1.  During the Cold War, in addition to a hefty budget for military space operations, Russia spent heavily on its civilian space program.

2.  Furthermore, it accuses the oil giant of giving the military space and equipment for its anti-insurgency campaign.

3.  Indeed, a congressional commission Rumsfeld led until last December recommended that the Pentagon increase spending on military space technology and study ways to project power from space.

4.  Myers, a proponent of military space programs, can expect questions about missile defense and weapons in space.

5.  Other companies in the field have also received military space research funding over the years.

6.  Slightly bigger than NASA shuttles, the Buran was intended to be a military space plane.

7.  The results of the monetary squeeze are apparent even in the secretive military Russian space program.

8.  President Boris Yeltsin on Friday approved the creation of a second Russian space launching site, this one in the Far East, the military space force said.

9.  Russia will launch a booster rocket to put an American commercial satellite into orbit later this month, the military space force said Tuesday.

10.  Russian military space forces launched a research satellite Thursday night, Russian news agencies reported.