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Space Race

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Name: Space Race

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Space Science)

In new space race, look out for China

China's first lunar probe blasted off from its launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on October 24, 2007.STORY HIGHLIGHTSUnited States is ahead in space development, but China has been catching upChina sees space development partly as way ... [CNN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: China, Space Race, Military/Armed Forces, Cyberspace

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Space Science)

Virgin Galactic

Abu Dhabi turns spotlight on regional space race

NASA's successful experiment to find water on the Moon has come at a time when the Middle East is making important steps of its own in space, a fact which will be underlined in Abu Dhabi next month. The position of the UAE capital as an emerging hub ... [AME Info - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Abu Dhabi, Space Race, United Arab Emirates, Virgin Galactic, Observation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Space Science)

China gaining in space race

When China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.The United States is still ahead ... [CNN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: China, Space Race, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

New Zealand Poised To Enter “Space Race” With ATEA-1 rocket

A sign of the times: New Zealand is now poised to become the latest country to enter the space rase, 3News reports: New Zealand is about to enter the space race with a private venture which aims to cash in on the market for scientific research. A Kiwi ... [The Moderate Voice - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Peter Beck, Space Race, New Zealand

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

New Zealand joins the space race with ATEA-1 rocket

The ATEA-1 is 6m long, weighs 60kg and will travel 120km into spaceView VideoNew Zealand is about to enter the space race with a private venture which aims to cash in on the market for scientific research.A Kiwi company has not only built its own rocket, ... [3 News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Space Race, New Zealand, Peter Beck, Payload, Speed of Sound

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Is Russia Falling Behind in Space Race?

With no clear successor for its Soyuz spacecraft, Russia risks becoming a secondary space power. ... [US News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Space Race, Russia, Soyuz (spacecraft)

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

From space race to human race

Forty years on from humans reaching the Moon, it is time for another epochal moment in history, says John Manoochehri. In this week's Green Room, he calls for us to recapture the spirit that took us into space and use that energy to save the planet.A ... [BBC - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Sustainability, Space Race, MaRS Landing, Carbon

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents (in Space Science)

Looking to the stars, India seeks prestige

PANNITHITTU, India - In this seaside village, the children of farmers and fishermen aspire to become something that their impoverished parents never thought possible: astronauts.Through community-based programs, India's space agency is partnering with ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/15/2009]

Entities: India, Astronautics, G. Madhavan Nair, Space Race

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

New Zealand To Launch First Private Space Rocket

RobGoldsmith sends in a Space Fellowship piece (which seems to be a press release) about New Zealand's entry into the space age. 'Private New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab completed its final ground-based test today and is now ready to launch New ... [Slashdot - 11/17/2009]

Entities: New Zealand, Space Fellowship, Space Race

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 7 Documents (in Politics)

China general sees military space race

Air force chief calls military competition in space 'inevitable', a departure from Beijing's past insistence that it is not pursuing space programmes for military purposes ... [FT.com - World, Asia Pacific - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Space Race, Military/Armed Forces, China

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Rocket Men

Politicians won't get us back into the space race, but novelists just might. ... [Newsweek Top News - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Space Race

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 3 Documents

Hu says China seeks peaceful use of airspace (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports the peaceful exploration and use of space, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, days after its top air force officials sparked concerns with talk of a "Great Wall of steel in the blue sky."Chinese air force commander ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/06/2009]

Entities: China, Xu Qiliang, Military/Armed Forces

Quotes

...That won't happen in Beijing this week $ or Copenhagen in December for that matter. But it needs to happen soon. "This isn't like a Sputnik-style space race where one country wins and the other loses" says Barbara Finamore, China program director for NRDC. "They both stand to benefit." And if they don't, the whole world loses

U.S. vs. China: Working Together on Global Warming? [Time - 11/17/2009]

RobGoldsmith sends in a Space Fellowship piece (which seems to be a press release) about New Zealand's entry into the space age. "Private New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab completed its final ground-based test today and is now ready to launch New Zealand into the space race with its Atea-1 launch vehicle. The first high-altitude launch of Atea-1 is scheduled for the end of November this year. Once Atea-1 has successfully concluded the development phase it will be the first privately built rocket launched from the Southern Hemisphere to enter space. The article features a new CGI movie on the launch."

New Zealand To Launch First Private Space Rocket [Slashdot - 11/17/2009]

...program,' said G Madhavan Nair, a rocket scientist and outgoing chairman of the national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organization. "More and more bright young Indian scientists are calling us for jobs. We will look back on this as a turning point." The ascendancy of India's space program highlights the country's rising ambitions on the world stage, as it grows economically and asserts itself in...

Looking to the stars, India seeks prestige [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/15/2009]

More Content

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Is Russia Falling Behind in Space Race? [US News - 11/20/2009]
New Zealand joins the space race with ATEA-1 ro... [3 News - 11/20/2009]
China gaining in space race [CNN - 11/19/2009]
Abu Dhabi turns spotlight on regional space race [AME Info - 11/19/2009]
In new space race, look out for China [CNN - 11/19/2009]
Is China catching U.S. in space race? [CNN - 11/18/2009]
From space race to human race [BBC - 11/18/2009]
In today's space race, watch out for China [CNN - 11/18/2009]
Winning the Clean Energy Race: A New Strategy f... [New York Times - 11/18/2009]
U.S. vs. China: Working Together on Global Warm... [Time - 11/17/2009]
New Zealand To Launch First Private Space Rocket [Slashdot - 11/17/2009]
Moon holds key to solar system's secrets [Space Daily - 11/17/2009]
"Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has land... [NetNewsledger.com - 11/16/2009]
First NZ space rocket ready for blast off [National Business Review - 11/15/2009]
Looking to the stars, India seeks prestige [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/15/2009]
Headline of the day [MSNBC - 11/13/2009]
Qian Xuesen: Scientist and pioneer of China's m... [The Independent - 11/13/2009]
China and India compete in new cold war [Times Online - 11/11/2009]
Abu Dhabi takes centre stage as spotlight falls... [Eye of Dubai - 11/11/2009]
NASA Brings Apollo 11 Experts Into Classrooms [Red Orbit - 11/10/2009]
From the space race to human race [BBC - 11/10/2009]
NASA Live Digital Network Brings Apollo 11 Exper [AeroMorning - 11/10/2009]
The Stars My Destination [Space Daily - 11/10/2009]
Hu says China seeks peaceful use of airspace (R... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/06/2009]
China seeks peaceful use of airspace: Hu [South China Morning Post - 11/06/2009]
Hu says China seeks peaceful use of airspace [InSing.com - 11/06/2009]
Sydney Festival: Free and cheap events [Time Out Sydney - 11/06/2009]
Russia to Dominate Nuclear Space Race [Softpedia - 11/05/2009]
China reassures on space as air force modernises [InSing.com - 11/05/2009]
China says space plans peaceful (Reuters) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/05/2009]

Blogs

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New Zealand Poised To Enter “Space Race” With A... [The Moderate Voice - 11/20/2009] A sign of the times: New Zealand is now poised to become the latest country to enter the space rase, 3News reports: New Zealand is about to enter the space race ...
Russian Cosmonaut’s Blog Much Funnier Than NASA [Wired: Wired Science - 11/18/2009] It’s not just NASA that’s hip to the social media game anymore. Now, the Russian space agency Roscosmos has one of its own blogging from the International Space ...
Teryn Norris: Winning the Clean Energy Race: A ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/18/2009] You know the world is changing when the president's first trip to Asia is defined by a new U.S. foreign policy dubbed "strategic reassurance" - convincing ...
Andrea Chalupa: How to Get a Job in Clean Tech [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/16/2009] Jobs in the clean technology industry are growing twice as fast as the national average. So that's where the jobs are. Walletpop spoke with Ron Pernick, ...
Justin R. Rattner: Innovation in the 21st Centu... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/16/2009] Today, Newsweek and Intel released the findings from a survey on innovation and the economy. The good news: despite one of the deepest recessions in history, ...

Audio/Video

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WSJ Tech Briefing Late Edition, August 24, 2009 [Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing - 08/24/2009]
July 2009 Extra [Mefeedia Video Tag : astrono - 07/20/2009]

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