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  Duncan Swain

  

  China’s New Spaceship Looks Like SpaceX’s — Here’s Why

  Popular Science - Sarah Fecht

  There's a good reason why all of today's manned spacecraft look pretty much the same China recently unveiled drawings of the capsule it plans to use to carry humans and cargo into space in the 2020s, and the design looks strikingly familiar. With a flat top, sloping sides, and a wide bottom, all of …

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  Duncan Swain

  

  Did We Lose The Technology To Go To The Moon?

  huffingtonpost.com - Quora

  How did we lose the technology to go to the Moon? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered …

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  Duncan Swain

  

  

  SpaceX releases close-up photos of Falcon 9's successful launch and landing

  The Verge - Jacob Kastrenakes

  SpaceX hit a major milestone last night when it stuck the landing of its Falcon 9 rocket. As usual, SpaceX documented the entire event for the public, broadcasting live video and publishing photos from the launch and landing sites so it can all be seen up close. A lot of people were watching last …

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  Duncan Swain

  

  Mars Needs Plutonium, So DOE Just Made Some

  Forbes - Jeff McMahon

  Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory produced a golf-ball sized chunk of Plutonium-238, the Department of Energy announced today, just as NASA was running out of the isotope that fuels its Mars rovers and powers its missions to the outer solar system and beyond. It's the first time American …

• http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-nasa-calls-off-next-mars-mission-because-of-instrument-leak-2015-12

  

  Duncan Swain

  Dec 23, 2015