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NASA to lease old KSC shuttle pad for commercial launches
WASHINGTON -- An old space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center soon could be home to commercial rockets under a plan announced Friday by NASA. The agency plans to lease what's known as Pad 39A to prospective tenants. Possible candidates include...Tags: Orion Space Mission, NASA, Kennedy Space Center
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Boeing Co., NASA, Satellite Technology, Science and Technology, Rocketry
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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Kay Bailey Hutchison, NASA, Science and Technology
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Two tech executives quit Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.us political group
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have quit Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group Fwd.us after protests from environmentalists and liberal groups, a person familiar with the situation said late...
Tags: Immigration, Corporate Officers, Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Intracoastal Waterway, Zoology, NASA, Science and Technology, Air Transportation Industry
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SpaceX signs lease agreement at spaceport to test reusable rocket
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.SpaceX, the Hawthorne rocket maker, has found a new home for flight testing on its reusable rocket. The company has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch site located 55...Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, Richard Branson, Science and Technology, Rocketry
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Posey: Space Coast needs new, diversified jobs
The Orlando Sentinel, Washington BureauWASHINGTON — It's been a rocky few years for the Space Coast district represented by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge — starting with NASA's decision to retire the space shuttle in 2011. The end of the 30-year program led to thousands of...Tags: Cruise Line Ports, NASA, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Port Canaveral, Science and Technology
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Elon Musk really, really hates traffic jams
Apparently, billionaire Elon Musk is channeling John F. Kennedy, who famously intoned, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Musk, who wasn’t even born when Kennedy gave his inaugural...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., Road Transportation, Satellite Technology, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles
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405 project stuck in the slow lane
Elon Musk quips that it's easier getting rockets into orbit than navigating his commute between home in Bel-Air and his Space Exploration Technologies factory in Hawthorne. "The 405 … varies from bad to horrendous," said Musk, who also co-founded...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, PayPal, Inc., Career and Workplace, Road Transportation, Satellite Technology
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L.A. Now Live: 405 Freeway widening woes to continue
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has formally acknowledged the completion of the widening of the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 Freeway will be delayed at least 13 months. Projected date for completion is now mid-2014. A variety...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Hybrid Vehicles
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Antares rocket launch visible this afternoon
Officials rescheduled the launch of the Antares rocket until Sunday at 5 p.m. The rocket will eventually help carry cargo to the International Space Station. Orbital Sciences Corp. planned to launch the rocket at 3 p.m. However, excessive wind levels...
Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Rocket launch scrubbed with 12 minutes to spare in NASA test flight
Orbital Sciences Corp.'s launch of its new Antares rocket has been put on hold due to a technical issue that popped up when countdown was about 12 minutes away. The 13-story rocket was expected to blast off from NASA’s little-known Wallops...
Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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