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Columbia Investigation Gathers Pace San Francisco - Feb 27, 2003 
Evidence is growing that NASA became alarmingly sloppy about the possible danger posed by detached fragments of the external tank's insulation hitting the Shuttle's tiles - in the same way NASA got sloppy about the threat posed by O-ring erosion due to cold weather before Challenger.Northrop Grumman Ships High-Power Solid-State Laser For Missile Defense 
Redondo Beach - Feb 27, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation's Space Technology sector has delivered the Beacon Illuminator Laser, a high-power solid-state laser and a key component of the Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser program. Air Force Gets Seventh Global Hawk UAV 
San Diego - Feb 25, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector delivered the seventh air vehicle of the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance system to the U.S. Air Force Feb. 14 following the vehicle's successful first flight. |
Russia To Provide Critical Space Transport In Months Ahead
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2003The US is relying on Russia to bring home the International Space Station crew, following the disintegration of the shuttle Columbia, which brought US space shuttle flights to a halt, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday. New Age Nukes Set To Bust The Bunker of MAD 
London - Feb 27, 2003What are the risks to civilians if the US military ever uses the "bunker-busting" nuclear weapon that the Bush administration is developing? That's the question scientists are set to investigate as a condition of further funding for the project. Titan Wins Contract To Build Navy's X-Craft 
San Diego - Feb 26, 2003The Titan Corporation said Tuesday that it has been awarded a $59.9 million contract by the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop and build the Navy's "X-Craft". |
Solar Sail Launch Awaits Clearing of Volna Rocket
Washington - Feb 26, 2003The development of the Cosmos 1 solar sail spacecraft is going well despite some delays with some of the spacecraft electronics. We are, however, waiting for problems to be resolved with our launch vehicle, the Volna. Until then, we are prisoners on Earth, trapped in our planet's gravity well. ESA Signs Up For Demonstration Of Vega Small Launcher 
Paris - Feb 26, 2003Today ESA signed a contract with the ELV company for completion of the development phase of the Vega European small launcher programme, and CNES signed, on behalf of ESA, a contract with FiatAvio for development of the P80 advanced solid propulsion stage and demonstrator. |
Scottsdale - Feb 26, 2003Post-Columbia punditry has formed up into two camps: mystically pro-human and reductionistically pro-robot. But if any of us are to be effective, in water-cooler conversation, op-ed high-noon showdowns or Congressional testimony, we'll need a good firm grip on our own answer to the root question: why do we want to go to space? |
Electronic Circuit Rides A Chemical Film
Chicago - Feb 25, 2003Chains of molecules known as conducting polymers are versatile materials that can work like electronic circuits. Potential uses include flat panel screens, solarcells , sensors and ICs, to name a few. Their invention won three scientists the Nobel Prize in chemistry. OK, Our Next Caller Is .. From Mars! 
Paris (ESA) Feb 26, 2003It is midnight on 1 January 2004 and you want to send a greeting on your mobile phone to a friend. Sorry, the line is too busy, try again later. If you think you are alone with this problem, you are wrong. First Mars Exploration Rover Arrives At Cape For May Launch 
KSC - Feb 26, 2003The first of two Mars Exploration Rovers, MER-2 has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. The cruise stage, aeroshell and lander for the MER-1 mission has also arrived. This same flight hardware for the MER-2 rover arrived January 27, however this rover is scheduled to arrive at KSC around March 10. |
Pioneer 10 Faint Beat Signals End Of Longest Mission Into Deep Space Pasadena - Feb 25, 2003 
At a distance of 12.21 billion km from Earth, Pioneer 10 is one of the most distant objects of humanity at 11 light hours out. But with its signal strength below what DSN can lock on to, Pioneer 10 contact will now cease. |
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