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It had to be engaged somehow if the ascent engine was to fire and lift us off the surface.
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It will be up to the CMOs to decide which fire walls to lift and which new ones to erect.
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The rocket had been due to take off on Wednesday, but lift-off was cancelled three hours before launch after fire extinguishing fluids were detected leaking from parts of the equipment.
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The fire department brought in a large crane to delicately lift the car off the house.
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More importantly, it gave Ashton a morale-boosting lift at the end of a week when he has come under fire for England's lack-lustre performances and the treatment of Wilkinson, who many felt was made the scapegoat for the loss to Scotland.
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Lovingly nicknamed Anna Konda (no explanation necessary), the Norwegian bot was assembled using 20 hydraulic motors powered by a regular fire hose, whose 100 bars of pressure give it enough strength to break through walls and even lift a car right up off the ground.
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When their 3-meters long robot, nicknamed "Anna Konda", is connected to a fire hose the hydraulics enable it to project a powerful stream of water and give it enough power to lift 650 kilograms, strong enough, its developers believe, to punch a hole through a door or wall to get to the flames.
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