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Space plane due in '08, NASA contractors told
Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON - NASA has formally notified the three contractors working on the orbital space plane project that the agency wants the companies to push toward a new deadline of 2008. When the project was proposed late last year, the plan was to have a...Tags: NASA, Alabama, Science and Technology, Technology, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Environment groups vow to defeat Buhl
Sun StaffThe state's leading environmental organizations announced yesterday that they will try to block Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s nominee to head the Department of the Environment, saying she lacks the experience needed to head the agency. Ten environmental...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Maryland, Dining and Drinking, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brian E Frosh
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Shuttles unlikely to fly for private companies
Sentinel Staff WriterNASA's space shuttles, sleek and white and elegant in flight, were always intended for far more than government work. From the very beginning, the orbiters were seen as tools for private business. But that vision of reliable space trucks hauling...Tags: Dave Weldon, Health and Safety at School, Technology, Company Privatization, Companies and Corporations
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Tape might hold key data on shuttle
From Wire ReportsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Salvaged tape from Columbia's data recorder might hold vital information up until just a few seconds before the shuttle disintegrated over Texas, accident investigators said yesterday. While the 9,400 feet of magnetic tape was...Tags: California, Aerospace Manufacturing, Space Programs, Kennedy Space Center, NASA
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Retiring is a time for hefty rewards
Sun StaffWith their seven-figure salaries and even larger bonuses, CEOs can buy some of the finer things in life, and put away a tidy sum for retirement. Often, however, they don't have to. Executive perks in Maryland, according to company filings, include...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Shore Bancshares Incorporated, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., Wages and Pensions, Duke University
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Report to look at all safety practices
Sentinel Staff WriterDetails of what caused the shuttle Columbia accident will take up only a limited portion of a "very thick" and "multilayered" final report to be written in coming weeks, the investigation panel said Wednesday. Members of the Columbia Accident...Tags: Armed Forces, Aerospace Manufacturing, Boeing Co., Space Programs, Weather
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Some businesses may profit from attacks
Sun StaffAs customers snatched American flags right out of the box at a jammed Flag Shop in Baltimore's Harborplace, clerk Lena Hamideh struggled to keep pace with the cash-register line and a telephone that rang every 30 seconds. "I need a 5-by-8 USA!" Hamideh...Tags: New York, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Aerospace Manufacturing, Interior Policy, Verizon Wireless
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Bush makes defense firms nervous
Sun StaffFew things can rattle the defense industry more than a new American president, so early in last year's election season the Aerospace Industries Association set out to determine which candidate best suited its agenda. Officials made a chart of the...Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Aerospace Manufacturing, Budgets and Budgeting, Al Gore
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Who and what to watch in 2001
Places and prospects Housing How the housing sector will perform is critical to the area's economy. New homes drive demand for building materials such as lumber, siding, brick and Sheetrock, and fuel construction and supplier jobs. Consumers buying both...Tags: Olympic Games, Peter G. Angelos, Armed Forces, Long Term Care, United Air Lines
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Protective tiles efficient, yet fragile
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe fragile thermal tiles that protect space shuttles on their fiery reentries to Earth's atmosphere are extremely effective in dissipating heat, but they also have a history of problems that make them a constant concern. The focus on the tiles' role...Tags: Technology, Aerospace Manufacturing, Movies, Building Material, Metal and Mineral
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Troubled Boeing weighs impact of shuttle tragedy
Tribune staff reporterThe space shuttle Columbia disaster comes at a difficult time for Boeing Co. Already suffering from enornmous declines in its commercial airplane business, the Chicago-based aerospace giant now has been humbled by a disaster in its most prestigious...Tags: New Products, Technology, Aerospace Manufacturing, Rockwell Automation Inc., Contracts
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Firm has plans for Balto. Co. lagoon project
Sun StaffHoping to create a shoreline promenade and tourist anchor on land once envisioned as a "mini-Harborplace," aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp. is putting together a major development project that will be key to Baltimore County's waterfront...Tags: Oakland (Alameda, California), Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Local Government, General Electric Company
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