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Obama Moves To Link Pentagon With NASA 491

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday January 04, 2009 @10:25AM from the thought-they-wanted-to-save-money dept.

Amiga Trombone sends this quote from the beginning of a story at Bloomberg: "President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the US's civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China. Obama's transition team is considering a collaboration between the Defense Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration because military rockets may be cheaper and ready sooner than the space agency's planned launch vehicle, which isn't slated to fly until 2015, according to people who've discussed the idea with the Obama team."

Ender in Exile 507

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 17, 2008 @03:42PM from the read-all-about-it dept.

stoolpigeon writes "Orson Scott Card's work Ender's Game began as a novelette, which he says he wrote as a means of leading up to the full story he had developed, Speaker for the Dead. Ender's Game was published as a full novel in 1985, and won the Hugo and Nebula awards (as did Speaker for the Dead in '86 and '87). I think it is safe to say that Ender's Game is ensconced in its position as a science fiction classic. Now, 23 years later, Card has finished the first direct sequel to Ender's Game in his new novel Ender in Exile." Keep reading for the rest of JR's review.

Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat 333

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 17, 2008 @01:28PM from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

nk497 writes "A new wireless camera called the I-Ball is being developed to be shot into locations using a grenade launcher so troops can see what lies ahead. The I-Ball sends real-time, 360-degree video back to soldiers while it's flying through the air and when it lands."

Air Force To Re-Open Pursuit of Cyber Command 142

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @06:17PM from the taking-off-the-cyber-gloves dept.

GovTechGuy writes "Top Air Force leadership has decided to pursue forming a Cyber Command to defend Defense Department networks and to launch cyberattacks against foes, after putting the project on hold in August."

Comment Direct Link to the video (Score -1, Redundant) 325

by Finnegar on Tuesday December 12, 2006 @10:44PM (#17218072) Attached to: Unrefined "Musician" Gains a Global Audience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo

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