| Looming Air Force decision on mid-2020s launch contracts favors ULA, SpaceX
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| Enlarge / A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lifts the NROL-71 payload on Jan. 19, 2019. (credit: United Launch Alliance) Within the next 10 days, the US Air Force may issue an opportunity for rocket companies to bid on contracts for about 25 launches between 2022 and 2026. Although a "request for proposals" may not sound all that provocative, this particular government solicitation is filled with intrigue—and will have major implications for all of the big US rocket companies. At present, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX launch rockets for the Air Force, lofting powerful spy cameras, communication satellites and other sensitive payloads into various orbits for the government. In recent years, the military has sought to modernize its contractor base for the coming decade, encouraging new launch competitors and new ideas. This forthcoming solicitation for launch contracts in the mid-2020s, however, may effectively end that effort. It was only five months ago, in October, that the Air Force ...
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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lifts the NROL-71 payload on Jan. 19, 2019.
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| A decade on, smartphone-like software finally heads to space
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 Once a traditional satellite is launched into space, its physical hardware and computer software stay mostly immutable for the rest of its existence as it orbits the Earth, even as the technology it serves on the ground continues to change.
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| Balance of two enzymes linked to pancreatic cancer survival
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 UC San Diego School of Medicine research sets the stage for clinicians to potentially one day use levels of a pancreatic cancer patient's PHLPP1 and PKC enzymes as a prognostic, and for researchers to develop new therapeutic drugs that inhibit PHLPP1 and boost PKC as a means to treat the disease.
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| 2019 Lexus LX 570 Drivers' Notes Review | Long in the tooth
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 Filed under: Reviews,Lexus,Quick Spins,SUV,Luxury,Off-Road This dinosaur is aging, but it still packs in a lot of charm. Continue reading 2019 Lexus LX 570 Drivers' Notes Review | Long in the tooth 2019 Lexus LX 570 Drivers' Notes Review | Long in the tooth originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:54:00 EDT.
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| NASA reveals Bennu asteroid is spewing particles into space
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 An asteroid slightly wider than the Empire State Building has confused scientists by shooting out plumes of dust, as a new set of close-up images from NASA shows. Bennu, the near-Earth asteroid that NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has been observing since...
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