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Intelsat Cutting More Expenses, Including Insurance
Intelsat Ltd. reported only a marginal increase in video contracts in 2004 despite the billion-dollar purchase of Loral’s Atlantic satellite fleet early in the year, but company officials said their government-services business was thriving and total backlog, at $4 billion, is stable.
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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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Poll Shows Scientists Bullish About Finding Past Mars Life
Three-quarters of the 250 Mars science experts meeting to analyze the results from U.S. and European Mars probes believe life could have existed on Mars in the past, and 25 percent think life could be there even now, according to a poll released Feb. 25.
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MEADS Debate Looms in Berlin
The German parliament likely will skip a customary two-week review and debate the 2.85 billion euro ($3.76 billion) spending plan for the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) this month. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) requires approval by March 26 to join partners Italy and the United States.
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Integral System Will Locate Satellite Interference Sources
An industry team led by Integral Systems Inc. will develop a ground-based system for the U.S. Air Force intended to identify and locate sources of interference to U.S. military and commercial communications satellites.
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Weldon Presses Missile Defense Cooperation With Russia
The U.S. Department of Defense may face repercussions from Capitol Hill if it does not come up with an avenue for cooperative work with Russia on missile defense soon, according to a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee.
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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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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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Switching Sides: Profile of Phil Spector
Phil Spector has spent much of a long and distin�guished career as a Washington-based telecom lawyer doing battle with the company that now em�ploys him.
