'Radiation-Proof' RVs to Launch Soon in U.S.
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Two private U.S. companies have designs  on building the first luxury recreational vehicle that could  withstand nuclear radiation.
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One of the last frontiers of semiconductor technology -- environments where electronic devices have to run at high power, in fierce heat or at lethal doses of radiation -- may be about to fall.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  May 24--Engineers and technicians at Langley Research Center in Hampton are testing airbag designs that could help protect the next generation of moon walkers as they return to Earth.
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By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 16--The hippie van has gone high-tech.
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France's Areva CEPFi.PA is among   several companies interested in vying for a nuclear recycling   project in the United States, the world's largest maker of   nuclear reactors said.
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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NASA is working to solve a potentially dangerous vibration problem in its next generation of launching vehicles.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said on Monday it plans to launch a small nuclear reactor in the United States after 2011, aiming to take advantage of a resurgence in the U.S. nuclear power market.
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Big batteries will fight blackouts and could make renewable power economically viable.
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Plutonium from U.S. nuclear warheads &#151; enough to make nearly 20 Hiroshima-style bombs &#151; is headed for France aboard armed freighters and a new life as commercial fuel that will ultimately light American homes.
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WASHINGTON NASA&#39;s ready to roll out an improved rocket fuel tank designed to prevent problems that helped destroy the space shuttle Columbia.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The United States   begins its next step in human space flight with the   announcement by NASA on Thursday of a contractor to design and   build spaceships to fly to the moon.
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- The explosive growth of tools and toys using data from the US military&#39;s array of Global Positioning System satellites is showing no signs of letting up, and the US Air Force aims to meet demand.
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Energy companies plan to file permit requests in the next two years to build 27 new nuclear reactors in the United States, according to a U.S. regulator who said Tuesday his agency expects a "nuclear renaissance."
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20  - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said.
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A solar sail spacecraft designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight will be launched early next year, The Planetary Society said Tuesday.