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Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic Flying You to Space

Forget NASA's giant rockets, forget even the Russian Space Agency's vintage but reliable Soyuz vehicles: The future of space travel for you and me (assuming we're filthy rich) is in private hands. Jeff Bezos' and Richard Branson's, ...READ»

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Plasma Rocket Simplified to The Point It's Made of Junk

Scientists at MIT have taken the still science fiction-sounding technology of plasma ion rockets, and cleverly reduced the design so that an engine can be fashioned from the simplest components while still putting out enough thrust ...READ»

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Fancy a Space Shuttle? NASA's Giving Some Away

The end of an era is rapidly approaching: Soon the skies will shake no more to Space Shuttle stacks rocketing into orbit, and the world's first real space ship will go gently into retirement. It's so soon, in fact, that NASA's beginning to plan ...READ»

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TechWatch: Scientist Sells Secrets to Chinese; TiVo Sells Pizza to You

A Virginia scientist has plead guilty to selling rocketry technology secrets to the Communist regime in China, while Domino's has begun selling its Internet-ordered pizzas over TiVo set-top boxes.READ»

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