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TOKYO (AFP) Mar 26, 2003 
North Korea warned Wednesday that Japan would face "self-destruction" if it puts a spy satellite into orbit as Tokyo said it had stepped up vigilance amid reports Pyongyang may test a ballistic missile around the time of the satellite launch. Japan is due to launch its first two spy satellites on Friday, a move approved after North Korea fired a suspected medium-range Taepodong missile over the country into the Pacific in August 1998. |
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GPS Jamming Fails To Stop Missiles: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Mar 25, 2003 
Pentagon officals told reporters in Monday that if Iraq has made attempts to jam the GPS system used by the US in its air campaign against Baghdad, they have been unsuccessful so far.Officials Outline Importance Of Space Systems For Military Operations 
Washington - Mar 25, 2003Space systems today are more important than ever to the military's ability to fight and win conflicts, the undersecretary of the Air Force said in congressional testimony March 19. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Roadmap Report 
Washington - Mar 25, 2003The US Department of Defense has released the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Roadmap Report that will help guide US defence planning across all services and and agencies in the development and use of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned combat aerial vehicles for the next 25 years. |
Nuclear Space And Fears Of Nuclear Proliferation
Brisbane - Mar 25, 2003According to New York's Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, "It doesn't matter how good our airport security is if all it takes to bring a nuclear device right into midtown is putting it on a ship or bringing it in on a truck." International Crew Returns Home From Utah Mars Simulation Base 
Sydney - Mar 25, 2003A team of scientists, engineers and support personnel has just completed a month-long increment on the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in south-west Utah; conducting research and testing systems, technology and hardware which may pave the way towards sending humans to Mars. SPACE SCIENCE A Journey To The Beginning Of Time 
Pasadena - Mar 19, 2003The Dawn mission officially started in September, 2002. During January, the mission team at JPL and Orbital Sciences Corp. reached full staffing levels and contracts for science team support were signed. |
Pasteur: Payload Opportunities To Search For Life On Mars
Paris - Mar 25, 2003Are we alone, or is there life beyond Earth? Has life ever existed on Mars? The European Space Agency is now offering scientists the chance to answer these questions with the planned launch of an exobiology mission, known as ExoMars, to the Red Planet in 2009. As part of ESA's long-term Aurora programme to prepare for future human missions, ExoMars will deploy a high-mobility rover on the Martian surface and payload opportunities are open to investigators from all countries.. NOAA To Move GOES-9 To Back Up Japanese Weather Satellite 
Washington - Mar 25, 2003After April 19, any powerful typhoon that threatens nations along the western edge of the Pacific, will be monitored closely by Japanese meteorologists thanks to an agreement that provides for the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to operate GOES-9 -- a weather satellite that meets Japanese and U.S. weather forecast and storm monitoring requirements. Extension Of The Meteosat Second Generation On Track 
Darmstadt - Mar 25, 2003EUMETSAT's 52nd Special Council met on 4 th March at the Justus Liebig House in Darmstadt, Germany. The main issue addressed at the meeting was the extension of the MSG Programme, encompassing the procurement of a fourth MSG satellite (MSG-4). |
Geocryology Important Tool In Global Change Science
Newark - Mar 25, 2003Geocryology, or the study of permafrost, is an increasingly important area of study in the larger field of global change science, Frederick E. Nelson, professor of geography at the University of Delaware, writes in the March 14 issue of Science magazine. Rascal Program Selects Phase Two Contractor 
Arlington - Mar 25, 2003The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today selected Space Launch Corp., Irvine, Calif., to move into the 18-month second phase of the Responsive Access Small Cargo Affordable Launch (RASCAL) program. Time To Cut The Umbilical Cord And Roar Into Space 
by Jeff WrightPinson - Mar 24, 2003 In a recent "Opinion Space" article, one bright man asked the (valid) question "Is The Shuttle Fatally Flawed?" The answer can only be: yes (with an asterisk *) writes Jeff Wright. Bio Threat Needs Aggressive Action Plan Warn Researchers 
Stanford - Mar 19, 2003A reasonable defense against an airborne anthrax attack requires more aggressive action by the U.S. government than now planned, says a study published the week of March 17 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). |
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