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Monday, April 14th, 2008

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NASA Gives Aerojet Contract To Develop LOX/Liquid Methane Engine NASA gave Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. [NYSE: GY] unit, a contract to develop a 5,500 pounds/feet thrust liquid oxygen-liquid methane engine. Two NASA programs, the Altair lunar lander program and the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP) partnered to create the Propulsion Cryogenic Advanced Development (PCAD) project to support methane technology maturation and advancement. The NASA PCAD project is managed jointly by Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Marshall Space Flight Center in…

Congress

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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