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 <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 8:28:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>SPOT Announces Participation At Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Conference in Salt Lake City, July 21-24</title>
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  <description>SPOT Announces Participation At Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Conference in Salt Lake City, July 21-24&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/9m8x-PHrfiI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 6:05:28</pubDate>
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  <title>NASA GSFC Solicitation: Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition -- RAPID III Draft RFOP</title>
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  <description>NASA GSFC Solicitation: Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition -- RAPID III Draft RFOP&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/btti9pw_V_k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:17:47</pubDate>
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  <title>Statement by AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey on Report by the National Research Council Report on the U.S. Space Program</title>
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  <description>Statement by AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey on Report by the National Research Council Report on the U.S. Space Program&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/QZJbk3RKebw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:02:37</pubDate>
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  <title>NASA Selects 20 Innovation Fund Projects</title>
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  <description>NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program, working with the Office of the Chief Engineer at NASA Headquarters, has selected 20 projects for the 2009 NASA Innovation Fund.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/jV1WRcYmBrs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:29:42</pubDate>
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  <title>Space Systems/Loral Delivers AsiaSat 5 to Baikonur Launch Base</title>
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  <description>Space Systems/Loral today announced that it shipped a new communications satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch in early- to mid-August&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/w8AvvoiW6ns" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 9:27:10</pubDate>
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  <title>NASA Solicitation: Biography of Dr. Thomas Paine</title>
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  <description>The NASA History Division has a requirement for the commercial service of writing a complete scholarly book-length biography of Dr. Thomas Paine, NASA's third Administrator.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/18EK45l2CcQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 9:11:43</pubDate>
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  <title>NASA KSC Solicitation: Exploration Ground Launch Services - EGLS</title>
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  <description>NASA KSC Solicitation: Exploration Ground Launch Services - EGLS&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/qKhCFFEbRog" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 9:08:00</pubDate>
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  <title>Virtuoso Prepares to Send Passengers into Sub-orbital Space as Virgin Galactic Completes Successful SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor Testing</title>
  <link>http://www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28694</link>
  <description>At present, fewer than 500 people have ventured into space, but Virgin Galactic already has nearly 300 people from 42 countries waiting in the wings, including Virtuoso CEO, Matthew D. Upchurch.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/DcwKUwj63FY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 8:03:35</pubDate>
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  <title>NASA Increases Contract For Aerospace Vehicle Technology</title>
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  <description>NASA Increases Contract For Aerospace Vehicle Technology&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/Iy_rkoKFGv0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 7:22:53</pubDate>
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  <title>Jacobs Assumes Operations at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility</title>
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  <description>Jacobs Assumes Operations at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/WNkPJJUoajM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:40:22</pubDate>
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  <title>Northrop Grumman Plays Major Role in NASA's Development of Alternate Astronaut Escape System Launch Abort System Successfully Tested At NASA Facility</title>
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  <description>Northrop Grumman Plays Major Role in NASA's Development of Alternate Astronaut Escape System
Launch Abort System Successfully Tested At NASA Facility&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/kHNGe9RahWY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:19:31</pubDate>
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  <title>Orbital Selected by NASA to Build New Space Science Satellite to Study X-Ray Polarization</title>
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  <description>Orbital Selected by NASA to Build New Space Science Satellite to Study X-Ray Polarization&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/NICYksQceRM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:18:05</pubDate>
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  <title>Ad Astra VX-200 Plasma Engine Demonstrates Superconducting First Stage at Full Power</title>
  <link>http://www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28667</link>
  <description>Ad Astra VX-200 Plasma Engine Demonstrates Superconducting First Stage at Full Power&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/lWxkgayYHiU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:07:51</pubDate>
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  <title>NASA Constellation Blog: Where Things Stand with Constellation (Jeff Hanley)</title>
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  <description>"The development cost for achieving the first crewed flight today is roughly $30 billion, far short of estimates which have been recently bandied about."&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/HGEHjr_GtUc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:42:04</pubDate>
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  <title>James Webb Space Telescope Core Completes Thermal Testing</title>
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  <description>James Webb Space Telescope Core Completes Thermal Testing&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommercialSpaceWatch/~4/Cr-ghStuUbs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:54:50</pubDate>
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