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Industry Hopefuls To Nominate For New Space ContractsWashington (UPI) Jun 28 ,2004
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Paving A New Path To Space
Mojave (UPI) Jun 28, 2004For 43 years, America has had a single port for launching people into space: Cape Canaveral, Fla., an undeveloped, dune-lined beach that noses into the Atlantic Ocean from the peninsula's east coast. That changed last week when a high-altitude, twin turbojet christened White Knight took to the skies over California's Mojave Desert toting a matching, star-spangled rocketship named SpaceShipOne. |
Kazakhs Prosper With Skillful Strategy Based On Oil Wealth
Almaty (UPI) Jun 28 ,2004Sitting astride huge reserves of oil and gas, the vast Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is booming, but it took skilful diplomatic and business strategies to pull it off too. With proven oil reserves of 35 billion barrels, as much as the North Sea, and projected further reserves at least three times as large -- around 100 billion to 110 billion barrels -- Kazakhstan might be expected to be an obvious magnet for foreign investment. |
Mars Rover Surprises Continue; Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2004On challenging slopes that NASA's Mars rovers began exploring this month, both Spirit and Opportunity have found new surprises for the folks back home. Mars Express MARSIS Antenna Deployment On Indefinite Hold 
Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2004The deployment of the MARSIS antenna on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has been delayed until later this year. USAF To Test Radarsat-2 Data Provision To War Fighters 
Richmond BC Jun - Jun 28, 2004MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd has been awarded a competitive contract by the United States Air Force to evaluate Radarsat-2 information reception and processing capabilities to one of its Eagle Vision mobile ground stations. |
Getting Closer To Titan 
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 28, 2004Irregular bright and dark regions of yet unidentified composition and character are becoming increasingly visible on Titan's surface as Cassini approaches its scheduled first flyby of Saturn's largest moon on July 2, 2004. China's Unmanned Lunar Program Stirs Domestic Debate 
Beijing (XNA) Jun 28, 2004The China National Space Administration (CNSA) formally announced in March 2003 that it had begun working on its lunar probe project. The program is known as the Chang'e Project, named after the woman who flew to the moon in an ancient Chinese fairy tale. While the dream of landing on the moon has inspired many Chinese, others have serious doubts about the value of the lunar probe, reports two researchers in Beijing Sci-tech Report. |
Watching Mount Erebus From Orbit
Greenbelt (SPX) Jun 28, 2004Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, is also home to volcanic fire. Looming above the frigid sea is Mount Erebus, a volcano that has erupted frequently over the last 200 years. For the first time, software on a NASA spacecraft has discovered a new eruption on Erebus and reprogrammed the spacecraft for a repeat observation without human input. Shape Of Ocean Mountain Ranges Turn An Old Idea Upside Down 
New York NY (SPX) Jun 23, 2004What causes the peaks and valleys of the world�s great mountains? For continental ranges like the Appalachians or the Northwest�s Cascades, the geological picture is clearer. Continents crash or volcanoes erupt, then glaciers erode away. |
Wireless Nanocrystals Efficiently Radiate Visible Light
Albuquerque NM - Jun 23, 2004A wireless nanodevice that functions like a fluorescent light - but potentially far more efficiently - has been developed in a joint project between the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories. NASA, Lockheed Martin Form Nanotechnology Partnership
Moffett Field (SPX) Jun 23, 2004NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, Calif., are launching a new collaborative effort to pursue innovative nanotechnology research to help achieve the nation's Vision for Space Exploration through development of advanced aerospace systems. |
Queen Isabella's Ghost
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jun 25, 2004In an earlier article I commented on the use of bad historical analogies by spaceflight advocates, specifically the tribute fleets of Ming Dynasty China. Lately I have been seeing lots of bad historical analogies drawn from a somewhat later time, the great age of European sea exploration, writes Jeffrey F. Bell. It Was Our Day 
Mojave CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2004Monday's launch of SpaceShipOne was more than a day like Kitty Hawk, when history was made on a deserted hilltop, more than a day like Alan Shepard's flight, when a nation watched its government's belated entry into a great-power race. It was a day that dreamers made, and shared, a day when eternal dreams of going out into the black came so much closer to coming true, writes John Carter McKnight. |
Delta 2 Launches Upgraded GPS Bird
Cape Canaveral FL - Jun 28, 2004An upgraded Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched last Wednesday from Cape Canaveral. The satellite features significant performance upgrades, including an advanced antenna panel, which will increase power for GPS receivers. This was the 11th successful launch of the new-generation GPS IIR spacecraft. Boeing Pension Fund Allocates $1 Billion Targeted At Emerging Firms 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 22, 2004Boeing will allocate $1 billion in its pension fund to emerging investment managers. The "Boeing Prime Opportunities Fund" will complement existing pension fund investments by increasing exposure to smaller investment managers. |
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