The mind-boggling expense, the riskiness and the fragility of our existing space launch capabilies were hammered home to all of us in the aftermath of the Challenger explosion.
And this comes on the heels of our recent efforts to cut red tape and launch several existing projects faster and more efficiently.
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It might not have had an existing fan base for its launch today, but it had a whole lot of hype.
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So Krafcik insists his strategy will remain to elevate the upscale bona fides of the existing brand rather than to launch another marque.
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Ofcom gave it permission to use its existing spectrum after assessing whether the launch would affect competition among operators.
Previously O2 and Vodafone had expressed anger that rival network EE - formerly known as Everything Everywhere - had been given permission to use its existing 1, 800MHz spectrum to launch a 4G service earlier.
Whenever the BBC management proposes to launch a new service or make significant changes to an existing service the BBC Trust will consider the proposal and decide whether to launch a Public Value Test (PVT).
With Fundly, we looked hard for an existing fundraising solution that was easy to launch, easy to use and easily integrated into social media.
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He also stated his intention to launch a Pilot Institute using existing resources from the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Two further cases followed, the most recent triggered by the launch of iTunes - breaking an existing agreement, the Beatles claimed, that the Americans would keep out of the music business.
Ahead of the 101 launch, Tayside Police began to decommission existing telephone lines to ensure that contact with the public has remained as seamless as possible.
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Moon Express would use existing companies such as SpaceX to handle the rocket launch of the lander and then use its own technology to actually land on the moon.
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To launch these journeys, Golden Spike officials say existing rockets and spacecraft already built or under development can be enlisted.
The massive plane can return to load up for new missions quickly and can provide an alternative to launch facilities that are already backed up with existing space missions.
The launch of BBC AMERICA HD coupled with the existing VOD channel, BBC AMERICA On-Demand, expands the opportunity for viewers and distributors to access the best of British entertainment.
The launch demonstrates the ability of EE's existing 4G network, running over 1800MHz, to offer the reach, capacity and high speeds necessary to deliver high speed broadband to rural homes and businesses.
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Its Food Detective kit saw "good growth in existing markets in Ireland, Poland, UAE and China and a launch of the product in Brazil".
Palo Alto, Calif. plastic surgeon Steven Bates was so fed up with the inefficiencies, low response rates and expense of existing survey vendors that he and a few colleagues teamed up to launch DocsVox.
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One alternative to Ares, proposed by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, is to use modified versions of their existing Delta 4 and Atlas 5 rockets both to go to the moon and to resupply the space station, but at lower cost.
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