Whilst much of the attention surrounding scramjets has focussed on the shorter journey times they could bring to long-haul passenger air travel, the first applications are likely to be in the space delivery business - launching small payloads, such as communications satellites, into orbit.

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They don't have ovens, seats or space for delivery boys to hang out.

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England had gone from losers to winners in the space of one delivery after Stuart Broad dismissed Denesh Ramdin in the 47th over.

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By using lasers, NASA is now on the verge of revolutionizing and speeding up delivery of data now dispatched from outer space and all around the solar system, the agency said.

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Suffredini said Monday that space station crew is well-supplied due to the delivery of goods by the final U.S. shuttle mission carried out by Atlantis last month.

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The self-contained suite also contains a delivery room, a double bedroom, living room, kitchen and extra space where they can meet the hospital chaplain or nursing staff.

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Though they're clearly keeping mum on the subject, it does seem a delivery service would be in line with Google's recent moves in the commerce space, such as the acquisition of locker startup Bufferbox and e-commerce firm Channel Intelligence.

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After that New Zealand offered little resistance as Stuart Clark (4-43) made it three wickets in the space of 15 minutes, Iain O'Brien falling victim to a slower delivery.

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"We are planning to build a permanent base on the moon by 2015 and by 2020 we can begin the industrial-scale delivery... of the rare isotope helium-3, " said Nikolai Sevastianov, head of Russian space vehicle manufacturer Energia, at a seminar in Moscow in January.

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