PARIS — A consortium of European companies including space-hardware builders, satellite ground-network operators and aerospace-research institutes have been given 15 months to make the case that Europe’s evolving homeland-security program should include a substantial space element.
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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan proposal being put together in the U.S. Senate to establish a new military intelligence command is raising concern among some defense officials who fear it is more likely to add unneeded bureaucracy than improve the management of intelligence assets like spy satellites.
European Government, Industry Want Bigger Role for EDA
PARIS — European government and industry officials hope the newly formed European Defense Agency (EDA) will succeed in federating Europe’s still-divided defense-technology procurement efforts, an achievement that has eluded the half-dozen other European institutions that preceded it.
Big European Space Agency Budget Contains Hidden Shortfall
PARIS — Hidden beneath the figures in ESA’s 2005 budget is a huge financial shortfall that the agency will spend the next three years trying to eliminate, according to ESA and European government officials.
Europe, Russia To Join Forces for Future Rocket Development
DARMSTADT, Germany — Europe and Russia will sign a broad launcher-cooperation agreement Jan. 19 covering the use of Russia’s Soyuz rocket by Europe and a long-term agreement on co-development of future launch vehicles, European Space Agency (ESA) Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain said.
NASA Softens Stance on $200 Million Earth Observation Mission
WASHINGTON — NASA said it has no plans to pull the plug on a $200 million Earth science mission now in development despite having told Congress in late December that the satellite project was overrunning its budget and was up for cancellation.
ESA Scientists Celebrate as Huygens Lands on Titan, Keeps Sending Data
DARMSTADT, Germany — European and American scientists celebrated here Jan. 14 what they characterized as the resounding success of the Huygens descent probe, whose voyage to the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan — and continued functioning after landing — will give scientists raw data to work on for years.
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First of all, it is a bit uncomfortable discussing the challenges facing the next head of NASA while Sean O’Keefe is still very much in place as a dministrator, and is certain to remain such for some weeks yet. Mr. O’Keefe may be a lame duck, but he continues to make decisions, exercise all facets of his leadership role and will preside over the unveiling of the administration’s 2006 budget proposal
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Is the amazing 20th century NASA innovation, Landsat, which has now monitored the Earth’s land areas for over 30 years, about to end? As the former team leader for the Landsat Science Team, I once again am seriously concerned about the future of Landsat in the United States.
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It has been widely acknowledged that NASA faces serious budgetary and safety challenges in the post-Columbia period. As the return-to-flight for space shuttles draws closer and NASA’s restructuring for the new “Moon-to-Mars” vision becomes deeper, these challenges put great pressure on meeting higher safety standards.