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The Tipping Point In Commercial Spaceflight: 20 Years Ago Today
Forbes· 3 days agoTwenty years ago Friday, an unlikely group of aircraft designers and renegade commercial rocket engineers launched a civilian astronaut into space from ...
China launches new astronomical satellite developed in cooperation with France
China Daily· 1 day agoThe spacecraft, called the Space Variable Objects Monitor, or SVOM, is a combination of small telescopes. It was placed in a low-Earth orbit by a Chinese ...
Battle tank concepts mushroom at Paris arms show
Defense News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoKNDS — the joint venture of Germany’s Krauss-Maffei...Envisioned features include a weight savings of 10% over the 60-plus-ton Leopard 2. Engineers hope...
Harvard expert issues urgent nuclear war warning: 'Dark clouds loom'
Newsweek· 3 days agoA Harvard professor has warned the world is dangerously close to nuclear war at a time when leading...
Supersonic From Bongo To Boom
Aviation Week· 3 days agoAviation Week editors go back through the archives to the origins of supersonic flight, revisiting key programs and exploring the issues that are still challenging high-speed aircraft designers ...
76ers' best Paul George alternatives in 2024 NBA offseason
ClutchPoints· 3 days agoThe 2024 offseason is as pivotal as it gets for the Philadelphia 76ers. Armed with a ton of cap ...
It’s Time to Learn How to Blow Things Up Again
Foreign Policy Magazine· 5 days agoNATO member states’ defense spending is on an extraordinary growth spurt. Sweden, too, has doubled its defense spending. Germany, of course, is spending...
Readers sound off on Willie Mays, Donald Sutherland and pro-gun Republicans
New York Daily News· 2 days agoWhiting, N.J.: Willie Mays was the greatest all-around baseball player of all time. In early May...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 6 days agoUkraine president Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that a symbol of his nation’s pride will take to the skies again. The country plans on reviving the legendary Antonov An-225 Mriya by finishing ...
Strategic Weapons: Orbital Anxieties Proliferate
Strategy Page· 6 days agoIn late 2017 the U.S. revealed several active research projects like TBG (Tactical Boost Glide) and HAWC (Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon) which are similar in size and shape ...