On Tuesday, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 readying for takeoff at Boston Logan International Airport sprang a leak from its main engine, spilling about 40 gallons of fuel onto the runway and causing safety workers to tow it back to the gate.
NASA's slice of the pie includes a plan that would improve detection of near-Earth asteroids, send a solar-powered robot ship (like the NASA concept above) to capture one of the space rocks and tow it back to a stable orbit near Earth, where researchers could study it up close.
Astrium's plan to tackle defunct satellites is to use an unmanned chase spacecraft to get in range, fire a barbed harpoon into the body of the rogue hardware and then use a smaller propulsion unit attached to a tether to tow it back towards the atmosphere where it will burn up safely on re-entry.
"Really, the safe thing to do was to tow the vessel back into port rather than re-energize the power system that was damaged by fire, " he said.
Another possible draw: the introduction of a service called Sea Smart, a one-button emergency gizmo, comparable to OnStar for luxury autos, with a panic button that sends a signal via satellite every ten seconds and offers real-time tracking of the distressed vessel on a 3-D color map back at Sea Tow's headquarters.
The lifeboat crew re-established the tow and guided the fishing vessel back to Tobermory.
When everybody is back with their kids in tow, maybe we'll make a day of the Cranbrook Institute of Science's planetarium.
Dylan disappears down the hall fro 10 minutes and comes back with Kim Basinger in tow, who was cutting songs for her film, The Marrying Man, in another room.
Shortly after exiting, Moore was quickly called back to stage after winning the award for best dance album and came back with his full posse in tow.
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He must finally confront some past mistakes when his son (Peter Walsh), on the rebound from his own broken marriage, barges back into his life, grandchild in tow.
They held the podium and hustled him in through the back of the stage with outgoing President Vicente Fox in tow.
The old man receives his winnings from a neutral spectator, and the loser puts his shirt and shoes back on and disappears in a huff, his fans in tow.
With my move back to Boston from New York, with elderly and active dogs in tow, a required stop had to be to Polka Dog Bakery, the little shop in the South End neighborhood that makes healthy dog treats and carries some cool merchandise for pet lovers everywhere.
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During the journey back to Tobermory, the fishing boat's bridle, to which the tow rope was attached, broke.
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