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U.S. losing its lead in space, experts warn Congress
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 days ago
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America's once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, step up their activities, a panel of experts told the House subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Thursday. "Others are catching up fast," said...
Tags: China, U.S, space programs, United States, J.P. Stevens, George Washington University, American, Latin America, communications satellites, Venezuela, Washington, Communications satellite, Gabrielle Giffords, Aerospace, Environment, Remote sensing, Satellite, Global Positioning System
When the Russians Came to Cape Canaveral
Kaliningrad :: Russia | 5 days ago
Credibility And Jeffrey Manber was the US representative of RKK Energia, the company that owned the Mir space station. In this exclusive excerpt from Apogee Books' Selling Peace , he recalls the cultural clash that happened when his boss came to visit from Moscow....
Tags: NASA, Yuri Semenov, Russian, RKK Energia, space programs, Cape Canaveral, space station, inside story, Dan Goldin, space shuttle, Russia, Kaliningrad
China general sees military space race
Beijing :: China | 21 days ago
Credibility The remarks by General Xu Qiliang, head of the People’s Liberation Army air force, published in several state media, are a reminder of another area of potential future rivalry between the US and China. In addition, they indicate increased competition...
Tags: China, U.S, space programs
People mourn China's "father of space technology"
Xinhua :: China | 25 days ago
Credibility China's keystone space scientist Qian Xuesen, widely acclaimed as the country's "father of space technology" and "king of rocketry", died of illness here Saturday morning at the age of 98. In 1956, based on Qian's position paper on the country's...
Tags: Communist Party of China, space technology, Qian Xuesen, Beijing, Tsien Hsue-shen, rocket scientist, space programs, scientist qian, Xinhua News Agency, United States
U.S. space programs need better oversight: group (Reuters)
Colorado Springs :: CO :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility U.S. government spending on unclassified satellites and space programs is out of control and soared 42 percent to $16.9 billion in fiscal 2009 from $11.9 billion in 2005, the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense said on Tuesday. The group, which...
Tags: space programs, U.S
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