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May 19, 2002
CYBERWARS
NASA To Help In CyberWar Effort To Defend US IT Platform

The Analog Computing Machine in the Fuel Systems Building at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. circa 1949 NASA Collection
Moffett Field - May 17, 2002
 NASA and a coalition of global corporations, software houses and federal agencies led by Carnegie Mellon University, have formed the Sustainable Computing Consortium (SCC). The ground breaking collaborative is designed to protect the nation's computing infrastructure and improve the reliability of its information technology systems.
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New Class Of Attacks On Computer Security Systems
 Cambridge - May 17, 2002
 Researchers at Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory have developed a powerful class of attacks on computer security systems. The attack was invented by Sergei Skorobogatov, a PhD student with the Laboratory's security group, led by Dr Ross Anderson.
  • Eberhart To Head U.S. Northern Command
  • Putin Signs Law Punishing Theft Of Arms Of Mass Destruction
  • Is It Time To Vaccinate Everyone Under 30 Against Smallpox?

    • SPACE SCIENCE
    Tropical 'Runaway Greenhouse' Provides Insight To Venus
     Moffett Field - May 17, 2002
     A region in the western tropical Pacific Ocean may help scientists understand how Venus lost all of its water and became a 900-degree inferno. The study of this local phenomenon by NASA scientists also should help researchers understand what conditions on Earth might lead to a similar fate here.
  • The Future Of Spacetime
  • Theory Asserts The Existence Of Mirror Matter
  • Adding Trillions Of Years To The Universe

    • SPACEMART
    Repairing Satellites In Orbit
     Richmond - May 17, 2002
     MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said Monday that the Boeing team has won the "Orbital Express" program. MDA subsidiary MD Robotics is partnered with Boeing for the development of robotics systems for this unique satellite servicing system.
  • BlueSkyLink C1000 Brings Satellite Telephone Costs Down to Earth
  • Iridium Signs With Telstra In Bid To Win Aussie Outback Market
  • UK Eases TV Ownership Rules

    • TECH SPACE
    Cassini Camera Repairs Continue Successfully
     NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to fly in good health, speeding toward a July 1, 2004, appointment to begin orbiting Saturn. Test images of a star taken last week provide strong encouragement that a haze problem noticed on a Cassini camera lens is clearing up as anticipated, said Robert Mitchell, Cassini-Huygens program manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
  • Guinness Records Aerogel As Lightest Solid
  • NASA Gets The Big Picture Real Small
  • Wiring the Fashion Trend of the Future
    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    Electronic "Tongue" For Environmental Monitoring
     Cardiff - May 17, 2002
     UK researchers are developing a unique electronic 'tongue' that can be dipped into rivers or industrial effluent streams to ensure that the water does not contain anything sinister.
  • Microsat Constellation Will Watch Out For Disasters
  • NASA Taps NCAR To Design Software Engine To Model Earth
  • In Midst of Drought, Scientists Hunt for Water Vapor
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    Zyfer Releases White Paper on Military GPS SAASM Technology
     Anaheim - May 17, 2002
     Zyfer Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Odetics Inc. and leading provider of systems for network time and frequency synchronization, today announced that it has released a white paper describing the new military GPS SAASM technology for secure government communications and for control of weapons systems.
  • Boeing Team Submits Proposal For SatCom Needs Of Strategic Forces
  • Quest for Technological Superiority Spurs US Defense Research
  • Laser Team Fires Up Raygun
  • Detecting Hidden Targets With Smart Robotic Sensors

    • GPS NEWS
    Putting GPS In Your Pocket
     Helsinki - May 17, 2002
     Fastrax Ltd., a developer of industry-leading products for optimal utilization of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and Followit AB, a Swedish-based IT company focused on positioning services, mobile data communications and geographic information systems, today announced the commercial availability of their jointly developed Followit positioning device.
  • Keeping Track Of Field Scientists
  • Orbital Wins LA Bus Management Contract
  • AeroAstro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker

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    EARLY EARTH
  • Putting The Claws Into Utah Dinosaurs
  • First Animals May Have Lived 1.2 Billion Years Ago

    • UAV NEWS
  • India Tests Upgraded Unmanned Spy Plane
  • Fire Scout UAV At China Lake For First Flight
  • Pegasus Team Completes Engine Test Milestone

    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • US House Backs National Nuclear Dump Project
  • Asian Businesses New Threat To War-Battered Solomon Islands
  • New Research Spearheads Permanent Nuclear Waste Storage

    • ROCKET SCIENCE
  • Japan Hopes New Rocket Will Be An Express Ride To The Galaxy
  • SpaceDev To Help Air Force Hitch A Ride
  • A Foil Of Antimatter

    • CORE SPACE
  • Ocean Cores May Give Clues On Climate Change
  • Ice Coring Team Heads For Alaska

    • NUKEWARS
  • US Threatens Iraq, Denies Specific Invasion Plans
  • Russia To Raise Fragments From Kursk Sub
  • India Gives Thumbs Up To Strategic Nuke Force

    • ENERGY TECH
  • NASA To Test Microwave Effects On Plant Growth
  • Microwaves Could Cut Chemical Production Costs
  • Turning Sewage Farms Into Power Plants

    • IRON & ICE
  • NEOs Prefer Binaries
  • ESA To Probe Asteroid Blind Spot
  • New Study Reveals Twice As Many Asteroids

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
  • Regional Spy Ships Watch Taiwanese Games
  • Pentagon Flags New Aegis Sale To Japan
  • Pakistan Concerned Over Indian Missile Tests

    • 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?

    • 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