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Two planetary exploration missions headed for Mars may have to go on without the participation of the American space agency, if analysts' predictions come true. They say that the budgets NASA gets for planetary exploration will receive deep cuts in fiscal year 2013.
US President Barack Obama's federal bud... |
10 February 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Records have revealed that the Entertainment Software Association has spent up to 190,000 dollars (149,000 Euro) during 2011 in order to lobby in favor of the Protect IP Act, with at least four transactions linked to lobby groups that have discussed a range of matters with members of the United States Congress.It see... |
17 January 2012
22:11 GMT |
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XDarkSton3x, a member of the MetalSoft hacker collective, managed to break into the systems of the Guatemalan Congress, leaking tons of sensitive information. The main purpose of the attack was to make governments worldwide care more about security than money, reports Cyberwarnews. Names, usernames, email addresses... |
30 November 2011
09:38 GMT |
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During a conference call on November 1, JWST program manager Rick Howard told a Congressional panel that NASA will have to delay a number of space missions currently scheduled to launch beyond 2015, if the agency is to fly the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018.
The organization is very intent on finishing its flag... |
8 November 2011
03:37 GMT |
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The Senate version of the 2012 fiscal year appropriation bill was marked yesterday, September 14, a huge milestone for the endangered NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The House version of the same act proposed that the project be terminated despite obvious progress.When that announcement was first made, the in... |
15 September 2011
10:56 GMT |
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During a luncheon sponsored by the Planetary Society on September 9, three avid science advocates told members of Congress that funding for space exploration should continue despite the financial hardships that the United States are currently facing.
While the tough economic times that lie ahead are dangerous, th... |
12 September 2011
08:45 GMT |
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Now that the American Space Shuttle Program (SSP) has come to a halt, more than 3,200 employees will be laid off. After more than three decades of work, one of the most highly-specialized workforces in the world will be disbanded.
Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery have all completed their final missions and are c... |
23 July 2011
05:04 GMT |
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The US Congress gave the American space agency until mid-January 2011 to come up with a new design for the Space Launch System (SLS), the next-generation heavy-lift rocket. NASA failed to do so, and Administrator Charles Bolden took the heat for it yesterday. He was called to testify in front of the US House Committe... |
13 July 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Congressmen from the Senate science committee did not issue a subpoena they recently threatened NASA with this Monday, deciding to give the American space agency some leeway with preparing documents explaining how it will go about building a new heavy-lift rocket by 2016. This was one of the congressional compromises... |
1 July 2011
08:36 GMT |
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Video game publisher Bethesda is the latest victim of an organized hacker attack, having its servers penetrated and announcing that data like user names, e-mail addresses and passwords have been compromised.The company says that it has no financial or credit card information stored on the servers that were breached b... |
14 June 2011
04:45 GMT |
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On April 8, the US Congress and the White House managed to reach a compromise on how the 2011 budget should look like. In a statement posted on the House Appropriations Committee website on April 12, the official budget for the American space agency was $18.485 billion.This represents a 1.3 percent decreased from 201... |
14 April 2011
04:36 GMT |
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The US House of Representatives introduced a short-term spending bill recently that would have the undesirable effect of cutting down the budget of the American space agency by $139 million. The measure, which was introduced on April 4, is designed to allow for the federal government to operate until mid-April. Autho... |
7 April 2011
08:18 GMT |
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Last year, the US Congress approved a $18.7 billion spending plan for the American space agency. At this time, that budget is about $1 billion short, and authorities are looking for ways to come up with the cash. Appropriators are currently directing their attention to other US Departments. The Department of Commerce... |
30 March 2011
03:14 GMT |
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The American space agency could get an additional $3 billion in funding for the development of a heavy-lift delivery system to be used in upcoming missions. The organization may also get $350 million in space sciences funding boosts. This would raise the total NASA budget for the remainder of the fiscal year to no le... |
9 March 2011
19:11 GMT |
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According to the 2012 budget request that the White House and the Obama Administration proposed, a host of federal agencies in the United States, including NASA, will have their spendings maintained at 2010 levels in the coming year.
The new document proposes that NASA get about $18.7 billion in 2012, a $300 mill... |
15 February 2011
02:57 GMT |
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Under the now-defunct Project Constellation, the American space agency was to construct a new heavy-lift delivery system, the ARES V. But Congress asked for a different approach late last years, and NASA has now come through with a new proposal that significantly reduces costs.In a presentation NASA officials made la... |
14 January 2011
05:11 GMT |
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Congress has recently been asked to increase fundings for the planned Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) mission to Earth's orbit. NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) want to build the new civilian weather satellite for studying global warming and related issues.At this point,... |
10 December 2010
03:47 GMT |
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With Tuesday's elections over, it's becoming clear that Republicans have gained control of the House, whereas the Democrats still retained control of the Senate. Now, analysts are wondering what this change will entail for plans to build high-speed railways across America. Europe, Japan and other nations ar... |
8 November 2010
06:29 GMT |
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With the selection of 100 new Republicans in the 122th Congress, things are bound to get worse as far as action against global warming and climate change goes. Researchers and analysts are skeptical that any sort of legislation will now be passed through Congress. A worrying statistic shows that up to half of the GOP... |
5 November 2010
07:18 GMT |
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The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Facebook asking for answers regarding a privacy breach uncovered recently, that involved numerous applications leaking user information to third parties.The letter [pdf] was sent on Monday, following a Wall Street Journal investigation, wh... |
21 October 2010
05:31 GMT |
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Under the new bill that was passed by Congress in late September, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle project is severely underfunded, and risks losing its stamina, lawmakers in Colorado and officials at Lockheed Martin say.They explain that the new fiscal year is crucial stage in the development of America's rep... |
20 October 2010
03:18 GMT |
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With the new decision Congress made, it was proposed that NASA launch its Solar Probe Plus mission to the Sun by no later than 2015. But the American space agency showed that this is impossible. Experts at NASA said after reviewing the costs associated with the project that lack of funding will most likely delay the ... |
6 October 2010
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In a decision made late Wednesday, on September 29, the US Congress passed the NASA authorization bill, which set the amount of funding the American space agency will get for 2011, and also what its main avenues of development should be. Landing on the Moon by 2020 is no longer the main objective at NASA according to... |
1 October 2010
09:26 GMT |
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Microsoft's general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Brad Smith, told the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC, that the existing law on electronic privacy should be upgraded to fit today's cloud-computing technologies, like Web-based email and online productivity ap... |
24 September 2010
05:25 GMT |
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According to NASA chief technologist Robert Braun, the American space agency just received approval for funding destined for eight research projects that senior officials at the organization are simply eager to being completing. Some of these projects include collaborations with the US Department of Defense's (D... |
28 August 2010
05:18 GMT |
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Even if theoretically this should not happen, a Senate bill gives NASA precise instructions on how it should construct its next generation of heavy-lift delivery systems.Experts with various panels and committees in the US Congress have taken a deep interest in the American space agency's future, ever since US P... |
26 August 2010
02:43 GMT |
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Experts working for the American space agency and its contractors have known for many years that the Space Shuttle Program was scheduled to shutdown this year. Current plans call for the three remaining orbiters to be grounded starting at the end of this year, but some believe that the last launch will take place in ... |
28 July 2010
02:42 GMT |
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A few days ago, Denver, Colorado-based corporation Lockheed Martin Space Systems, the main contractor to build NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, sent out a letter to its subcontractors, announcing them that funding for their efforts will cease on April 30. According to a letter Orbital Sciences Corporation ... |
3 May 2010
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In a move that is being hailed as the most daring social reform the United States experienced in the last 40 years, the US Congress passed the new health care reform bill on Sunday night. The vote, 219 to 212, was decided for by a Democrat-held Congress, although some of the most conservative democrats voted against ... |
22 March 2010
10:04 GMT |
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About a week ago, on March 12, 16 members of the US House of Representatives signed a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking it to investigate whether the new plans to abandon Project Constellation are breaking the law or not. Under the 2011 budget proposal set forth by President Barack Obama, N... |
20 March 2010
04:25 GMT |
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When rumors of the Obama Administration's intentions of shutting down Project Constellation first appeared, many representatives vowed not to let that happen, no matter what. They are now sticking to their word, as evidenced by the recent congressional committee hearings, which saw the NASA Administrator, Charle... |
2 March 2010
17:01 GMT |
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At the end of the Mobile World Congress 2010, held in Barcelona, Spain, GSM Association reported that over 49,000 visitors from 200 countries had attended the event, considered the most important in the mobile-communication industry. The MWC has managed to bring together over 2,800 CEOs and executives from some of th... |
19 February 2010
09:27 GMT |
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With the new budget proposal released by the Obama Administration on February 1, NASA's Project Constellation has been abandoned. Members of this new space program included the ARES I launch vehicle, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Altair Lunar Lander, the Earth-Departure Stage (EDS), and the ARES V heav... |
8 February 2010
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The Obama Administration has announced officially that it plans to change its approach to space exploration. This means that Project Constellation, the American project to return to the Moon by 2020, will be canceled, and that emphasis will be placed on providing funding for the private space sector. NASA is to again... |
2 February 2010
02:38 GMT |
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Over thirty websites of various Representatives and House Committees fell victim to mass defacement yesterday. The incident occurred shortly after President Obama gave his State of the Union address.The attack seems to be politically motivated as it contained an offensive anti-Obama message. "[expletive] Obama!! Red ... |
28 January 2010
10:45 GMT |
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The debate over the Virtual Army Experience, a recruitment drive masquerading as a high tech showcase for the Army experience, has moved to the floor of Congress, with Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat representative from Ohio and long time enemy of the VAE, calling for it to be closed down.Kucinich stated in front of the ... |
29 June 2009
02:38 GMT |
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The highly controversial FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA), proposed as far back as 2001 by former president George W. Bush, has allowed the US National Security Agency (NSA) to collect extremely large amounts of data from American citizens, and centralize them into a massive database, which is constantly expanded. A... |
17 April 2009
08:26 GMT |
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Wednesday could very well go down in history as one of the days when nature conservation efforts won an important victory in the United States. The Congress has passed a set of some 160 bills, setting the basis for more accurate and protective environmental regulations, which will affect millions of acres of land thr... |
26 March 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The US Congress now finds itself in a dilemma – how to impose changes in the way America produces electrical energy, while at the same time keeping standards high. And the best place to start thinking about this is the Capital Power Plant, a 99-year-old facility that is supplying power to the important building... |
2 March 2009
04:40 GMT |
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The new president of the United States, Barack Obama, has just made one of the most important speeches of his presidency, speaking in front of a joint session of Congress about the problems that are facing the nation and about how he plans to tackle them. And amongst phrases related to the economic recession, the war... |
26 February 2009
04:42 GMT |
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From the earliest, planning, stages of the U.S. economic stimulus bill, Microsoft has indicated strong support for the initiative, arguing the critical necessity of the financial package. Last week, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer addressed the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Retreat, ... |
11 February 2009
09:23 GMT |
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For a long time, videogames have been looked at like the spawns of an outsider culture, a mark of those who were different. In a short span of time, the same videogames have become a mark of addiction, of those who need to be warned about the dangers of sitting down and playing titles like Gears of War 2, Condemned 2... |
14 January 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The menace of getting struck by an asteroid or a comet has been one of the largest threats that humans have had to live with for countless centuries. Every time people hear that a new celestial body has been discovered, they immediately ask themselves “will it hit us?” This fear comes from the knowledge t... |
7 January 2009
08:55 GMT |
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A recent report, released by the investigation arm of the US Congress, revealed that the carbon offsetting scheme may not be the best way for governments of rich countries to go about reducing the carbon footprint they leave on the atmosphere yearly. Under the system, companies in developed nations are allowed to pay... |
5 December 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Researchers at John Watkins Hospital (JWH) in Baltimore recently conducted a census on more than 21 previously-published studies, totaling more than 150,000 female test subjects, from which they found that there was no significant difference in mental health between a woman who had an abortion and one who didn't... |
4 December 2008
15:01 GMT |
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President-elect Barack Obama founded much of his campaign on his environmental policies, and the people who voted for him, especially environmentalists and ecologists, hope to see their confidence pay off in the coming year, when the UN Conference on Climate Change is scheduled to take place in December. Copenhagen w... |
24 November 2008
09:22 GMT |
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Argentina recently took the first steps in becoming the first country in its region to make insurances a must for companies and corporations engaged in activities that may pose risks to the environment. Officials, who made the announcement on Thursday, said that this measure would affect over 35,000 businesses throug... |
20 October 2008
02:32 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the trade association which represents the video game publishers active in the United States, has endorsed the decision of the United States Congress to approve a bill called the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008, also known as the PR... |
15 October 2008
03:55 GMT |
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With the terrible state of the economy nowadays, legislation and bills regarding global warming and renewable energy issues are being dismissed by both Democrats and Republicans. The strain of constantly-rising gas prices and energy costs is taking a toll on the Americans, who are no longer behind expensive bills to ... |
13 October 2008
04:01 GMT |
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Microsoft was one of the players who intervened into the matters of the U.S. House of Representatives, indicating a strong support for a piece of banking legislation designed to provide a breath of fresh air for the collapsing U.S. financial sector. In September, following the rejection of the first draft of the $700... |
6 October 2008
06:15 GMT |
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