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The Stars My Destination
www.space-travel.com | Nov 10, 2009
...orbiting satellite - the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1- was still a year away from launch...first artificial satellite, Explorer 1, into orbit. Only a few years later...all time, the launch of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. The Voyagers...
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/The_Stars_My_Destination_999.html
Space junk piles up into threat to future launches
www.newscientist.com | Nov 3, 2009
...quadruple by 2059. Countermeasures will add greatly to the cost of future missions. Ever since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957, satellite operators have used Earth orbit as a junkyard, dumping spent rocket stages and dead spacecraft there...
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA says Masten Space System...
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com | Nov 3, 2009
...msnbc.com. Rocketeers win $1.65 million in prizes Posted: Monday...Lander Challenge's less ambitious Level 1 contest. Armadillo won the $350...wake up and act like you reacted to Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957? I suggest that...
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/02/2111070.aspx
Eurocopter, Astrium Win New Business in Kazakhstan
www.defense-aerospace.com | Oct 7, 2009
...Eurocopter confirmed its position as the world’s No. 1 helicopter manufacturer in the civil and parapublic market...the launch site for the first satellite, the legendary Sputnik 1. Then, in 1961, the world’s first astronaut, Yuri Gagarin...
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?shop=dae&modele=release&prod=108809&cat=3
IEDs: the Sputnik of Our Times
www.aviationweek.com | Nov 3, 2009
...optional) IEDs: the Sputnik of Our Times IEDs: the Sputnik of Our Times Posted by Michael...you’re waiting for the next Sputnik moment in U.S. national...to meet them. Comments (1) | Permanent Link Tags...
South Korea Makes History With Satellite Launch
www.space.com | Aug 25, 2009
...making since 2002, the Naro 1 rocket's development was a...Atlas 5 rockets. The Naro 1 rocket cost more than $400...the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957. The United States followed with the launch of Explorer 1 the next year. France...
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sfn-090825-south-korea-launch-success.html
Another Save NASA Website
www.nasawatch.com | Sep 28, 2009
...reality with the launching of the Sputnik. Check out 'the Sputnik Moment...Williams at September 28, 2009 1:23 PM I just sent my letter...Bernie at September 28, 2009 1:36 PM The spinoffs argument...kert at September 28, 2009 1:40 PM Pathetic last throws...
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/09/another_save_na.html
Has China Prompted U.S. Tech Innovation and Funding?
www.prlog.org | Oct 6, 2009
...years are much like the situation when U.S. space program thwarted Sputnik threats in the 1950s. “China has surpassed the U...Mo Su Sa Fr Th We 6 5 4 3 2 1 September 2009 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 ...
http://www.prlog.org/10364884-has-china-prompted-us-tech-innovation-and-funding.html
EELV Contracts: After the Merger
www.defenseindustrydaily.com | Oct 4, 2009
...Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in 1957, contracted for development...transfer orbit (GTO), around 1,240 to 22,240 miles above...Earth-orbit (LEO), up to 1,240 miles above the Earth...Beach, CA, received a $674.1 million cost-plus-award...
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/eelv-contracts-after-the-merger-02818/
X PRIZE Foundation: The Day Commerical Spaceflight Took Off: October 4 Marks Fifth Anniversary of $10 Million Ansari X PRIZE
www.marketwire.com | Oct 2, 2009
...on the anniversary of the historic launch of Sputnik in 1957 -- the first man made object that entered...original $10 million prize has grown into a $1+ billion industry. That's a leverage of 100 to 1 from the prize purse to the industry impact...
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/X-Prize-Foundation-1053972.html
