KickStart Your Rocket City News Review Hugh Stanley
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KickStart Your Rocket City News Review Hugh Stanley
KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - KickStart Your Rocket City News Review Hugh Stanley Hugh@myKickStart.com KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Networking Opportunities 11/14 GEO-Energy-Cyber Huntsville Summit 2013 - S&RC - HSV 11/19 PMI NAC lunch - Executive Leadership Skills presents “How to be a Great Communicator” with Richard and Vicky Scherberger - Aegis Technologies 11/20 1100: MOAA Meeting – The Summit – MG Tim Crosby 11/20 1130: AIAA Greater Huntsville Section - Lunch - Col Raymond Toth, Commander, AEDC, Arnold AFB, TN - Boeing Bldg 48-47 Auditorium, 950 Explorer Blvd., HSV 11/21 0800: SMDWG - Dynetics (1004 Explorer) -Mr. James Lackey, AMRDEC 11/21 1130: NCMA Meeting - RFCU (Wynn Dr.) - Dr. Dorothy W. Huston 11/22 1800: SSV 4th Annual Irish Christmas & Whiskey Tasting - Jackson Center 12/03 1530: National Space Club - Dan Dumbacher, Deputy Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development Division, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate NASA HQ - Jackson Center, 6001 Moquin Drive 12/03 1730: Association of Proposal Management Pros. Meeting – Aerojet Rocketdyne 12/12 MSFC Collaboration Forum – S&RC KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Local LEAN Frog Business Solutions, Inc. Wins Top Madison Chamber of Commerce 2013 Small Business Awd PPT Solutions Wins 2013 Small Business of the Year Award Summit 7 Systems in Huntsville makes 2013 CRN Fast Growth 150 list for third straight year Dynetics Technical Services Receives Marshall Space Flight Center Small Business Award Huntsville's Intuitive Research and Technology makes Fortune's Best Places to Work List 19 Huntsville, Madison County companies ranked on 2013 Inc. 500 ... Huntsville/Madison County ranked No. 4 on think tank's top 25 U.S. high-tech hotspots list Only one Alabama city on top 100 best places to live. Which is it? U.S. Space and Rocket Center board names new officers including new chairman New HSV Business uses crowd funding and 3-D modeling UAH gets top honors nationally - ranked fifth nationally in federally financed aeronautical and astronautical engineering research NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center Collaborates With Moon Express ... Army Materiel Command now senior command at Redstone Arsenal, Lt. Gen. Patricia McQuistion assumes top role KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Space Exploration Here’s the Latest Kepler Orrery Video: One in Five Stars Has an Earth-sized Planet in its Habitable Zone Scientists confirm Voyager 1 probe is in interstellar space Russian asteroid explosion data has scientists rewriting models Space Agencies Of The World, Unite: The U.N.'s Asteroid Defense Plan Astronauts Won't Go To Space Until At Least 2021, NASA Inspector Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Surprising Amount Of Water On Mars Mars Rover Comes Up Empty in Search for Methane Radiation makes Mars mission unlikely Incredible Technology: How to Launch Superfast Trips to Mars More than 2,700 pay up for a chance to take a one-way trip to Mars India leaps into interplanetary space with Mars mission India Can Send a Rocket to Mars and Fight Poverty at the Same Time KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Space Biz Zombie SATS: use it up, wear it out …DARPA Looking for 10 Retired Satellites To Raid for Parts in On-orbit Salvaging Demo Time is ripe for fire detection satellite Turning Android Phones Into Satellites for $3500 Russia Mulls Ban of RD-180 Engine Exports Russia Appoints New Space Chief Russia offers Brazil new joint space projects China sets course for lunar landing this year China started late, but could zoom ahead to lead space race Virgin Galactic needs a few space pilots, kite surfing optional? NBC teams up with Virgin Galactic for 'Space Race' reality TV show California vies with other states in commercial space race Houston Airport System announces plans for a spaceport Private Launches Bring Boom to Virginia Spaceport KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Business & Strategy Eurocopter to Go Commercial With Mississippi Plant Advanced Optical Systems makes touchless fingerprint identification a reality for smart phones, national defense Deloitte hires FBI agent who oversaw probe into Sept 11 attack Jo A. Decker Joins General Dynamics Information Technology Dynetics Technical Services wins Marshall Space Flight Center's Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year CFD Research Corporation - 1st tenant in HudsonAlpha's new building along McMillian Park Davidson Technologies in Huntsville breaks ground on $3.5 million expansion ATK Looks for $1.86B External Funding Deloitte named a global leader in cybersecurity consulting by Kennedy Huntsville's CFDRC awarded DoD Small Business Innovative Research Awd Georgia Tech Launches New Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Boeing Sees Future In GPS Business Contractors Are Now Using Encrypted Calls and Texts for Legal Advice PwC gobbles up Booz & Co as Big 4 rebuild in consulting KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Pictures of the Month Mars Iguana / Six Second Toothbrush / China’s CV KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Aerospace Cygnus: more insurance for NASA's growing lack of game Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Aborts First Space Station Approach Space Station Traffic Jam Delays 1st Arrival of New Private Cygnus Spacecraft Orbital Sciences' Spacecraft Returns to Earth as Blazing Ball of Trash OIG: no US astronaut launch until 2021 ...8 year wait for 8 ballers Outgoing NASA Deputy Reflects on High-profile, Big-money Programs Happy birthday NASA ...take the day off Government shutdown: NASA turns 55 – and turns out the lights NASA confirms DC once hosted intelligent life NASA defends decision to idle J-2X engine program, not a '$1.2 billion mistake' ANALYSIS: NASA’S NEW ROLE AS PARTNER KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Defense US 'pivot' to Asia gaining strength: admiral APKWS Laser-Guided Rocket Tested On Apache Tank-Bursting Hellfire, The Weapon Of Choice For Buildings that need Killin’ Pentagon spent $5 billion on weapons on the eve of the shutdown Defense Budget Headed for Dizzying Rollercoaster Ride US Army sees budget cuts affecting most weapons programs Analyst: Historical Trends Suggest Budget Cuts Deeper Than Sequestration Analyst: Pentagon Budget Could Drop To $415 Billion Hagel: Cuts to Pay and Benefits Are Needed Amos: Sequestration is costing the Marine Corps billions Navy Concerned about $500 Million Shortfall for Ballistic-Missile Subs Zumwalt: The Navy's massive, high-tech destroyer …Capt. James Kirk to helm new stealth craft Navy Joins Army in Plan to Cut Brass U.S. Navy Vice Admiral fired from nuclear post amid gambling investigation Navy Officials Accused of Taking Cash, Hookers and Lady Gaga Tickets KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Aviation Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works reveals a Mach 6 SR-72 Boeing unmanned plane has 5th flight DARPA Plans to Arm Drones With Missile-Blasting Lasers Israel drone manufacturing booms Navy's Newest Unmanned Helo Makes First Flight Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Micro-Gyro Prototype for DARPA ... The drone that may never have to land Lockheed to Build Army Anti-UAV, Weapon Laser Pentagon investigating Redstone Arsenal's Non-Standard Rotary Wing Aircraft Office over work on Russian helicopters US lawmakers ask Holder to back probe. Watchdog Finds 719 Problems with the Pentagon’s F-35 Program... Lockheed-Boeing Plan Joint Bid to Build Next US Bomber Bell teams with Lockheed for US Army helicopter bid Airbus sees global fleet doubling by 2032 Boeing CEO Expects Airbus to Surpass Boeing Air Force Mourns Likely Passing of A-10 Warthog USAF asks industry to answer C-130 replacement questions New Boeing B-52 Upgrade to Increase Smart Weapons Capacity by Half KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - International Putin says he might run for president again in 2018 High stakes for Putin as his Olympic dream nears U.S. to seize Manhattan skyscraper secretly owned by Iran U.S. leans toward withholding most military aid from Egypt: source White House denies reports U.S. halting military aid to Egypt China pressing for nuclear talks with North Korea China Says Its Nukes Can 'Easily Destroy' US Cities China Slams 'Dangerous Provocation' By Japan By Shadowing Sea Drill Israel Is Furious At Obama For The 'Scandalous' Leak That It Bombed Syria This Week We're #2: Americans Think China Is Taking Over Saudis 'turn to Pakistan to train army for Syria war' US carrier group to make "best speed" to typhoon-hit Philippines KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Missile Defense Unprecedented Dual Intercept Success for MEADS at White Sands Missile Range Raytheon Successfully Tests SM-6 Missile Interceptors Lockheed Martin Conducts Third Successful Flight Test of New GMLRS Warhead Aerojet Rocketdyne SM-3 Block IIA TDACS Completes Second Full System Hot Fire Testing AIM-9X Block III to Become a BVR Missile DARPA Tests Jassm-Based Stealthy Anti-Ship Missile MEADS System to Identify Friend Or Foe Aircraft Certified by U.S. Air Traffic Control Office U.S. names possible East Coast missile defense sites, but far from decision DARPA Just Spent $26M… On Anti-Missile Laser Beam Drone-killing laser could be the future of missile defense Pentagon To Probe Problems With Raytheon’s Kill Vehicle Russia unveils plans for new anti-missile system, 5th-generation fighter jet Russia's Vladimir Putin orders missile defense shipment to Iran ... US concerned about Turkey's choice of Chinese missile system Lockheed Martin's Aegis BMD System Completes Highest Target Intercept Yet KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Cyber / Tech Latest $M idea you missed out on: USB condoms 49% of the Links Cited in Supreme Court Decisions Are Broken… an Internet that is always growing is an Internet that is ... Adult escort agency now accepting bitcoins Report: 8 Out of 10 Users Infected With A Trojan Your next lightbulb may be a a Wi-Fi connection Read this article - and then decide if you should be backing up your files every week… Brit hacker hits NASA, Def sites ... tweets it ...busted The media discovers Silk Road Snowden Convinced Colleagues to Give Him Their Passwords 3-D printed metallic gun could shoot $33B firearm industry in the foot A Single-Atom Light Switch New technique prints ink-based electrical circuitry using a desktop printer Synaptic transistor learns while it computes KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - Strange Torque FAA Finally Lifts Epically Dumb Ban on Mobile Device Use on Planes Woman plans to hand out letters to overweight trickor-treaters Getting serious about the "any-direction" energy converter RIP Early Bird: 1948–2013 Some 2-year degrees pay off better than BAs Teens Are Losing Interest in Science, Survey Finds Colleges with the highest-paid grads Which college will land you the highest-paying job? To Compete, America Needs 6-Year High Schools KickStart Key Information Topics for SMDWG - Subscribe@mykickstart.com - All I know is what I read in the papers… – Will Rogers