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Researchers have identified what may be the perfect place for a Moon base, a crater rim near the lunar north pole that is in near-constant sunlight yet not far from suspected stores of water ice.
APT Expects Financial Boost With Apstar 5, 6 in Orbit
APT Satellite Holdings reported an 8 percent decline in sales in 2004, but also recorded narrower losses, as the oversupply of satellite transponders in East Asia continued to take its toll.
Failure Intolerance
Profile: Patrick M. Shanahan, VP and General Manager, Boeing Missile Defense systems
Latin American Pricing War Expected To Subside in 2006
The price war among commercial satellite operators in Latin America has brought transponder-lease contracts down to barely profitable levels and is likely to continue through 2005 but then ease starting in 2006, according to Aon Explorer, the France-based division of insurance brokerage Aon Corp. of Chicago.
Snecma Design Teams Wonder What Comes Next After Vulcain-2
Several hundred rocket scientists whose work on the redesigned Vulcain main-stage Ariane 5 engine is about complete could lose their jobs unless European governments quickly decide on a new launch vehicle research effort, according to officials with Snecma, the Vulcain’s prime contractor.
European Commission Unveils Ambitious Space Spending Plan
The European Commission has proposed spending more than $5 billion on space- and security-related programs between 2007 and 2013 as part of a major focus on research, but whether that plan will be accepted by European Union (EU) governments is in question, according to government and industry officials.
Nuclear Reactors Vie for Role on NASA’s Space Exploration Plans
A s NASA begins to sketch plans for sending humans to the Moon and on to Mars, the U.S. space agency is confronting important questions about the role that nuclear systems should play in its space exploration strategy.