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Senate panel chief skeptical of Sirius deal
Reuters   Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Reuters - The chairman of the U.S. Senate's antitrust subcommittee expressed doubt on Tuesday that Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. would benefit consumers.
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Space station guest's meal plan: roast quail to go
Reuters   Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Charles Simonyi, a former software developer at Microsoft, tries on his space suit at a factory outside Moscow, January 22, 2007. Space Adventures Ltd., the company that will be sending software mogul Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on April 7, said on Tuesday he will be bringing along a special meal. (Sergei Remezov/Reuters)Reuters - When a billionaire who keeps company with Martha Stewart goes into space, he can't be expected to eat freeze-dried spaghetti and wash it down with powdered orange drink.


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Spanish firms want to respect Galileo accords: minister
AFP   Wednesday, 21 March 2007

A file photo taken 15 December 2005 shows Europe's global navigation satellite system Galileo on display in the workshop of the Baikonur cosmodrome. Spanish firms simply want to respect accords surrounding the stalled Galileo satellite navigation project, a Spanish minister insisted Tuesday following claims by partners that Spain is dragging its feet on profitability concerns.(AFP/File)AFP - Spanish firms simply want to respect accords surrounding the stalled Galileo satellite navigation project, a Spanish minister insisted Tuesday following claims by partners that Spain is dragging its feet on profitability concerns.


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SpaceX Scrubs Monday Launch Attempt for Falcon 1 Rocket
SPACE.com   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
SPACE.com - The private spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will have to wait at least one more day to launch its second Falcon 1 rocket after a last-minute glitch prevented a Monday attempt.
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SpaceX Poised to Launch Second Falcon 1 Rocket Today
SPACE.com   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
SPACE.com - The clock is ticking towards the second planned Falcon 1 rocket test for the private spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), nearly one year after an unsuccessful launch debut.
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Japan sees partial eclipse
AFP   Monday, 19 March 2007

File photo shows a solar eclipse taken from the Dome Fuji. Japan on Monday experienced its first partial solar eclipse in two and a half years, but only the most dedicated sky gazers in the Land of the Rising Sun were likely to notice.     The moon crept over the sun for 26 minutes from 0233 GMT in parts of Japan and elsewhere in East Asia and Siberia.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)AFP - Japan on Monday experienced its first partial solar eclipse in two and a half years, but only the most dedicated sky gazers in the Land of the Rising Sun were likely to notice.


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NASA Explodes Marbles for Safety's Sake
SPACE.com   Saturday, 17 March 2007
SPACE.com - NASA jobs have long been coveted for their cool factor. Bill Cooke's current project is no exception. Cooke is slamming quarter-inch-diameter Pyrex glass marbles into soil at 16,000 mph (7 kilometers per second) just to watch them explode.
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NASA Plan Scales Back Lunar Robotic Program
SPACE.com   Saturday, 17 March 2007
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON -- NASA notified the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this week that its contract to build a robotic lunar lander would be allowed to expire at the end of March and would not be renewed -- at least not anytime soon.
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Senator Calls for White House Summit on NASA Budget
SPACE.com   Saturday, 17 March 2007
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chair of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA funding, formally pledged Thursday to again work with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) to increase NASA funding by $1 billion. Mikulski also called for a space summit with the White House to ensure NASA gets the support and funding it needs.
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Urey 'Life Detector' Going To Mars
SPACE.com   Saturday, 17 March 2007
SPACE.com - The Urey: Mars Organic Oxidant Detector has been designed by NASA-funded researchers to look for life on Mars.
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NASA Weighs Shuttle Fuel Tank Repair Options
SPACE.com   Saturday, 17 March 2007
SPACE.com - NASA engineers and mission managers are weighing their options on how best to fix thousands of dings in the foam-covered fuel tank of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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