Sentences with phrase «which ran out of fuel»

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To prevent Cassini from crashing into and contaminating any of those hidden oceans, the space agency has directed the craft, which is running out of fuel, onto a crash course with Saturn.

After almost 11 years in space and four years of orbiting Mercury, NASA's Messenger spacecraft (which stands for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) has run out of fuel...

It will follow the evolution of similar stars, eventually running out of hydrogen fuel, at which point it will shift to burning helium at a much higher temperature, and will eventually, 5 billion years from now, gradually become a red giant with a diameter greater than the Earth's present orbit.

He has a memoir out in October, all of which is fueling speculation that the governor may have bigger ambitions in the future, like running for President.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

Cuomo also has a memoir out in October, all of which is fueling speculation that the governor may have bigger ambitions in the future, like running for president.

The Tucson Fuel Cell runs on hydrogen — which one Fountain Valley, Calif., plant (inset) creates out of sewage.

In the first stage of this process, the more massive star of the pair begins to run out of fuel, transferring its outer layers to its less massive companion — which is destined to become the magnetar — causing it to rotate more and more quickly.

First, if a star grows massive enough, its nuclear fires can no longer overcome the crushing force of its gravity, in which case it runs out of fuel and collapses.

The team plans to observe Juling crater once more before the Dawn spacecraft runs out of fuel, which is expected to happen this year.

McKibben: Yeah, it could be and [they] are very interrelated because the thing that's allowed that complexity [and] that size is the access to endless amounts of cheap fossil fuel, which we no longer are going to have, a) because we're starting to run out, b) more powerfully because we can no longer safely burn it.

American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never run out of energy thanks to it being fuelled by hydrogen.

TESS will take the baton from NASA's other planet - hunting spacecraft, Kepler, which is running out of fuel after almost a decade in space.

«Sooner or later the body runs out of its preferred fuel source, glycogen, and starts to break down muscles and organs to use as fuel — which is bad news,» says Dr Barclay.

Because when the blood runs out of gas, the only way for the body to access fuel is to burn off fat, which is precisely the point.

For example, the reason that just about everyone hits the wall during a marathon is because just about everyone runs at a far higher consumption of energy than their fat - burning engine can produce — which is why they must rely on relatively small sugar stores for fuel, which is why they run out of energy at mile 17, and start losing power at mile 10.

The franchise is running out of ideas and fuel by A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), which sends Willis to Moscow to bail his estranged son out of jail.

Ever - economical Kia likes to point out that its engine, which gets 15 mpg (15.7 L / 100 km) city / 20 mpg (11.8 L / 100 km) highway, runs on regular - grade unleaded gasoline, while the Honda Odyssey requires premium fuel, something fast becoming more of a selling point as gas prices in the U.S. increase.

NHTSA first opened an investigation into this issue in April 2011 after receiving over 5000 reports of incorrect fuel level readings, which could lead drivers to inadvertently run out of fuel.

Using the hybrid mode provides an average run of 94 miles per gallon which makes it the most fuel efficient model out of the three available for next yearâ $ ™ s lineup.

So, if you're not the type to plug in at home, at work and while out running errands, or if most of your miles are logged on long highway stretches, your fuel economy will likely hover in that 27 - mpg range, which, to my mind, is hardly worth the extra expense, complexity and weight for the single - digit mpg boost over the non-hybrid Cooper S.

Honda Accord Sport Hybrid v Toyota Camry Hybrid Hybrid cars mightn't be as exciting as the latest supercar, but as the world's fossil fuels begin to run out it's important to look ahead and see which manufacturer is at the forefront of the technology available to us right now.

When fossil fuel runs out, will it be possible to use the relative trickle of energy which comes from wind turbines and solar panels to mine and fabricate the raw materials necessary to build more solar panels and more wind turbines?

In a sane world which was running out of petroleum and had dire climate change problems due to excessive burning of fossil fuels highway speed limits would be greatly reduced.

If the 99 % are wrong, and the 1 % right, we will be making some unnecessary efforts to shift away from fossil fuels, which in any case have lots of other drawbacks and will soon run out.

Now I can construct a heat engine which extracts useful work based on the temperature gradient and gravity will continue to organize the air column forever and my heat engine will never run out of «fuel»?

However about 12W of that 15 TW comes from burning fossil fuels which will one day run out even if CO2 were not an immediate problem.

Or maybe their case is we'll run out of fossil fuels before 500 ppm which makes a quick transition even more needed.

Those include reduced pollution and destruction of habitat, as well as reduced dependence on fossil fuels which will inevitably run out anyhow.

Supporters of this scenario would agree that the best way to increase ridership isn't for a train to run out of fuel eight miles from a station, which is precisely what happened last week to a Pacific Surfliner train going from San Diego to Santa Barbara.What's worse, passengers had to spend two hours on the train before they were finally told that they could get off, provided that someone could pick them up!

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AMERICAN AIRLINES, Bethany Beach, DE Mar 2012 — Present Pilot • Successfully thwart a potential terrorist attack from one of the passengers while onboard, by recognizing the signs and alerting the authorities before landing time • Maneuver the aircraft away from harm by avoiding the path of a hurricane which descended without warning • Manage pre-flight checks of instruments and engines to ensure compliance with set aviation rules • Ascertain that all safety systems are up and running and that any glitches are taken care of • Determine best route to reach destinations based on weather reports and other concrete information from air traffic controllers • Oversee fueling duties to ensure that they are properly being carried out • Prepare aircraft for take - off and communicate status of flight to crewmembers and passengers • Monitor in - flight data and make adjustments to deal with changing weather patterns • Handle flight emergencies by ensuring passenger safety first and ensure that no panic is created onboard • Create flight plans detailing altitude, routes and amount of fuel needed • Communicate with ground staff to obtain clearance for landing • Ascertain that noise regulation is handled properly during take - off and landing

The U.S. Department of Transportation, which is running the test in conjunction with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, says the test is an early step in developing a system that will enable cars to work with one another to figure out routes and traffic space to save time and fuel and increase safety.