Sentences with phrase «rocket powered by»

We already know how to build speedier and more efficient rockets powered by electricity instead of chemicals, but they won't do much to get us to nearby stars.

Carlos J. Bustamante is a natural tinkerer, with a penchant as a child for taking apart and reconstructing toy cars, and building and launching rockets powered by explosive chemicals of his own concoction.

Not exact matches

Family power bills to rocket by $ 246 a year The average WA household will be slugged an extra $ 4.74 a week - about $ 246 a year - for electricity from July 1, the state government announced yesterday.

With all the innovations in space travel, Bigelow believes at least one rocket - powered transportation company will be operational by 2018.

XCOR is pursuing the latter paradigm with its winged rocket - powered Lynx, a reusable space vehicle that will take off from a conventional runway and blast into suborbital space (roughly 330,000 feet, or 63 miles) powered by an onboard rocket motor before flying back to Earth and landing on a conventional runway.

With a rocket - powered test flight, the billionaire's space transportation company moves closer to its goal of shuttling tourists into space by 2014.

With more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff — equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft at full power — Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two.

«With more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff — equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft at full power — Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two,» SpaceX tweeted on Tuesday night.

Without question, some start - ups powered by other people's money have rocketed to success.

Yesterday, Apollo Power (TASE: APLP) became the latest stock market company in Israel to announce that it was looking to become active in cryptocurrencies - an announcement that sent the company's share price rocketing by as much as 150 % in the course of yesterday's session.

In the meantime, don't be surprised to see stories about Kim Jong Un's rockets being powered by Bitcoin.

Israel withdrew its army and 8,000 settlers from Gaza Strip; the power vacuum was soon filled by Hamas, and this densely populated coastal strip became a launching pad for thousands of rockets against Israeli civilian areas, provoking two mini-wars.

In fact, an entire industry of nimble space - vehicle ventures has sprung up in recent years, including SpaceX, headed by PayPal founder Elon Musk; Armadillo Aerospace, started by computer - game developer John Carmack; Blue Origin, a pet project of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos; and SpaceDev, which came up with the novel rocket engine that powered SpaceShipOne.

The SpaceLiner, a hydrogen - powered rocket plane conceived by the German Space Agency, could someday carry up to 50 passengers through the upper atmosphere.

The earliest rockets were solid fuelled, powered by gunpowder, used by the Chinese in warfare as early as the 13th century.

The proposed main rocket is powered by liquid oxygen and methane, which could theoretically be extracted from soil on the moon or Mars.

The next generation of space probes is being powered by highly efficient electric plasma rockets.

These rockets — powered by ionized xenon gas — produce very low thrust compared with their solid - or liquid - fueled cousins, but use so little propellant that they last much longer.

By beaming a huge solar - powered laser at a vast ultralight sail attached to a spacecraft, we can use the energy of our own sun to accelerate the rocket to great speeds.

Powered by the company's own BE-3 engine, the rocket kicked off the launchpad yesterday (Nov. 23) at 11:21 a.m. Central Time, carrying the New Shepard space vehicle.

The rocket will be loaded with equipment for power supply and with equipment to record and analyse the data produced by the antenna.

Stone's proposed venture would create rocket fuel by melting water ice from the moon's soil, purifying it (exactly how, he says, is a trade secret), and splitting it into hydrogen and oxygen, perhaps using a solar - powered electrolysis system.

SLS like the Space Shuttle will be powered initially by two solid rocket boosters on the sides of the launch vehicle.

NASA recently performed a trial run on a rocket sled test fixture, powered by rockets, to replicate the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to landing.

Block II — A fully - fledged Earth Departure Stage to be powered by three J - 2X engines for 130 - metric ton rocket.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance's ULA Mariner, a ship owned by Foss Marine, delivered the Atlas V 401 rocket which will be used to power NASA's Mars Atmosphere Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission on its way to Mars.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Powered aloft by its lone RD - 180 rocket engine and four Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ60A solid rocket boosters, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 launched the GOES - S weather satellite into orbit on behalf of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

A few weeks later, the Wachowskis rehashed The Matrix by way of The Matrix Reloaded and Speed Racer with Jupiter Ascending, a sincerely silly and visually marvelous space opera featuring Brazil homages, rocket - powered flying boots, and other nerd delights.

Bottle Rocket — Wes Anderson's witty, Texas - tinged meditation on grand larceny and the bonds of childhood friendship — was by far the best of this lot, but Swingers, a cheaply made comedy about LA chick chasers that came out in early November to almost universal acclaim, seems to have demonstrated the most staying power.

Both players can even double the power of the Rocket Start by pressing the button at the same time.

When the star of the movie is outshone by a person in a rocket - powered wheelchair something has seriously gone wrong... actually, we'll take the rocket - powered wheelchair movie, please.

Empowered by paraplegic girlfriend Betty (Marisa Coughlin), who herself harbours ambitions to captain the world's first rocket - powered wheelchair, Gord gains the self - belief to make his centaur - based cartoon show a reality.

The title refers to five characters: Half - human pilot Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Saldana), Rocket (voiced by Cooper), an articulate behemoth named Drax (former wrestler Dave Bautista) and the inarticulate behemoth Groot (Diesel), a self - repairing human - tree hybrid with magical powers.

Comparing the Dems to Harvard football players whose success is mitigated by the need to «be a rocket scientist» at the same time, Che noted that the Republicans just need to be able to spell the (shortened) name of their school before they start running roughshod over niceties like civil rights, the Constitution, and the fear that they'll be exposed as hypocritical, power - grubbing bullies.

Powered by the company's famous 707 - hp, 6.2 - liter supercharged Hellcat V - 8 engine, the Track Hawk would reportedly rocket to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds.

2009 Scorpion Rocket bike powered by a 120ci Merch engine and a 5 - speed manual transmission.

Powered by a 324ci Rocket V8 engine with 4 - barrel carburetor and 4 - speed Hydramatic automatic transmission.

Though power drops by 15 horses and torque by 31 lb - ft (to a still - meaty 369), economy figures rocket upwards thanks to the loss of two pots — ratings of 28 MPG city and 42 highway eclipse those of the old six cylinder, which was rated at 22/32.

Mazda's rotary powered rocket, the RX - 8, has been given a few updates by the Japanese automaker in order to keep their sports car current and a bit more user friendly.

This 98 is powered by a 303 / 165hp, 4.9 - liter Oldsmobile Rocket V8 and Hydramatic 3 - speed automatic transmission.

The super sports car is powered by a 1,200 hp, 8 - liter W16 engine that transmits an unequalled 1,106 lb - ft (1,500 Nm) at 3,000 to 5,000 rpm to the tarmac and rockets it from zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds.

«Diesel rocket» as it is fondly called is powered by a 2.0 - litre 4 - cylinder turbo engine that produces 166 BHP of power and 380 Nm of torque, paired to a 6 - speed manual as well as an automatic transmission.

It's powered by a Rocket 350ci engine with automatic transmission.

That power and that gearbox help rocket the 1,315 - kg car from zero to 100 km / h in 4.5 seconds, by the way, and on to a top speed of 290 km / h (180 mph).

Lot # 335 - This Oldsmobile Cutlass S is powered by a Rocket 350ci V8 engine and a Turbo 3 - speed automatic transmission.

That's the approach by space tourism company Virgin Galactic, but Virgin's rocket - powered spacecraft has had a troubled development marred by a fatal crash in 2014.

An alien race called «Wisps» gives Sonic different powers such as transforming him into a laser, rockets, and more equipped with colors are being kidnapped by Dr. Eggman for his «sinister» plan.

On surface level it's a streamlined Rocket League powered by charge shots, though it's got a personality of its own, its power - ups and frantic scoring bringing to mind Next Level Games» work on the Mario Strikers games.

Psyonix's Rocket League, a game that has rocket - powered cars playing Soccer in large, closed arenas, is thankfully one of the former, offering some of the most refreshing and addicting multiplayer gameplay in recent memory by combining two elements that surprisingly work well togRocket League, a game that has rocket - powered cars playing Soccer in large, closed arenas, is thankfully one of the former, offering some of the most refreshing and addicting multiplayer gameplay in recent memory by combining two elements that surprisingly work well togrocket - powered cars playing Soccer in large, closed arenas, is thankfully one of the former, offering some of the most refreshing and addicting multiplayer gameplay in recent memory by combining two elements that surprisingly work well together.

Avoidance is the key to emerging victorious against the colossal mechs, which can be achieved by rocket sliding, power jumping and grappling to safety.