May 30, 2011

May 30, 2011

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AIRLINE STRATEGY

Brand-New Shoots

By LEITHEN FRANCIS

PROPULSION

Going One Better

By BRADLEY PERRETT,GUY NORRIS

SPACE

Working Out Web

By FRANK MORRING

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AIRLINE STRATEGY

Brand-New Shoots

Asia’s legacy carriers are introducing a crop of airlines of various sizes

By LEITHEN FRANCIS

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PROPULSION

Going One Better

ACAE’s preliminary design for a C919 engine mixes advanced and conventional features

By BRADLEY PERRETT,GUY NORRIS

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SPACE

Working Out Web

Slip to a 2018 launch will raise JWST cost, but it could be worse

By FRANK MORRING

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SPACE

Spacecraft Slowdown

‘Phasing’ with a heavy-lifter may retard Orion-based multi-purpose crew vehicle

By FRANK MORRING

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SPACE

Close Call

WASHINGTON NASA’S Mars Science Laboratory mission apparently ducked a significant delay when a crane operator accidentally lifted its composite back shell with a 2,000-lb. aluminum table attached to it. Richard Cook, deputy Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says the mishap does not appear to have resulted in excessive loads on the back shell structure, which is designed to help protect the car-sized rover as it enters the Martian atmosphere.

By FRANK MORRING

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SPACE

Sample Return

NASA hopes to collect soil from an unscathed asteroid

By FRANK MORRING

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SPACE

Major New Tool

By MARK CARREAU

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SPACE

Target in Range

Elta’s Latest RWR Enhances Geolocation

By ALON BEN-DAVID

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DEFENSE

Details Pending

Franco-British unmanned aircraft effort nears closer definition

By ROBERT WALL

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DEFENSE

Basic Choice

Cost may give Pilatus the edge in Indian trainer competition

By ASIA-PACIFIC STAFF

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