Space and Technology News Briefs: BAE Systems' assemblies, computers on Mercury mission

BAE SYSTEMS' solid-state recorder assemblies and radiation-hardened RAD6000 computers are bound for the planet Mercury aboard the spacecraft MESSENGER, the company said Aug. 31. A Delta II rocket carrying MESSENGER was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on Aug. 3...

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