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Washington - May 1, 2003Harris has been awarded a one-year, $2.3 million follow-on contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research Lab to continue researching an advanced space borne antenna for the Innovative Space-Based Radar Antenna Technology Study. DARPA Contracts Raytheon To Develop Next Generation Imagery Technology 
El Segundo - Apr 30, 2003Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems was recently awarded an $8 million cost plus fixed fee contract to design and demonstrate the world's first Synthetic Aperture Radar Tactical Imager. |
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Designing A Digital Toolbox To Quickly Check Cognitive Function
Houston - Apr 30, 2003A new computer software package, currently under development, will give the term "personal digital assistant" (PDA) a new meaning, helping users quickly and easily evaluate if they are operating at their mental best. Moon Society and Artemis Society Endorse Space Settlement Initiative 
Washington - Apr 30, 2003Two leading space activist foundations, The Moon Society and the Artemis Society, have endorsed the Space Settlement Initiative. The timing of the endorsements is particularly significant. Following the Columbia accident, several other key space advocacy groups now say they are ready to publicly espouse the idea of space settlement - after years of being afraid to do so very loudly for fear it sounded too "way out". |
Purdue Researchers Determine Age Of Fossilized Human Ancestor
West Lafayette - Apr 30, 2003In a finding that could shed light on the earliest origins of mankind, fossil remains found in South Africa of an ancestral human species have proven far older than expected when evaluated by a Purdue University research team. NASA Ties El Nino Induced Drought To Record Air Pollution 
Greenbelt - Apr 30, 2003Scientists using NASA satellite data have found the most intense global pollution from fires occurred during droughts caused by El Nino. The most intense fires took place in 1997-1998 in association with the strongest El Nino event of the 20th century. |
In Search Of The Missing Universe
Boulby - Apr 30, 2003The Universe around us is not what it appears. The stars make up less than 1% of its mass; all the gas clouds and other objects, less than 5%. This visible matter is mere flotsam on a sea of unknown material - so called 'Dark Matter' - a descriptor which mainly serves as an expression of our great ignorance of its nature. Finding The Ashes Of The First Stars 
Paris - Apr 30, 2003Recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the first stars formed as little as 200 million years after the Big Bang. This is much earlier than previously thought. No Sweat With Personal Aircon 
Patuxent River - Apr 30, 2003ONR looks at a wearable personal air conditioner Navy and Marine Corps pilots operating in desert environments know heat. Their core body temperature can reach 102 degrees and higher on standard flight missions over desert regions. |
Canadian Researchers Hold Out Promise For Optical Chip
Toronto - Apr 30, 2003University of Toronto researchers have developed a hybrid plastic that can produce light at wavelengths used for fibre-optic communication, paving the way for an optical computer chip. Just Say No To Simple Answers 
Tokyo - Apr 28, 2003In a recent op-ed for "The Space Review" Clark Lindsey invokes an old formula -- the power of numbers -- with a new spin. It's so new, in fact, that he feels he has to wake us up to how ridiculous we are being. |
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