Entrepreneur Walt Anderson, the financier behind many long-shot commercial space ventures, was denied bail March 3 during a bond hearing and was ordered to remain in jail at least until his next court appearance on the largest federal tax evasion case in U.S. history.
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How To Build a Lunar Base With Evolution to Mars
Robert Zubrin, an astronautical engineer, is president of the Mars Society, and the author of the books The Case for Mars, Entering Space, and Mars on Earth
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Next Shuttles Will Launch with New Safety Tools, Techniques
When NASA’s Discovery orbiter rockets into space as the agency’s first shuttle flight in more than two years, the astronauts aboard will carry a bevy of new tools and techniques to ensure their spacecraft is safe.
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Canadian Space Budget Emphasizes Observation Programs
Earth observation, primarily but not exclusively with radar satellites, will consume an increasingly larger portion of the Canadian budget for space activities over the next 10 years, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) official said.
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Kistler Reorganization Plan Hinges on Investors, NASA Work
A U.S. bankruptcy court is expected to decide March 29 whether reusable-rocket company Kistler Aerospace Corp.’s proposed debt-restructuring plan meets the approval of the court and of Kistler’s debtors.
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Pratt & Whitney Poised to Become Dominant Liquid-Propulsion House
WASHINGTON – Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion is poised to be�come the dominant U.S. maker of liquid-fueled rocket en�gines following the agreement by parent company United Tech�nologies Corp. to purchase Boe�ing’s Rocketdyne unit. The $700 million deal could be the final step in the consolidation of the U.S. rocket propulsion industry, which for years has suffered from overcapacity.
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NASA Needs Bush’s Tough Love
Two years after the loss of space shuttle Columbia this nation’s human space program is again on a countdown to disaster. Former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe left the hu�man space program in shambles. His failures are many, but failing to thor�oughly investigate the shuttle crew es�cape issue will certainly head the list. In fact NASA’s planned return of the space shuttle to routine flight operations with�out the crew escape pod system is an act of gross negligence.
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Budgeting for the Future
The House Science Committee chairman’s reluctance to issue an up-front endorsement of U.S. President George W. Bush’s proposed 2.4 percent budget increase for NASA in 2006 is understandable. However, the chairman’s stated desire to put the committee’s own stamp on the space agency’s new vision for exploration beyond Earth orbit could be cause for concern.
