Gump said the ability to produce fuel in space would be a boon for NASA, as the U.S. space agency shifts its focus toward exploring deeper into the solar system.
Now it is the centre of a space race to mine rare minerals to fuel our future - smart phones, space-age solar panels and possibly even a future colony of Earthlings.
Founded by Jeremy Leggett, the chairman of solar energy company Solarcentury, along with (rather unusually since his company will be consuming plenty of fuel to get rockets into space) Virgin Galactic Chief Executive Will Whitehorn.
The ship was carrying food, supplies, fuel and other equipment for the space station.
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Off-world settlements will provide fuel and life support materials for space missions and planetary operations, and for return of goods to Earth.
These wheels help the probe maintain its "attitude", or orientation, in space without needlessly expending fuel by using thrusters to do the same job.
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Basically, the old Liberty was very capable off-road, but it did not keep up with consumer demands, which now value refined road manners, good fuel economy and lots of interior space more than the ability to hop boulders and ford streams.
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The Apollo space program relied on hydrogen fuel cells, which work by stripping electrons from hydrogen atoms.
China's concern was that the American missile defence system would lead to increasing use of space for military purposes and fuel an arms race.
In this case, metals and fuel from asteroids can expand the in-space industries of this century.
Rocket fuel is currently the No. 1 reason that space travel is so expensive.
We had reserved a compact car, a cost effective option we knew would not only be fuel-efficient but also easily meet our minimal space requirements.
Water is very expensive to get off the ground so the plan is to take it from an asteroid to a spot in space where it can be converted into fuel.
It enables the Chinese to build and operate their own space station, establish the technology that is necessary to efficiently send astronauts to the moon and beyond, build and operate fuel depots, and construct vehicles and bases in space.
That's certainly plenty ambitious for a company new to the cellphone space, and should no doubt only further fuel those rumors of a certain acquisition.
If people don't have the freedom to make mistakes then they will never have the space to make the huge step changes that fuel human progress.
Officials say it would be supplied by freighters in exactly the same way that robotic cargo ships keep the International Space Station (ISS) today stocked with fuel, food, water, air, and spare parts.
The light trucks coming to market like the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado pickup and Ford Transit cargo van feature loads of fuel-saving technologies, proving you can have the space and capability you need and still get decent gas mileage.
Water from asteroids could be broken down in space to liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen for rocket fuel.
Experts said there has been an uptick in demand for warehouse space since the recession, as online retailers and fuel-conscious companies generally look to store their products near major population centers.
Cheap fuel and mass-produced cars led to a shortage of road space and the need for pollution controls.
The robotic truck is heading to the space station with new supplies of food, air, fuel, and experiments, as well as other equipment.
This time, the timing can't slip even by a few seconds, because then the SpaceX vehicle would end up in a less than optimum trajectory and lack essential fuel reserves to be able to catch up and dock with the space station.
In our research we aim to be able to emulate this approach in a new kind of software that can provide significant benefits in improving the efficiency of traffic flow, hence improving road space utilisation, reducing journey times and potentially, improving fuel efficiency.
Carrying enough fuel for rapid transit of large oceans takes up a tremendous amount of space and weight that could be devoted to carrying cargo.
As the Syrian refugee crisis begins its second winter, Lebanese host households are struggling to cope with the burden of increased expenditures, decreased living space, and an ever-increasing need for more food, fuel and basic living necessities.
The shift to a greener economy involves changes in the way we use space as much or more as changes in the way we use fuel: People reorganizing their lives in ways that allow them to walk to work rather than drive.
And, also like fuel cells, that initial application may now be found in the specialised needs of space travel.
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The report insists that, in hand with a combination of energy efficiency and fuel-switching measures, this growth in electricity production would be enough to supplant all fossil fuel use (coal, gas and oil), including that for transport and space-heating.
In the short run, that might restrict natural-gas use to vehicles such as lorries and buses, where space is at less of a premium (and which already run on a different fuel from most cars).
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