June 28, 2004

June 28, 2004

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Repeat Offenders

By ROBERT WALL

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Model Airplane

By JAMES R. ASKER

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Off the Ground

By FRANK MORRING

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Repeat Offenders

Pentagon’s recurring space acquisition problems undermine program stability and Congress’ confidence in new projects

By ROBERT WALL

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Model Airplane

Aldridge Commission idea for joining nations in space exploration is dead on arrival

By JAMES R. ASKER

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Off the Ground

NASA includes foreign rockets, shuttle-derived vehicles as possible launchers for exploration

By FRANK MORRING

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A New Spaceship

Even with glitches, SpaceShipOne becomes the first private manned spacecraft

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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Spaceship Realities

Key space entrepreneur warns against SS1 enthusiasm distorting technological challenges

By CRAIG COVAULT

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Navigating Hurdles

U.S. and Europe ink agreement on coexistence of GPS and Galileo

By ROBERT WALL,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA

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Modernizing ICBMs

USAF proposes replacing Minuteman IIIs and fielding an enhanced Elite version

By ROBERT WALL

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JSF Worries

Tests reveal F135 engine flaw; Lockheed Martin realigns management

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL

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Sneak Attack

WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force has the ability to render enemy air defenses ineffective by making anti-aircraft missiles ignore their assignments, says the chief of Air Combat Command in what appears to be the first high-level acknowledgment that such a capability exists.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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Tanker Tribulation

Ministry initiative to use private sector funds for procurement risks running out of gas

By DOUGLAS BARRIE

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