In his 1986 book, “The Reckoning,” David Halberstam summarized the defeat of American automakers at the hands of Japanese manufacturers with the wonderful phrase, “Familiarity breeds complacency.” Similarly, Zen master Suziki Roshi tells us, “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
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Methane Becomes Flash Point In Search for Life on Mars
WASHINGTON — Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are eagerly searching for clues to determine whether primitive life could exist in the harsh environment of Mars, just as it does in some very harsh environments on Earth. One focus of that search is the presence of methane on Mars.
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China To Build and Launch Nigerian Telecom Satellite
PRIVATE tabstops: BRUSSELS — In its first satellite export sale, China’s state-owned space hardware manufacturer has won a contract to build and launch a large telecommunications spacecraft for the Nigerian government in a $311 million deal that Nigeria’s chief negotiator said elicited little serious interest from U.S. and European companies .
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Space War Game Focused On Tactical-Level Operations
WASHINGTON — Tactical-level operations, including quickly replacing lost satellite capabilities and accelerating decision times for launching attacks, were emphasized in the latest space war game hosted by the U.S. Air Force, according to a service official.
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Rainfall Monitoring Satellite’s Future To Be Set By Summer
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is expected to decide by summer whether to steer a healthy environmental satellite into the ocean or allow the spacecraft to stay in orbit until it runs out of fuel and re-enters on its own.
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High-Tech Spacesuits Eyed for ‘Extreme Exploration’
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Future explorers on the Moon and Mars could be outfitted in lightweight, high-tech spacesuits that offer far more flexibility than the bulky suits that have been used for spacewalks in the 1960s.
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In public statements immediately following the Dec. 21 demonstration flight of the heavy-lift version of Boeing Co.’s Delta 4 launcher, officials with the company and the U.S. Air Force downplayed considerably the problem that caused a premature shutdown of the rocket’s core-stage engines. That should concern Congress and the Pentagon because the next Delta 4 Heavy payload is vital to U.S. national security. Congress should insist that every step possible is taken to ensure that next Delta 4 Heavy launch is a successful one.
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Congress To Keep Tabs on Pentagon Space Programs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department must send Congress a flurry of reports in March and April to outline Pentagon management of space personnel careers; command and control systems; plans to use commercial satellites; and cooperation with NASA.
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Israeli Experts Urge Development of ASAT Weapons
HERZLIYA, Israel — At least one senior Israeli government official and a growing chorus of experts here are urging Israel’s defense establishment to develop and deploy anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities designed to disable or destroy enemy space-based imaging systems.
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Final Bids Are In To Run Galileo’s Navigation System
BRUSSELS — The two consortia competing to run Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system as a business submitted their final bids Jan. 25 with each bid carrying a total value of about 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion). Both bids also featured financing packages containing more than 80 percent debt.
