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China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

Cars That Think

On 3 January 2019 , the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-4 descended toward the moon. The landing also prefigured grander Chinese lunar ambitions. Huang Jun , a professor at Beihang University, in Beijing, says a super heavy-lift rocket, the high-thrust Long March 9 , is a necessity for the future of Chinese aerospace. James Provost.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. in chinese ?, — Tony 11.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. If our country is going to spend money like a drunk sailor we should have spent it on building renewable energy power plants like Wind and Geothermal.

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