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Plan Bush Snagged By Capitol Hill MachinationsWashington - Apr 22, 2004 
The chairman of the U.S. congressional committee that oversees Federal spending on science generally supports the Bush administration's new human spaceflight program, but he said it is doubtful Congress will approve the increase to NASA's proposed FY 2005 budget, reports Frank Sietzen. |
 
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Hundreds Dead, 1000s Wounded In North Korean Fuel Explosion
About 3000 people were killed or injured after two trains laden with fuel collided and exploded today at a North Korean railway station, just hours after North Korea's Kim Jong-Il passed through on his return from China, reports said. The blast was so powerful it destroyed the railway station at Ryongchon near the Chinese border at around 1pm. |
NASA, Russia Head Toward Showdown In Space Cape Canaveral (UPI) Apr 21, 2004 
NASA once again is about to find itself once again in the unenviable position of playing mouse to the big Russian space cat called Soyuz. Soyuz has been a good friend to the United States in its time of need, steadily keeping crews and supplies moving to and from the International Space Station while NASA searches for firmer footing from which to fly its space shuttles following the February 2003 Columbia disaster. |
Bruce Moomaw Reports On Mars Science At Astrobiology 2004
Mountain View CA - Apr 22, 2004The third of NASA's Astrobiology Science Conferences -- held every two years at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California -- has just ended. Every one of these has drawn a considerably bigger crowd of scientists than the previous one. This might seem peculiar for what one scientist has described as "the most lively scientific field not to have any actual subject material yet". Integrated Testing Of First Airborne Ray Gun Completed 
Sunnyvale CA - Apr 22, 2004Lockheed Martin has completed factory testing of the optical benches for the Airborne Laser's Beam Control/Fire Control (BC/FC) system. The Airborne Laser (ABL) is the first megawatt-class laser weapon system to be carried on a specially configured 747-400F aircraft, designed to autonomously detect, track and destroy hostile ballistic missiles. |
Putting The Geology Back Into Martian Science
by Peter RavenscroftWhite Cliffs - Apr 16, 2004 If you find layered sediments, they do not have to be either water-transported or the outpourings of volcanoes. They may be aeolian, that is, wind-blown. On Mars, they may also be a bit strange. Those are simple facts that the Martian Wet Worlders seem to generally forget, or, more to the point, resolutely ignore. Those good folk will not contemplate the simple proposition that the surface of Mars has mostly been shaped by wind-driven erosion and transport.. |
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for Space Based Radar Phase A Concept Development Tuesday
Denver - Apr 21, 2004Lockheed Martin was awarded a $220 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for the concept development phase of the Space Based Radar (SBR) program. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the 24-month study contract to continue the definition of SBR system requirements and evaluate alternative design concepts for the SBR system architecture. |
US Navy Awards Titan $22.5 Million Affordable Weapons System Contract
San Diego - Apr 21, 2004The Titan was recently awarded a $22,500,000 contract to design, develop, and test a prototype affordable weapons system (AWS). The AWS is a guided missile system consisting of missile, launcher and mobile ground station that utilize military and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components in a "system engineered COTS" design. |
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