tech: SpaceDaily Express February 16, 2000

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From: Simon Mansfield <simon@spacer.com>

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SPACEDAILY EXPRESS FEBRUARY 16, 2000
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- Was Polar Lander Doomed By Fatal Design Flaw
- NASA Okays Comet Tour
- Astro-E Launch Loss Leaves A Void
- NEAR Data Has Big Impact
- Endeavour Completes Half The Earth In 3D
- Micro-g Has The Measure On Martian Gravity
- US Military Chief Says June OK For Missile Decision
- China Defends Sino-Russian Military Cooperation
- US, Japan Vow To Continue Regional ABM Research
- AirForce Releases Launch Vision Report
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EARTH INVADES MARS

- Was Polar Lander Doomed By Fatal Design Flaw
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-polar99-00f1.html

Cameron Park - February 16, 2000 In a new development, an
industry source told "SpaceDaily" Tuesday that the Failure
Review Board for the Mars Polar Lander has located a fatal
design flaw that is regarded as the most probable culprit
in the Lander's disappearance last Dec. 3 somewhere over
the southern polar regions of Mars.

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SPACE SCIENCE

- NASA Okays Comet Tour
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/comet-contour-00a.html

Washington - February 15, 2000 - NASA's Comet Nucleus Tour
has moved a giant step closer to its launch when the project
received approval to begin building the spacecraft.

- Astro-E Launch Loss Leaves A Void
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/japan-astroe-00d.html

Greenbelt - February 15, 2000 - The loss of Japan's research
satellite to study X-rays Astro-E has left a  a void in the
understanding of higher-energy X-ray sources.

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NEAR TO ASTEROIDS

- NEAR Data Has Big Impact
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/near-00p.html

Laurel - February 15, 2000 - According to the latest science
update from the NEAR team at John Hopkins, "Fabulous data is
streaming in, and Eros is turning out to be as geologically
diverse and fascinating as anyone could have hoped," said
Project Scientist Andrew Cheng.

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SHUTTLE DAILY

- Endeavour Completes Half The Earth In 3D
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/shuttle-00n.html

Houston - February 15, 2000 - Endeavour has mapped more than
half the earth's surface, and scientists have praised initial
data from the mission.

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TECH SPACE

- Micro-g Has The Measure On Martian Gravity
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/gravity-00a.html

Washington - February 15, 2000 - Intelligent Detection Systems
subsidiary, Micro-g Solutions Inc., is developing an absolute
gravity gradiometer for use on Mars

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MILSPACE NEWS

- US Military Chief Says June OK For Missile Decision
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/bmdo-00i.html

Washington (AFP) February 15, 2000 - The chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff dismissed concern here Tuesday that
a June deadline for a decision on the deployment of a US
missile defense system was premature.

- China Defends Sino-Russian Military Cooperation
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/china-00f.html

Beijing (AFP) February 15, 2000 - China Tuesday defended
its military cooperation with Russia, while strongly
attacking US efforts to build space-based weapons like
its proposed national missile defense.

- US, Japan Vow To Continue Regional ABM Research
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/japan-missile-00b.html

Tokyo (AFP) February 16, 2000 - The United States and Japan
agreed Wednesday to continue research on a regional missile
defence system, despite some progress in missile talks with
North Korea.

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LAUNCHER

- AirForce Releases Launch Vision Report
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/launchers-00a.html

Washington (AFPN) February 15, 2000 - The Air Force vision
for expanding the spacelift partnership between commercial
industry and the federal government has been adopted in a
White House interagency working group report.

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