News tagged with martin
Space panel considers alternatives to NASA's plan for moon base
A presidential space panel on Thursday challenged NASA's vision of establishing a base on the moon and instead weighed other ambitious options that include free-ranging spaceships that could visit destinations throughout ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Heat Shield Readied for Next Mars Rover
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, has finished building and testing the heat shield for protecting the Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory project. This heat shield is even larger than the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Senator may have won fight over private rocket manufacturing
For months, a powerful Republican senator from Alabama has fought the Obama administration to block $150 million that the White House wanted to spend to help private companies build rockets capable of reaching the international ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Songbirds fly 3 times faster than expected (Video)
A York University researcher has tracked the migration of songbirds by outfitting them with tiny geolocator backpacks - a world first - revealing that scientists have underestimated their flight performance ...
Biology /
Feb 12, 2009 |
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