), local media reported Monday. Six batteries of Patriot III missiles forming the backbone of the system will account for roughly half the costs associated with the project, the China Times newspaper said. A long-range early warning radar system, priced at about 40 billion Taiwan dollars, will allow the military to detect and tr ... read more |
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