October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015

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SPACE

Grounded?

By Amy Butler

DEFENSE

Stovl Shipmates

By Bill Sweetman,Tony Osborne

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

High Hopes

By Graham Warwick

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SPACE

Grounded?

Washington For nearly 10 years, United Launch Alliance (ULA) was the monopoly rocket supplier to the U.S. government for national security launch missions, but now the tables have turned. Only a year ago, rival SpaceX was crying foul that the Pentagon’s procurement plans unfairly excluded it from bidding for work because the certification process for Falcon 9 was taking longer than expected.

By Amy Butler

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DEFENSE

Stovl Shipmates

U.S. jets will be needed to exploit British carrier capabilities

By Bill Sweetman,Tony Osborne

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

High Hopes

Inspiration, scientific data and an altitude record motivate the Airbus Perlan Mission II team

By Graham Warwick

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DEFENSE

Space Moves

With more nations in play, U.S. Air Force shores up doctrine for dealing with threats in space

By Amy Butler

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MOON VS. MARS

Red Planet Pitch

NASA managers face partners with different ideas at space congress

By Frank Morring

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MOON VS. MARS

Mars Ascending

Packaging and propulsion are among key challenges facing designers for low-mass Mars liftoff

By Guy Norris

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SAFETY

Lithium Loophole

Panel looks at ways to lessen danger of ‘thermal runaway’ cargo fires

By John Croft

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ISRAELI SPACE

Searching for Scale

Israel s growing space economy looks beyond domestic markets in telecom, Earth observation and science

By Amy Svitak

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Change Management

Scientists argue that aviation needs to be more aggressive to meet its own emissions targets

By Jens Flottau

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DEFENSE

Safe Separation

F-16 and Vista stress preliminary integrated collision avoidance system in Test Pilot School project

By Guy Norris

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