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In 2001, NASA invited five major aerospace firms to develop designs for sample return missions and estimate their cost. But at nearly a $2 billion a pop the Bush Administration said no way. Meanwhile, the sheer technical difficulty of such missions, and the huge number of completely new and as-yet untested technologies required, 2016 looks the earliest scientists will get to unbox pristine Martian rocks.
ISS To Get More Backbone In Long Delayed Mission 
Huntsville - Sep 30, 2002Each part of the International Space Station is a handcrafted masterpiece of aerospace engineering. Some of the most important parts, however, will never fly in space. They are the "test articles" -- test parts that get pushed, pulled, shaken, blasted by loudspeakers and much more to ensure that the real hardware can stand up to the rigors of launch and years in space.
Space Is Big, But Not Big Enough 
Paris (ESA) Sep 30, 2002ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, tracks space litter. It estimates that over 23,000 objects larger than 10 centimetres have been launched from Earth. Of these, about 7500 are still orbiting -- only a very small proportion of them (6%) is operational. Space Tech Geared To The Car 
Paris (ESA) 26 September 2002From 28 September to 13 October, the European Space Agency makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show. Its presence might seem surprising but on closer analysis is fully justified; over 40 years of breakthroughs and advances have left the space sector ready to play a full role in the car industry. Climate Models Get Smudged 
Atlanta - Sep 30, 2002Report Assessing Impact of Soot on Global Warming Could Alter Control Strategies, Place Burden on Developing Nations -- and Create New Uncertainty in Climate Model Predictions Alcatel To Build Powerful Telco Bird For Beijing 
Paris - Sep 30, 2002Alcatel has signed a contract with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for the development and construction of a new telecommunications satellite. This partnership will allow both contractors to develop the first high capacity Chinese telecommunications satellite. The Empire Turns Back 
Scotsdale - Sep 04, 2002Along with daily reports of moves towards a Middle Eastern war, the news from NASA has also been unusually grim with fears that the International Space Station's crew will be capped at three, along with growing concerns about the robotic Mars program.
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 Washington - Sep 30, 2002  Even as the Air Force strives to meet the conventional demands of a new era driven by transformation and the war on terrorism, the service's secretary remains focused on national security space management.LockMart Ready To Ship Last Milstar Sunnyvale - Sep 30, 2002  Lockheed Martin says final integration and testing is nearly complete and the company is preparing to ship the last Milstar satellite from its Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. for a scheduled launch in January 2003.New Technology For Straying Missiles London - Sep 29, 2002 
The US Navy has developed a new missile guidance technology that it hopes will cut the number of casualties caused when its missiles are wrongly targeted or go astray.ICBM Paints The Sky Vandenberg AFB - Sep 30, 2002 
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched Sept 19 from North Vandenberg at 7:31 p.m. PDT.
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