July 5, 2010

July 5, 2010

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COVER STORY

Staying Power

By GRAHAM WARWICK4 min

Rise of the Airship

By GRAHAM WARWICK7 min

SPACE POLICY

Space for Change

By AMY BUTLER6 min

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COVER STORY

Staying Power

By trading payload for endurance, solar power offers flights measured in weeks or months

By GRAHAM WARWICK4 min

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Rise of the Airship

The need for persistent surveillance could give airships a new lease on life

By GRAHAM WARWICK7 min

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SPACE POLICY

Space for Change

White House emphasis on space ‘mission assurance’ to unearth age-old debates amid new realities

By AMY BUTLER6 min

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SPACE POLICY

Separate Ways

In the wake of Npoess, NOAA and the Pentagon eye their polar satellite futures

By JEFFERSON MORRIS,AMY BUTLER5 min

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SPACE POLICY

Fair Play

Lisbon Treaty and ISS extension spark new debate on competition, EU funding role

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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GLOBAL TRADE

Technology Road Map

Tokyo sets research and project targets for Japanese industry

By BRADLEY PERRETT4 min

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GLOBAL TRADE

Act One

Business as usual for Airbus and Boeing despite WTO ruling

By MADHU UNNIKRISHNAN4 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Musical Chairs

Premium-economy class sees growth, but first class survives for some airlines

By JENS FLOTTAU,ROBERT WALL4 min

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SPACE

From Dream To Reality

European hypersonic research shifts from drawing board to flight-preparation stage

By MICHAL A.TAVERNA4 min

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VIEWPOINT

More Tooth, Less Tail

At the Eisenhower Presidential Library in May, Defense Secretary Robert Gates paid a glowing tribute to Ike as “a low-maintenance leader” of simple tastes, small entourages and modest demands. This was no folksy homage to the former president whose portrait hangs behind Gates’s desk at the Pentagon.

By JOHN DOWDY4 min

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