The risks posed by orbiting debris, a topic that increasingly preoccupies some military and aerospace experts, are significantly greater.

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The Holiday Inn Shanghai branch said it gathered input from various architects and even aerospace experts while constructing this sky-high glass-bottomed water container to ensure its safety.

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With the leadership of Red Bull Stratos technical project director, Art Thompson, a world-leading team of scientists, engineers and experts in aerospace medicine have been assembled to not only create the equipment necessary to help Felix reach his personal goal of freefall from 120, 000 feet, but also to have the ability to deliver valuable physiological data to the scientific community.

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