"Extraction of propellants, bulk shielding and life support fluids from this first captured asteroid could jump-start an entire space-based industry, " the Keck team writes.

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As water-based materials are better at stopping radiation than metal, the approach theoretically represents the best of all worlds with less bulk, a simpler life support system and maximum room for supplies.

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CSAG's research has revealed -- and 60 Minutes has now validated -- that public companies are providing the bulk of the financial and technical life-support that has enabled these odious regimes to remain going concerns.

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The bulk of it comes from their parent firm, Standard Life Insurance, which is 96 percent invested in GARS for their pension plan since June 2005.

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The device, he says, picks up global positioning system (GPS) signals better than the iPhone (even in forests), boasts longer battery life and fits in his backpack without adding much weight or bulk.

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Also note that in this second picture, the new (or rather, new-new) middle class today represents a tiny, fringe population, while what I have labeled the obsolete class is actually the bulk of the mainstream economy that both Obama and Romney are currently fighting to keep alive on life support.

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Following in the footsteps of their dad Oliver, a Life Scout, and mother Tracie, a former scout committee chair, the two brothers have spent the bulk of their young lives committed to the values of the scout tradition: loyalty, honesty and personal accountability.

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