The flight, perhaps climbing to around 5, 000 miles above the earth, is intended to test the capsule's emergency launch-abort system, as well other systems, and Orion's protection against damage from micro-meteorites.

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And if the crew assigned to man the deep-space mission travels up separately to the station, it would also mean all the elements for their long-duration flight could be launched without the complications of ultra-safe abort systems that complicate manned rockets.

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Will we and other countries pursue policies that hinder growth and retard or abort a full-blown recovery, e.g.

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When campaigning for the presidency, Candidate Bill Clinton properly took Mr. Bush to task for his shortsightedness in trying to abort a promising American technology nearing fruition thanks to a decadelong, multibillion-dollar investment.

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One afternoon at the Shangri-La, my wife and kids and I decided to abort a long elevator wait and take the stairs.

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