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An Enduring OpportunityPasadena - May 06, 2004
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Tunnel Vision In Space
Honolulu (SPX) May 07, 2004Senator Brownback of Kansas has performed a noble public service in holding the May 5 hearings on future NASA launch vehicle policy. Although most press attention to this event has focused on Brownback's questioning of further Shuttle flights, for me the main value of the hearing was the astonishing views expressed by the people running the space launch business in the USA, writes Jeffrey F. Bell. Lockheed Martin Wins $5 Billion Joint Common Missile Deal 
Orlando FL (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin has been selected to develop the Joint Common Missile system, the next generation air-to-ground missile that will be carried on U.S. Armed Forces rotary- and fixed-wing platforms. Lockheed Martin Offeres Two Open Architecture Capabilities For Aegis 
Moorestown NJ (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin has migrated two key elements of the Aegis Weapon System to an open architecture environment, a move that will significantly enhance the capabilities and service life of the Navy's premier surface combat system while also reducing its cost. |
JFK, Bush Space Plans Similar
Washington (UPI) May 05, 2004More than four decades ago, on May 5, 1961, a Navy commander squeezed into a spaceship seat the size of a bathtub and was blasted into outer space to electrify a nation. Two days later, Shepard was hailed by newly inaugurated President John F. Kennedy and paraded through downtown Washington to Capitol Hill. Encore: What's Next Beyond LEO - Part 4 
Moffett Field (SPX) May 04, 2004On December 11, 1972 - thirty-one years ago- the astronauts of Apollo 17 eased their Lunar Module into a landing, beginning the last human excursion to the Moon. Three days later, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt blasted off from the lunar surface to rejoin crew mate Ronald Evans in the Command Module. Cassini's First Glimpses Of Titan 
Boulder (SPX) May 07, 2004The veils of Saturn's most mysterious moon have begun to lift in Cassini's eagerly awaited, first glimpse of the surface of Titan, a world where scientists believe organic matter rains from hazy skies and seas of liquid hydrocarbons dot a frigid surface. |
Study May Cast Doubt On Some 1996 Evidence Of Past Life On Mars
Houston TX (SPX) May 06, 2004The scientific debate over whether a meteorite contains evidence of past life on Mars continues to intensify, with colleagues of the team that announced the possibility in 1996 revealing new findings that may cast doubt on some of that earlier work. |
Stanford Engineers Create GPS Steering
Stanford (UPI) May 06, 2004Stanford Center for Design Research engineers have created a car steering mechanism that uses the global positioning system. Life Could Be Just About Everywhere 
Denver CO (UPI) May 06, 2004The chemistry that underlies life on Earth is abundant throughout the universe -- in comets, in the interstellar medium, in the atmospheres of planets, in the outer solar system bodies and in living organisms, an astrophysicist told UPI. |
Refining Diamondoids From Crude Oil
New York (UPI) May 07, 2004Oil giant ChevronTexaco has announced it can now refine from crude oil sizable quantities of diamond-like molecules that hold great potential for science and health researchers. |
Navy Demos Future Warfare Strategy
Bethpage NY (SPX) May 07, 2004The US Navy and industry partner Northrop Grumman have advanced, with a recent exercise, the service's warfighting goal of interconnecting sensors, manned and unmanned aircraft, ships and offensive weapon platforms in real time to locate and strike targets. |
Planning for Mars, The Stafford Way
Washington - May 07, 2004In the early 1990's, former astronaut Thomas Stafford was asked to come up with a plan for human missions to the Moon and Mars. In his most recent testimony to the Presidential Commission on the Moon, Mars and Beyond, Stafford revisited that reference design adding his unique perspective. Lockheed Martin Completes Major Milestone On AEHF Milstar 
Los Angeles (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully completed on-schedule the critical design review phase of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program and is beginning production of the next series of military communication satellites. |
FalconStream Introduces Internet Hub For Broadband Across Middle East
CAIRO (SPX) May 07, 2004New Skies Satellites and KMS/FalconStream announced Thursday a new two-way satellite IP hub for the Middle East, which will access New Skies' NSS-6 satellite. The hub will be provided by Australian satellite broadband specialist, NewSat. New Missions To Study Mysteries Of Volatile Upper Atmosphere 
Washington (SPX) May 07, 2004Two NASA missions to explore the boundaries of Earth's atmosphere with space are scheduled for launch in 2006. Both have recently completed preliminary design phases and are ready to proceed with hardware fabrication, integration and testing. |
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