Company Currently Working On SpaceShipTwo, New Carrier
Vehicle
Say it ain't so, Burt! Pending regulatory approval by the US
Department of Justice, Northrop Grumman Corp. plans to increase its
stake in Scaled Composites -- the maverick aerospace company led by
Burt Rutan, and builder of the Ansari X-Prize Cup-winning
SpaceShipOne -- from 40 percent to 100 percent.
Units Will Search For Minerals, Water Using 3-D Laser
Scanners
Two National Aeronautics and Space Administration robots are
surveying a rocky, isolated polar desert within a crater in the
Arctic Circle. The study will help scientists learn how robots
could evaluate potential outposts on the moon or Mars.
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