Showing posts with label Construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Construction. Show all posts
Thursday, March 21, 2013

North Korea issues fresh threat to U.S. Bases!

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it would attack U.S. military bases on Japan and the Pacific island of Guam if provoked, a day ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

North Korea threatens South with 'final destruction'

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   GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea threatened South Korea with "final destruction" during a debate at the United Nations ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

100-Year Starship Project Forges Ahead With First Round of Funding

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An ambitious effort for an interstellar travel planning organization officially kicked off this week, after DARPA awarded $500,000 to fo...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 U.S.-led invas...
Monday, June 13, 2011

More than $6 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds lost

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The Iraqi and U.S. governments have been unable to account for a substantial chunk of the billions of dollars in reconstruction aid the B...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Plan in works for 500-foot, $100M Las Vegas wheel

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Aritst drawing of Skyview Super Wheel LAS VEGAS – A developer is rolling out plans to build a 500-foot viewing wheel on the Las Vegas S...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Ideas Wanted for 100-Year Starship Project by DARPA, NASA

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"The 100-Year Starship Study is a project seeded by DARPA to develop a viable and sustainable model for persistent, long-term, privat...
Monday, May 9, 2011

Aircraft carriers gain clout in naval power

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ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE – Despite growing controversy about the cost and relevance of aircraft carriers, navies around the world are ...
Friday, May 6, 2011

Four Companies at Forefront of Commercial Space Race

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Four private companies are the leaders in the effort to build commercial spaceships to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit and the Internat...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Space Tourism Business Could See Orbital Boom

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Sierra Nevada Corp Dream Chaser Orbital space tourism is a niche industry at the moment, but business could really boom if costs come d...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Private Sector Wants Mining Bases On the Moon

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The Shackleton Energy Co. wants to mine the moon's water ice and turn it into rocket fuel. Shackleton Energy Co. (SEC), which was for...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Tianjin Eco-City In China: The Future Of Urban Development?

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Green building is becoming so prevalent these days that it may not be enough to erect individual eco buildings anymore - the newest trend ...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Russia Wants Nuclear-Powered Spaceships and Space Debris Shields

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Russia has begun some ambitious space projects, including a new system to protect spacecraft from space junk and a nuclear-powered engine f...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Satellite appears to show NKorea nuke building

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SEOUL, South Korea – New satellite images show construction under way at North Korea's main atomic complex, apparent proof that Pyongya...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Bird's-eye view from Space Station

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Lights of Italy and Sicily island The International Space Station's Cupola window bay provides dazzling new views of Earth. Uppe...
Monday, November 15, 2010

In Race for Private Space Stations, It's U.S. Versus Russia

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A new space race is beginning, but this time between private companies, not nations. Businesses in the United States and Russia are vying t...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Virgin Galactic Spaceship Christens New Spaceport Runway

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The Virgin Galactic suborbital vehicle SpaceShipTwo, called Enterprise, soars over New Mexico's Spaceport America terminal – still u...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Moon Crater Has More Water Than Parts of Earth

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A frigid crater at the moon's south pole is jam-packed with water ice, with some spots wetter than Earth's Sahara desert, boosting ...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Swiss inch toward world's LONGEST TRAIN TUNNEL.

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Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. The tunnel has been under construction since 1993, and upon its scheduled completion at the end of 20...