VICTORIA, British Columbia – In a stunning reversal of policy, Canada announced it has decided not to join the U.S. missile defense system, a move that analysts and industry officials say could harm relations between the two countries.
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Northrop Grumman Hosts Missile Shield Exercise
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Northrop Grumman Corp. conducted a five-day war game in early February intended to give “realistic practice ” to the forces that will operate the U.S. territorial missile shield, according to a company news release.
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NASA Urged To Study Titan 4 Phase-Out For Lessons on How To Retire Shuttles
WASHINGTON — Industry officials say NASA should act soon if it wants the space shuttle program to avoid the “going out of business” mindset that pervaded some expendable rocket programs in the late 1990s as the U.S. Air Force began its transition to the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 evolved expendable launch vehicles.
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Martian Ice Packs, Methane Sharpen Focus of Search for Life
A European space probe has found evidence for large blocks of water ice just beneath the Martian surface in relatively warm conditions near the equator. The frozen sea of sorts, if follow-up studies confirm it, would be the first large quantity of water ice on Mars confirmed to exist near the equator, researchers say. And it would be a good place to search for present life.
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How To Build a Lunar Base, Part 1: The Launch Issue
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Encrypted Video Over IP Capability Envisioned for T-Sat
WASHINGTON — When you send an e-mail message, it gets broken into tiny packets of information, tossed into the world’s data stream and reassembled at its destination.
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T-Sat Ground Network Promises Increased Data Flow
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force and the contractors competing to build a constellation of laser-linked communications spacecraft are taking steps to dodge the technical problems that have inflated the cost of most of the military’s other satellite efforts, according to service and industry officials.
