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April 27, 2006

ANN Special Feature: Glasair Aviation's Mikael Via on '2 Weeks to Taxi' Part II -- 04.28.06

Yesterday... we talked with Glasair boss Mikael Via about his company's revolutionary homebuilt assistance program... "Two Weeks to Taxi." Let's continue that discussion now. Mikael tells ANN's Jim

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CALIPSO Is A No-Go For Sixth Straight Day

Temp Sensor Anomaly Pushes Launch To Friday

To quote Charles Schulz's erstwhile but oft-put-upon protagonist, Charlie Brown: good grief. That may to best sum up the sentiment at NASA these days, as the agency had to once again delay the launch of the CloudSat and CALIPSO satellites Thursday morning.

Partnership With Boeing In Doubt

Lockheed Martin CFO Chris Kubasik dropped a bombshell Tuesday, when he revealed that the company's board would review the business case for the United Launch Alliance -- the proposed partnership with aerospace rival Boeing for satellite launch contracts -- and what's more, they may decide to spike the entire deal.

No Date Or Agenda Has Been Set For Trip

In a question-and-answer period Tuesday before members of the US Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin (right) made a somewhat shocking announcement: that he had accepted an invitation to visit China, and possibly begin talks on cooperating with the Chinese space program on future efforts.