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VIDEO REPORT: Update on NASA’s Orion Program
Supported by team members across the nation, the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Colorado is leading the development effort as NASA’s prime contractor for the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle. Image credit: NASA SOURCE: NASA – A NASA-Industry Team Effort.
Global Military Spending Down 0.5% in 2012
STOCKHOLM — Global military spending dipped slightly in 2012 due to belt-tightening and cuts in war spending by the United States, Canada, Australia and several European countries while it rose in China and Russia, a Swedish-based peace research institute said … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Military, News and politics, Technology & Science, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged China, international peace research, Middle East, peace research institute, Politics, Saudi Arabia, sipri yearbook, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, United Arab Emirates, United States, Western world, World military spending
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Artist’s Concept of a SEP (Solar Electric Propulsion System)
Using advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) technologies is an essential part of future missions into deep space with larger payloads. The use of robotics and advanced SEP technologies like this concept of an SEP-based spacecraft during NASA mission to find, … Continue reading
China’s Defense Budget Increases by 10.7% for 2013
China is to increase its defense budget by 10.7 per cent this year. The rise continues a trend of double-digit hikes over the last 20 years. The authorities said military spending will reach 90 billion euros for 2013. Despite the huge cash … Continue reading
VIDEO REPORT: NEW Hypersonic SpaceLiner to fly from Europe to Australia in just 90 minutes!
The rocket-powered hypersonic plane SpaceLiner, designed by the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Systems, aims to send passengers from Europe to Australia in 90 minutes by 2050. The design is expected to evolve, but currently includes a rocket booster … Continue reading
Posted in Avionics, Design, News and politics, Space, Technology & Science, Travel, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged Australia, aviation, Booster (rocketry), German Aerospace Center, NASA, orbiter, rocket booster, space, space systems, SpaceLiner, transportation, United States, Walter Dornberger
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VIDEO REPORT: Deep Space Industries plans on mining asteroids in space by the year 2015
Deep Space Industries, a newly established private company, has announced it plans to deploy a mining company into space by the year 2015 with the goal of extracting raw materials from nearby asteroids. The asteroids are believed to contain gases … Continue reading
DOWNLOADABLE REPORT: Alternatives to a Military Response to 9/11
What could the United States have done except make war on the people who perpetrated or abetted the attacks of 9/11? Wasn’t war the only possibility? The alternatives for finding and holding accountable those guilty of the 9/11 attacks, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History, Military, News and politics, Technology & Science, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged Afghanistan, criminal justice responses, group recruitment, invasion of afghanistan, Iraq, Italy, Libya, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, Red Brigades, September 11 attacks, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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U.S. Navy’s X-47B Air Vehicle System in Focus
Back in November the U.S. Navy craned an X-47B, officially labeled an “unmanned combat air system,” aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) for the drone’s first carrier-based testing. And nothing says “brave new world” like the thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Avionics, Design, Military, News and politics, Technology & Science, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged aircraft, aviation, Central Intelligence Agency, Control Display Unit, Navy, pucker factor, United States, United States Navy, Unmanned aerial vehicle, uss harry s truman cvn 75, USS Harry S. Truman, wireless handheld device
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