Space Engineering OR Technology - Google News for Friday 12 January 2018

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Opinion: Trump's Unremarkable Defense Playbook - Aviation Week

Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:44 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...fense-playbook


Aviation Week
Opinion: Trumps Unremarkable Defense Playbook
Aviation Week
When President Donald Trump took office last Jan. 20, there were a lot of
questions about whether his “high-beta� presidency would have a volatile
impact on national defense. In a commentary published by Aviation Week, I
opined that it would be ...



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NASA Is Worried About the Safety of Commercial Space Launches - MIT
Technology Review

Posted: 12 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...pace-launches/


MIT Technology Review
NASA Is Worried About the Safety of Commercial Space Launches
MIT Technology Review
Americas space agency says that flights by SpaceX and Boeing may put
astronauts in danger. Risk assessment: NASA says that it wants no more than
one fatal accident per 270 flights. Currently it believes neither SpaceX
nor Boeing can meet that standard ...

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ESA exploring ways to use lasers in future space missions - Aerospace
Technology

Posted: 12 Jan 2018 03:50 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...pace-missions/


Aerospace Technology
ESA exploring ways to use lasers in future space missions
Aerospace Technology
The European Space Agency (ESA) and UK-based Leicester University
researcher Melissa McHugh are working on a project to find ways of
potentially using lasers in future space missions. The project involves the
development of a laser-based scientific ...



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NASA team first to demonstrate X-ray navigation in space - Phys.org -
Phys.Org

Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:49 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ray-space.html


Phys.Org
NASA team first to demonstrate X-ray navigation in space - Phys.org
Phys.Org
In a technology first, a team of NASA engineers has demonstrated fully
autonomous X-ray navigation in space—a capability that could revolutionize
NASAs ability in the future to pilot robotic spacecraft to the far
reaches ...

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