GPS III from Lockheed Martin Corporation

Excalibur XM982 GPS Shell

Aegis Missile Defense Test

Orion to the Moon - NASA ANIMATION

Solara Launches A Global, 2-Way Handheld Interactive Satellite Text Messenger

Solara Remote Data Delivery Incorporated announced today the release of the
Field Tracker 2100, an interactive text messenger with automatic GPS tracking and 2-way communications anywhere on earth. The Solara Field Tracker 2100 operates over the Iridium satellite network, making it the only handheld device with on-screen interactive text messaging and GPS tracking with truly global coverage.

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NASA offers $1.5 million for 200MPG aircraft

NASA today opened up the completion for its Green Flight Challenge which offers up to $1.5 million for an aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon.

Co-sponsored by the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation the competition is scheduled for July 2011 at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. A variety of innovative experimental aircraft using electrical, solar, bio-fuel or hybrid propulsion are expected to enter. Several major universities and aircraft builders have expressed their intention to enter teams in the challenge, NASA stated.

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