Sentences with phrase «just for propulsion»

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for example, the cell was just a gelatin simple substance in Darwin's time — in the past 20 years we have discovered complicated transportation systems, propulsion, energy, and replication systems — it will only get more complicated.

Unencumbered by human frailties, Curiosity — like the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which survived on the Red Planet years longer than expected — will be free to hunt for E.T. «If we find evidence for life on Mars, boy, are we just gonna go wild with speculation about how common it is in the universe,» says Lou Friedman, a former scientist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and cofounder, with Carl Sagan, of the Planetary Society.

Rockets today are not reusable, and that makes them so expensive — currently around $ 4,600 for each kilogram of payload lofted into low orbits — that the economics of putting solar modules in space just don't pencil out, even if the modules use solar - electric propulsion to lift themselves into their final orbit.

«The satellite reentered the atmosphere and fell into the ocean just short of Antarctica,» Alan Buis, a spokesperson for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tells us.

It has a solar sail that it can use for propulsion — harnessing the pressure of sunlight, just as a boat's sail harnesses the pressure of the wind — but it can also use the sail as an «orbital brake» to help it de-orbit to a fiery death in the atmosphere.

«It was clear,» says Charles Beichman, chief scientist for physics and astronomy at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the head of the Finder project, «that going out to three or four or five astronomical units [500 million miles from Earth] was just too hard.»

«This is the perfect target for such an exercise because while we know the orbit of 2012 TC4 well enough to be absolutely certain it will not impact Earth, we haven't established its exact path just yet,» said Paul Chodas, manager of the CNEOS at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Since the propulsion motor is on the input side of the transmission, it experiences gearchanges just like the gas engine would — and an occasional jolt can be felt, especially when the transmission downshifts as you're slowing for a red light.

Nissan has just launched e-Power, a new series - hybrid drivetrain that uses a small gasoline - powered engine to power its battery and electric motor for propulsion, the automaker announced early November.

The BMW X5 xDrive40e iPerformance can travel approximately 14 miles on pure electric propulsion, powered by a lithium - ion battery, ideally suited for short commutes and quick trips around town yielding an impressive 56 MPGe combined, the gasoline engine and electric motor put out 308 horsepower and 332 lb - ft of torque, enough to propel the X5 xDrive40e from 0 - 60mph in just 6.5 seconds.

Because VPD taps atmospheric components, which are poorly studied, Granger says the measure shows promise as a tool for unraveling how drought begins.Deep in the driest part of Southern California, just north of Los Angeles, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are tracking VPD across the West for the first time.

Interestingly, Lutz is extending the V8 magic to existing Karma owners by offering to convert their cars to gasoline - only propulsion for just $ 10o, 000 — roughly 100 % of the Karma's original price.