The logistics involved are so numerous and prone to error -- slowing the craft from 13, 000 mph to 0 mph and then deploying, detaching and avoiding collision with the supersonic parachute for starters -- that it's a wonder the government ever signed off on the project.

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For instance, if one molecule approaches another, it will drift along at the same speed with no thought of avoiding a collision.

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In the eighth, Cubs 1B Rizzo made a juggling catch of Zimmerman's popup to shallow right, tumbling head-over-heels and barely avoiding a collision with a teammate.

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The BBC's Barbara Plett says Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan has not closed as a result of the collision, avoiding a major disruption to water traffic.

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She was driving her best friend Hannah Roper on the B1107 Brandon Road, near Thetford Golf Club, when her Ford Ka was in collision with a VW Golf that had been avoiding a deer.

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He took no avoiding action as there was no time but assessed the risk of collision as being high, said the report.

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