Burton himself was the worst offender, offering anecdotes and bad science with an air of authority.

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The broader benefit of all that science: "Having the technical product helps Air Products also sell the commodity gases" to those same customers, says Alain Harrus, former tech chief at chip-equipment maker Novellus.

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While the Air Force has stated that the vehicle is meant only for conducting orbital science experiments, analysts say the X-37B is capable of much more, and could perform additional tasks such as acting as an orbital spy, sneaking up on and tampering with enemy satellites or hauling small batches of supplies to the International Space Station.

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Andy Tatem, a reader in the Geology and Environmental Science department at the University of Southampton is the developer of vbd-air.com, a web tool developed for the Transportation Research Board to help track the spread of mosquito-transmitted illnesses via air travel.

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