http://www.ddn.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:24:21 EDT Palin Says Iranian Leader 'Not Sane,' And Iranian Nuclear Weapons Would Threaten The Existence Of Israel The two rival vice presidential candidates agreed in a debate that Iran would be "extremely dangerous" if its nuclear materials program produces... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4226.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA, in moving to save money by retiring the space shuttle fleet, will encounter hidden costs and problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to congressional committees. The U.S. space agency "faces disparate challenges defining the... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4227.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The next president of the United States has no choice but to continue erecting a multi-layered ballistic missile shield, because the threat posed by potential enemy ballistic missiles has grown to record levels, spread rapidly among many nations, and augurs... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4228.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT China poses a rising ballistic missile threat that the United States should counter with improved systems including missile defense capabilities, a draft version of a State Department study concludes, according to The Washington Times. The International... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4229.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Taiwan is seeking to obtain more than $6.4 billion in American weapons including Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile interceptors, under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The gigantic program also includes UGM-84L Harpoon Block II... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4230.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Plans To Resolve Software Glitches Are Likely To Fall Short, Report States It likely will require more than an estimate $414 million in cost overruns and 15 months of delays to resolve software problems plaguing the next-generation Space Based Infrared System... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4231.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT First ATV Successfully De-Orbited, Burns Up As Planned In Reentry Astrium has provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with an option to convert the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) robotic cargo ship into a manned spacecraft, the agency stated. A wholly... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4232.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Vice Adm. Murrett: U.S. Systems Can Detect Enemy Tunnels, Spot Individuals As They Walk U.S. intelligence efforts are using huge amounts of civilian space imaging capabilities, and that will continue, Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, director of the National... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4233.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Congress enacted a research and development tax credit extension that the aerospace industry had sought, a measure that was included in a larger bill to bail out portions of the financial sector. The Aerospace Industries... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4234.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Some analysts and observers, who assert that certain especially dangerous military actors in Iran don't really represent government views and motives, are dead wrong, a new paper states. In fact, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Qods Force... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4235.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft will launch Oct. 19 from Kwajalein Atoll on a mission to study the heliopause boundary between the solar system and open galactic space, NASA officials said today. A Pegasus rocket will provide the... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4236.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Space Shuttle Discovery may take the place of Space Shuttle Endeavour in performing standby life-guard duty when Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis was to launch next week, on Oct. 14, but the Hubble developed... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4237.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Space Agency (ESA) and European companies have now set the launch of the GOCE satellite for Oct. 27, ESA announced. On Sept. 7, preparations for launch of GOCE from the Plesetsk... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4238.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Updated -- September 29 - 2:20 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: October + Mission: TacSat-3 Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Minotaur Rocket Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility - Goddard... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4239.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA Gives Boeing $650 Million Contract Change For Space Station Support NASA awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue engineering support of the International Space Station to Sept. 30, 2010. The action extends... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4240.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Russia is delivering 18 more Smerch multiple rocket launch systems to India, RIA Novosti reported... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4241.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Messenger spacecraft today will fly by Mercury on a photography mission, the second of three flybys of the planet closest to the sun, NASA announced. Messenger will photograph most of its remaining unseen surface and collect science data. The MErcury... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4242.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. The interdisciplinary teams will become new members of the Astrobiology... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4243.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] broke ground on a new facility at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the first building in Wallops Research Park. The research Park is a joint effort by NASA, which owns Wallops Flight Facility, and the Marine... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4244.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT But Obama, McCain Call For Still-More Economic Sanctions On Iran, Without Specifically Calling For European Missile Defense System McCain Vows To Be Tough On Contractors; Boasts He Already Saved Money By Killing Plan To Lease Boeing Tanker Planes Sen. Barack... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/space/4113.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT