All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 16
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ESA reverses 2005 decline but ambition is elusive
Space science was the clearest winner in the European Space Agency's member states' budget deliberations for 2008 to 2011, but high-profile plans for manned...
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DARPA funds distributed electric fan propulsion study
Distributed electric fan propulsion is the focus of a $475,000 Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) study awarded...
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French fund UAV domestic security study
The French government is funding a five-month study into the legal framework necessary for the use of small unmanned air vehicles by its domestic security...
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Dassault Systeme foresees computer game engines being key
Computer game-derived graphic engine technology is set to become increasingly more important for planners looking to simulate, before construction, all aspects...
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Can flight level 550 save the climate in 2028?
A double-deck 72.2m (237ft)-span swept wing passenger jet with two aft mounted Rolls-Royce Trent-like engines and an altitude ceiling of 55,000ft (16,700m)...
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NASA seeks more change for Ares I
Industry will have from 1 December until early January to bid for a NASA electric Thrust Vector Control (TVC) technical feasibility contract for the US space...
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2009 could see worldwide docking standards agreed
NASA is likely to start discussions with India and China next year about a common docking system that the US Congress has directed the space agency to investigate. The...
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FAA aims to extend its space tourism rules worldwide
Development of personal spaceflight safety oversight should be part of a United Nations process separate from existing international aviation organisations,...
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NASA faces Moon plan 30-month delay and $7 billion cost hike says report
The maiden flight of NASA's Ares I crew launch vehicle and its Orion crew exploration vehicle could be delayed until after September 2017, along...
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Endeavour awaits 14 November launch
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is expected to be launched...
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Land Launch aims for second lift-off
The international joint venture Land Launch is preparing for its second flight...
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Scheibel Camcopter completes sea trials
Scheibel's vertical take-off, vertical landing unmanned air vehicle Camcopter S-100 has...
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Airbus launches noise technology centre at Southampton University
The Airbus Noise Technology Centre has been launched at the University of Southampton in the UK. The centre, which has annual running costs of more...
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Academic's nuclear speculation sparks media frenzy
A UK academic has won worldwide internet fame for proposing nuclear-powered aircraft carrying fission reactors. But Cranfield...