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Eventually, the X-51's hypersonic propulsion technology may be applied to civil aviation as well.
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The second propulsion technology on Strand is its pulsed plasma thrusters.
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The key to future space travel lies in biotechnology, not propulsion technology, say experts who have suggested GM trees could grow their own greenhouses on Mars.
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According to the authors, an industrial espionage campaign led by Chinese spy agencies has targeted companies making products as diverse as semiconductors, motor vehicles and jet-propulsion technology.
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"It is feasible to take Galileo satellites up with electric propulsion, if the technology is available and mature enough, " commented OHB's Ingo Engeln.
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Mr. Marchionne held up hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion as an example of faddish technology that proved impractical.
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The latter include, for example: supercomputers, advanced machine tools, fiber optic and other sophisticated telecommunications gear, jet engine hot sections, rocket propulsion and guidance components, "stealth" technology, to name a few.
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Maglev technology has been around for years as the propulsion method behind certain European and Asian trains, and basically involves using the Physics 101 properties of magnetic attraction and repulsion to provide an object with momentum.
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The Wave Glider SV3 incorporates the latest advancements in energy harvesting technology providing the ability to utilize both wave and solar energy for forward propulsion.
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In a third study published in Nature, Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna and Maria Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, and Bruce Banerdt of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, provide impact evidence from gravitational and topographical signatures on Mars.
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