nationaldefensespaceplace at Yahoo! Groups http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/ National Defense Space Place - National Defense Policy Forum Adrift ... return to our Moon by 2020 is dead Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:26:28 GMT SteveK http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/339 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/339 The whimsy of American politics has once again throttled back on manned space exploration Iran Sends Rocket with Animal Menagerie into Space Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:38:52 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/338 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/338 FYI, "Iran Sends Rocket with Animal Menagerie into Space" USA Today/AP http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2010-02-03-iran-rocket-space_N.htm ... Mark U.S. Navy To Rely on Netted Iridium Service as Gap-Filler Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:54:23 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/337 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/337 FYI, "U.S. Navy To Rely on Netted Iridium Service as Gap-Filler" Space News while more down to Earth we have another significant failure of our Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:10:13 GMT SteveK http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/336 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/336 From a WSJ report "Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them Russian spectacular missile failure Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:48:20 GMT SteveK http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/335 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/335 Found this in the Scandinavian news outlet BarentsObserver "During a test launch of the intercontinental missile Bulava on December 9th, the motor of the Internet Routing Blasts into Space Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:04:12 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/334 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/334 FYI, "Internet Routing Blasts into Space - Cisco space router onboard Intelsat satellite to test orbital IP network" Network World Tactical lasers proceeed Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:11:25 GMT SteveK http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/333 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/333 During the U.S. Air Force-sponsored tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, The Boeing Co. said it demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon NRO To Loft Several Big Satellites by Mid-2011 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:55:27 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/332 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/332 FYI, "NRO To Loft Several Big Satellites by Mid-2011" Space News http://www.spacenews.com/launch/091104-nro-loft-several-big-satellites-mid-2011.html ... Mark Pentagon Eyes Crash Analysis on 1,300 Satellites Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:20:47 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/331 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/331 FYI, "Pentagon Eyes Crash Analysis on 1,300 Satellites" Reuters http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/sc_nm/us_space_collisions_3 L The U.S. military said on DARPA Looks To Send The Internet Into Orbit Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:59:36 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/330 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/330 FYI, "Darpa Looks To Send The Internet Into Orbit" SpaceMart http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Darpa_Looks_To_Send_The_Internet_Into_Orbit_999.html ... Mark Old Trick Threatens the Newest Weapons Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:27:46 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/329 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/329 FYI, "Old Trick Threatens the Newest Weapons" New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/science/27trojan.html ... Mark Reiff Air Force's Secretive Space Plane Nears Maiden Voyage Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:27:17 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/328 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/328 FYI, "Air Force's Secretive Space Plane Nears Maiden Voyage" Space.com US Losing Space Race Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:31:51 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/327 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/327 FYI, "US Losing Space Race" DoD Buzz http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/10/19/us-losing-space-race/ ... Mark Reiff Obama Loosens Missile Technology Controls to China Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:58:07 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/326 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/326 FYI, "Obama Loosens Missile Technology Controls to China" Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/inside-the-ring-2059116 President Barack Obama Ready to Slash US Nuclear Arsenal Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:17:24 GMT markreiff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/325 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nationaldefensespaceplace/message/325 FYI, "Barack Obama Ready to Slash US Nuclear Arsenal - Pentagon told to map out radical cuts as president prepares to chair UN talks" Guardian (UK)