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No Liftoff Yet For Plan BushWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2004 
More than a dozen weeks after President George Bush announced his ambitious new plan for sending astronauts back to the moon and beyond, interest by the public and politicians has failed to ignite writes Frank Sietzen. |
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Rovers Finish Primary Mission
NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers have completed their planned missions. "Spirit and Opportunity have completed all the primary objectives of the mission. The terrific success achieved is a tribute to a superb team whose commitment to excellence, and keeping the public engaged, is hard to match," said Orlando Figueroa, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. NASA Develops Decision Support Software For Mars Mission 
Moffett Field CA - Apr 27, 2004A new ground-based science planning support system developed for NASA's twin rovers is helping create plans and program computer command sequences for daily operations. |
Martian Water Science Early 2004
Mountain View CA - Apr 27, 2004In part two of our report on NASA's Third Astrobiology Science Conference, we detour to a press conference held separately the last day of the conference that revealed the Gusev landing site of the first MER rover, "Spirit" was at last starting to show evidence of an aqueous past after all. Relating this announcement to specific papers presented at the conference, Bruce Moomaw explains how the story of Mars is getting much more complicated. Testimony at International Space Exploration Program hearings, Washington DC April 27 2004.
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Space Researchers Respond To EU Security Initiative
Brussels - Apr 27, 2004The distinction between defence-related and civil space systems would seem to make little sense today as seen from the response to Europe's new Security Research initiative that has stimulated much interest from industy. Plan For Global Earth Monitoring Agreed At Tokyo Summit 
Paris (ESA) Apr 29, 2004Representatives from 47 countries and more than two dozen international organisations met in Tokyo last week, coming a significant step closer to achieving the goal of an integrated Earth monitoring network. |
A Fast Track For Hydrogen Fuel Reformer
Richland WA (SPX) Apr 29, 2004Researchers at DoE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing a system to rapidly produce hydrogen from gasoline in your car. "This brings fuel cell-powered cars one step closer to the mass market," said PNNL's Larry Pederson. Arecibo Gets More Sensitive With New L-Band Feed Array 
Arecibo PR - Apr 27, 2004The Arecibo Observatory telescope, the largest and most sensitive single dish radio telescope in the world, is about to get a good deal more sensitive. |
Telesat Buys Astrium E3000 And ILS Launch For Anik F3
Ottawa (SPX) Apr 29, 2004Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has selected EADS Astrium, Europe's largest space company, to build the new Anik F3 satellite. New Single-Chip Silicon Tuner Reduces Cost Of Satellite TV Connections 
Geneva - Apr 28, 2004STMicroelectronics announced said Tuesday a new single-chip silicon tuner, the STB6000, which is designed to replace complex discrete component tuners in Set-Top Boxes (STBs) used for receiving digital TV or web-based material via satellite. |
Dutch Space To Further Fund Orbital Recovery ConeXpress Development
London (SPX) Apr 29, 2004The Netherlands' Dutch Space has agreed to a major investment in Orbital Recovery Ltd., providing strategic contributions that will enable the ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle to enter service in 2007. Space Solutions For Health 
Paris (ESA) Apr 28, 2004ESA today announced the launch of its 'Space Solutions' initiative, a business-to-business provider of know-how and technologies to industries in the wellness market. The launch was announced at an event featuring an address by ESA astronaut Andr� Kuipers, live from the International Space Station. |
Nanotube Transistors Could Lead To Better Phones, Faster Computers
Washington - Apr 28, 2004Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that transistors made from single-walled carbon nanotubes can operate at extremely fast microwave frequencies, opening up the potential for better cell phones and much faster computers, perhaps as much as 1,000 times faster. |
L-3 Communications Announces Multi-Band Manpack Receiver Availability
New York - Apr 28, 2004L-3 announced Tuesday availability of first shipments of its Multi-band Manpack Receiver, a portable receive-only terminal capable of receiving reconnaissance video and sensor data from multiple airborne platforms. |
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