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Pakistani Leader Rejects Nuclear Inspections, Promises Missile TestHong Kong (AFP) Feb 18, 2004 
Pakistan would never allow foreign inspectors to monitor its nuclear facilities and has no intention of freezing its nuclear or missile programmes, President Pervez Musharraf said. |
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Russia Eyes Soyuz For Six Astronauts
MOSCOW (AFP) Feb 17, 2004Russia is developing a new manned space vessel with a reusable capsule that is twice as large as the Soyuz craft and could accommodate six rather than three astronauts, the head of the Russian space agency said on Tuesday. Isle Of Man Goes Zero Tax For SpaceBucks 
Isle Of Man - Feb 18, 2004The Isle of Man is positioning itself as a centre serving 21st century technology by extending its zero rate of corporate income tax to businesses involved in the space and satellite industry. |
X-43A Flight Delayed
Edwards AFB - Feb 18, 2004The flight of NASA's X-43A has been postponed, due to an incident with the rudder actuator on the booster. On Feb 11, during setup at Orbital Sciences Corporation for testing of the rudder and its actuator, an anomaly caused the actuator to go hard over and hit its mechanical stop, exceeding the torque to which the units were qualified. JAXA Astronuat Helping With Robot Repair Design For US Space Shuttles 
Tokyo - Feb 18, 2004Japanese astronuat Koichi Wakata described in a recent article by JAXA his role in ongoing efforts to develop a Shuttle in orbit repair system that will make extensive use of telerobotic manipulators. |
UK Fusion Team Get £48 Million Grant
London - Feb 18, 2004The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is allocating its largest ever grant of �48M. The funding, for fusion research, will run over 4 years. EPSRC took over responsibility for the UK fusion programme in April 2003 with dedicated funding allocated via the Office of Science and Technology. Nuclear Waste Dumps Need Better Stewardship 
Seattle - Feb 18, 2004Recent studies show that we have a "weapons-grade Catch-22" when it comes to managing the nation's existing problems of nuclear contamination, says a University of California researcher. |
Lockheed Martin Team Submits Narrowband Tactical Satellite Plan
Sunnyvale - Feb 18, 2004A team led by Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal to design and build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system for the U.S. Navy that will provide significantly improved and assured communications for the mobile warfighter. The Impact Potential Of Ag Bioterrorism 
Manhattan - Feb 16, 2004The key to minimizing impact is early detection and accurate diagnosis. The earlier the detection and diagnosis, the earlier the response; the earlier the response the lower the impact. That's the basic philosophy whether dealing with a human disease like cancer or one in plants or bioterrorism. |
Chemical Turns Mouse Cells Into Heart Cells
San Diego - Feb 18, 2004A group of researchers from The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute and from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) has identified a small synthetic molecule that can control the fate of embryonic stem cells. Rosetta: The Space Sophisticate Faces Long Journey Of Obscurity 
Paris - Feb 18, 2004The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will be getting under way in February 2004. The Rosetta spacecraft will be pairing up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and accompanying it on its journey, investigating the comet's composition and the dynamic processes at work as it flies sunwards. |
Long-Time Gilat Customer Elektra to Significantly Expand VSAT Network
Mexico City - Feb 16, 2004Gilat Satellite Networks reports that its long-time customer Elektra will be significantly expanding its existing Gilat satellite-based VSAT network with an additional 900 Skystar 360E sites. Canadian government insists it will not agree to "weaponisation of space" 
OTTAWA (AFP) Feb 18, 2004The Canadian government confirmed Tuesday its frequently stated policy of opposing "the weaponisation of space" even though it is discussing participation in the US nuclear missile defence programme. |
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