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NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation for a technology demonstration of a high performance “green” propellant alternative to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine.
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NASA’s rover Curiosity on Mars has finished a four-day process transitioning both of its redundant main computers to flight software for driving and using tools on the rover’s arm.
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The U.S. Air Force successfully activated the AEHF-2 communications payload on 14 August. Payload activation was accomplished from the AEHF command and control site located at Schriever AFB, Colorado.
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NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch between 2013 and 2016. These CubeSats could be auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions.
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Satellite Systems use to cost a fortune but in today’s world you can get one for free when you meet certain qualifications. The two major satellite TV providers, “DISH and DIRECTV,” have more than 35 million subscribers combined.

The other day, I was talking to an individual who was a trainer for the local cable company. As you probably know the people that install cable services really need to know a lot to do the job, and it takes training, and a period of apprenticeship to ensure quality and success for the technician. My acquaintance noted that since his cable company no longer has a monopoly, and there is some new competition in town that many of the technician in his company have been recruited by the other.Other Posts:IDC Debuts Hybrid DVB ProductsGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. results Q3 2006Shuttle Discovery launches on final missionERS-2 environment satellite to be de-orbitedGlobeCast Provides Digital Signage To France Telecom and OrangeLockheed Martin, University of Florida to develop and launch CubesatsChandrayaan sends lunar weather reportLockheed Martin’s Atlas 5 To Launch NASA’s LRO Mission