Sentences with phrase «on a rocket designed»

And in 2010, lack of funding and new government priorities forced NASA to shut down its Constellation program which was working on a rocket designed to take us back to the moon and beyond.

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When Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of electric - car company Tesla, founded SpaceX back in 2002, he probably didn't envision that his company, which designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, would be responsible for delivering better coffee to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, believes the same thing, which is why his company has been working hard on reusable rockets designed to cut the cost of traveling through space on a regular basis.

In pursuit of this goal, the company has designed, developed, and extensively tested their Peregrine lander — which is now officially signed - on to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in 2019.

The thick, moldable foam was designed to protect astronauts during rocket travel, but absorbs movement just as well here on earth.

Although the new rocket will use engines derived from the shuttle, the capsule will be a fresh design three times the size of the Apollo capsule — large enough to put four astronauts on the moon.

For instance, Obama had proposed undertaking basic technology development and only then deciding on the design for a new heavy - lift rocket, but the Senate insisted that NASA build the rocket with existing technology — which preserves jobs, even if it raises costs and hampers innovation in the long term.

Complicating matters, both the Boeing and Sierra designs rely on Atlas 5 rockets to get to orbit, which in turn rely on Russian - made RD - 180 engines, Handberg notes.

Although all three designs use a traditional vertical launch rocket to get their vehicles into space, Sierra's competitors are building capsules that are designed to land back on Earth using either parachutes and airbags (in the case of Boeing's CST - 100) or thrusters (SpaceX's Dragon capsule).

The third engine, an RD - 105, was a water - shed design that led to the development of the R - 7, the engine on the rocket that lifted Sputnik into space.

The ambitious design is based on a novel hybrid jet — rocket engine concept that just may provide the necessary boost.

To fit on the rocket within its six - and - a-half-ton weight limit, yet maintain the size necessary to perform its observations, the Webb telescope was deliberately designed to have as little mass as possible, making its structure somewhat flexible.

Based on the design of the Constellation program's Ares V rocket, the SLS aims to return a heavy - lift capability to the U.S. space program that was lost following the last flight of the Saturn V rocket in 1973.

«While most rockets are designed to burn up on reentry, SpaceX is building rockets that not only withstand reentry, but also land safely on Earth to be refueled and fly again.»

For example, the Constellation rockets are based on the Saturn Vs, making use of some design elements of the Space Shuttle program.

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Rocket Dog Stassi Saloon features a faux suede upper, soft synthetic lining and foot bed, mid stacked heel, rubber sole unit, pull on design, round toe front, contrasting stitching, pull loops on either side, tassel detailing on the outer side and the Rocket Dog Dog logo embroidered on the outer side.

Interest in michael kors outlet» designs has sky rocketed since he first began his duties as judge on Project Runway that he isn't interested in selling his almost - majority stake to a higher bidder.

The Rocket Dog Spotlight Lima Crochet features Lima Crochet Fabric straps, slip on design, synthetic sole unit, lightweight construction, thong style straps and the Rocket Dog branding printed on the foot bed.

The user interface is clean and well designed and the App contains most features found on their website (plus, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to send someone a message).

The level design is purely amazing, it ranges from normal platforming, swinging from vines, minecarts, underwater levels, rocket barrels and even riding on the back of a rhino.

The class spent the day designing rockets getting set for lift - off on a top secret mission to colonise Mars.

The sixties attitude is palpable, but the Rocket's design also builds heavily on the modern lines and cues on the 2015 Ford Mustang GT on which it is based.

First shown as a design sketch, the Galpin Fisker Rocket is based on the latest - generation 2015 Ford Mustang.

It was the original motorbike engined track day car, and now more than 20 years on the Light Car Company is putting the Gordon Murray designed Rocket back into limited production.

Based on the 2015 Ford Mustang model, Rocket features chassis made of carbon fiber, designed by Henrik Fisker.

Although both countries were concentrating on designing rockets that could reach space, United States» military intelligence agencies really didn't know how far along the Soviets were in developing the technology.

Although both countries were concentrating on designing rockets that could...

Marketing resources can be in the form of setup resources (ex: getting a great book cover designed, spending money and time on setting up an outstanding online presence etc.) or recurring resources (tweeting daily, doing weekly blog posts, maintaining a monthly BookBuzzr subscription etc.) Think of your marketing like a rocket being launched into space.

Designed in collaboration with Rocket Sign, it combines the company's chip on board (CoB), CCT and ZACH technologies in a display promising low power consumption, 1200 nits brightness and HDR performance.

If Adam would rocket,... same would happen, anyone, including HP, Lenovo, Dell and all — would star making Adam clones, including design, 3Qi and so on

However, in modern Sonic, I feel too much emphasis is on speed — you barely have any chance to look at the level as you rocket through it these days and the levels are designed to only have one main route through them — there's no exploration or tricky platforming segments anymore.

«He always wanted to design rockets and was always watching tutorials on the internet.

While it may not have the challenge and character of an F - Zero game, the blisteringly intense speed and futuristic rocket car design more than make up for it, delivering a blazing fast, gorgeous experience for arcade racing fans on the WiiU.

Gameplay is similar to the original where you place a variety of offensive towers (machine guns, slowing glue, rockets, etc) on the field in places designed to maximize the likelihood of stopping the marauding clones trying to get from left to right on the screen.

The level design is purely amazing, it ranges from normal platforming, swinging from vines, minecarts, underwater levels, rocket barrels and even riding on the back of a rhino.

Designed by Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka its a fast - paced maze puzzler in which players have to place arrows on the floor to direct a line of mice into rockets so they can escape the giant cats.

Designed by Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka it's a fast - paced maze puzzler in which players have to place arrows on the floor to direct a line of mice into rockets so they can escape the giant cats.

Featuring an all - out racing design that includes a stripped interior and a Cosworth stage 3 supercharging kit and Rays rims, the 2015 Toyota GT - 86 Rocket Bunny is equipped with everything needed to fight for GT4 racing honors out on track!

«Rockets was designed by me to just be fun to fly and swoop around, but Kim Voll put a lot of work into making sure there was a large depth of mechanics you can learn and iterate on, improve your abilities, discover new things your rocket can do and map those onto your consciousness But when you first pick it up: You understand that the arrow - shaped - rocket flies forward when flames shoot out the back, and what goes up must come down.

The bravery, the ingenuity, the collaboration on a massive scale that could design and engineer everything from microscopic circuitry to million pound rocket boosters simply filled me with admiration and awe.

Stanford reports that two of their engineers — one a rocket engineer who has spent five years creating thrusters that run on nitrous oxide and the other an expert in wastewater management — have created a design that can carve down the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment plants with «a new sewage treatment process that would actually increase the production of two greenhouse gases - nitrous oxide (aka, «laughing gas») and methane - and use the gases to power the treatment plant.»

The cloud practice management platform Rocket Matter today is rolling out a series of updates designed to address requests from existing customers and to help new customers get up to speed on the system.

While most legal practice management software uses a «tabs and tables» approach to design, we've chosen to plot a new course relying on search and context to surface information, allowing legal professionals to accomplish their work at «rocket» speed.

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As part of Rocket Matter's attendance of SXSW, this week we'll focus on the little - understood and under - appreciated role of design in software.

Later, due to «poor design and engineering on the Rocket Sled and a faulty or non-existent steering system... the unchecked progress of the Rocket Sled led it and Mr. Coyote into collision with the side of a mesa.»

Whether you have an on - road bike or a dirt bike, a speedy «crotch rocket» or a cruiser designed for long trips on the open road, your bike is at risk each time it is unattended.

HP's Envy ISS, a printer designed for the extremely narrow use case of zero gravity, is hitching a ride on today's SpaceX CSR - 14 rocket launch.

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