News of May 29, 2006
NASA switches plan for rocket
Posted at: Mon May 29th, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL - Sounding a death knell for an American space workhorse, NASA officials say they no longer intend to use shuttle main engines to power a new monster moon rocket that will rival the Apollo-Saturn 5 in size.
Instead, clusters of five modified Delta 4 rocket engines will ...
Turkey: Eurofighter exceeds JSF offer for local industry
Posted at: Mon May 29th, 2006
European Eurofighter consortium proposes a $5 billion industrial participation program to Turkey if it agrees to become the fifth partner of the group, matching the over $4 billion offer made by the multinational JSF group led by Lockheed Martin, reports Turkish Daily News.
