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Former IAEA DDG Goldschmidt: Refer Iran
by | 2005-09-14 | No Comments
Did you hear the one about the dehydrated Belgian … Pierre Goldschmidt, former IAEA DDG and now visiting scholar with the Carnegie Endowment, pens an op-ed in the New York Times calling for the IAEA Board of Governors to report Iran to the Security Council: The agency’s board of governors will meet in Vienna next …
Multiple Kill Vehicles (MKV)
by | 2005-09-12 | 5 Comments
Ever seen a mock-up of the Multiple Kill Vehicle interceptor? I lunched at the Army & Navy Club today, attending the George C. Marshall Institute’s Washington Roundtable on Science and Public Policy with MDA Deputy for Advanced Systems Gary Payton. I expect the Marshall Institute will post a transcript and Payton’s briefing, entitled Advanced Concepts …
REentry Structures Experiment (RESE)
by | 2005-09-11 | No Comments
No, that isn’t a typo. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) calls its demonstration of novel structures that can survive re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere—a crucial technology for the Common Aero Vehicle—the REentry Structures Experiment (RESE). After RESE came second on the Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) list in 2003, Jeremy Singer described the program …
