BUSINESS NOTES ROCKETDYNE WINS NASA CONTRACT.CANOGA PARK - Boeing Co.'s Rocketdyne unit won a $65 million contract as part of NASA's $767 million Space Launch Initiative. The company did not comment on the project. NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. is planning a reusable space vehicle similar to the current space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. and will tap the specialties of 22 different companies and two university research programs. Rocketdyne will handle upper stages of the delivery vehicle and propulsion, integral parts of the package that NASA claims will improve crew survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. a hundredfold, at one-tenth of the cost. Glendale-based Honeywell also won a $11 million contract on the project. - Daily News Foreigners can rent cell phones Foreign visitors to Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX will soon have a chance to rent a cell phone locally. ``International passengers arriving at LAX often find that U.S. cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. network connections and technologies are not compatible with their cellular phones from their countries of origin,'' said Ramon Olivares, who runs the concessions division for Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van . The phones, expected to be available by August, can be rented at a Triptel counter next to an ICE currency exchange counter in the Bradley terminal. Customers will pay regular air charges and a $5 daily service charge. They'll be able to drop the phones off at the Triptel counter before departing again, or can pay $12 to $15 to have Federal Express ship them. - City News Service Salem purchases Spanish station CAMARILLO - Salem Communications Corp., a provider of Christian-oriented radio, electronic and printed resources, has agreed to buy Pacific Spanish Network Inc.'s KLNA-FM (105.5) in Sacramento for $8 million. The two companies signed a local marketing agreement to turn operation of the station over to Salem immediately. The company anticipates closing these transactions during the second half of 2001. KLNA-FM is a dance music station that will join Salem's growing roster of contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term Inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. stations, called ``The Fish'' formats. Salem operates these formats in Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland, all stations acquired by Salem in the last year. - Daily News |
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